CH-53E out of Miramar lands on beach. BONUS: DANGER ZONE

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CH-53E out of Miramar lands on beach. BONUS: DANGER ZONE

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What's better than watching an expertly executed emergency landing on a beach? Having Kenny Loggins on location to make a danger zone reference!

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Re: CH-53E out of Miramar lands on beach. BONUS: DANGER ZONE

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:shock: that is one big helicopter :shock:
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Sorry for me being a prick, but what's so impressive in landing a fully working helicopter in a beach? Helicopters are supposed to land anywhere by design. It's not gliding 747 with engines out.. Nowdays every landing is impressive landing so it seems.
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par2005 wrote:Sorry for me being a prick, but what's so impressive in landing a fully working helicopter in a beach? Helicopters are supposed to land anywhere by design. It's not gliding 747 with engines out.. Nowdays every landing is impressive landing so it seems.
Fully working?
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Re: CH-53E out of Miramar lands on beach. BONUS: DANGER ZONE

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Yeah, I mean they noticed low pressure, but it didn't look like a autorotation to me
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Yeah, I mean they noticed low pressure, but it didn't look like a autorotation to me.
It would have been a single engine approach to a non-prepared surface. It's not really a big deal if the helicopter had just the crew on board, but if there was any cargo/pax or even just a full bag of gas, a single engine approach means there's no power to hover. Thus it's a forced landing once you drop below translational lift. There's also the issue of leaking oil passing over engines running at 700 degrees, which would may have caused a fire.
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davidspreckeriii wrote::shock: that is one big helicopter :shock:
It is. Here's the MH53 variant in KDLH, this one with lasers to shoot incoming stuff down, and that ugly balding guy is me. :o

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Talk about a spacious cockpit..... If I may ask, what do you do in relation to the helicopter? Pilot, controller, ogler?
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Nelson L. wrote:Talk about a spacious cockpit..... If I may ask, what do you do in relation to the helicopter? Pilot, controller, ogler?
All of the above hehe.
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