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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: Panop on February 17, 2008, 11:11:37 PM

Title: Another nasty helicopter v fixed wing mid-air
Post by: Panop on February 17, 2008, 11:11:37 PM

See the following link which is pretty self-explanatory.  No ATC at the airfield.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4405883a6000.html

Title: Re: Another nasty helicopter v fixed wing mid-air
Post by: Panop on February 18, 2008, 09:48:26 AM

The links on the page above make quite interesting reading especially regarding the removal of Flight Information services at the airfield a few years ago. 

One of the links is actually about an unrelated incident involving another New Zealand chopper the following day and a really impressive bit of flying (25 minutes over mountainous country without a tail rotor in a Robinson R44).   I am sweating just thinking about it!
See http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4406001a6479.html

And then the guy was cool enough to go out on a rescue flight later the same day!
See http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3918828

They make 'em tough in New Zealand!