3 down - 2 dead - In 3 days

[Shiver]

Hot hot hot up here in Alberta.

Lots of fires, lots of planes in the air.

As the subject says.... 3 bell 206 helicopters have crashed within the
past few days, and 2 pilots have been killed.

Speculation has been made that high temps on the ground have made take
off and flying difficult..... and perhaps been a factor in at least one
of the accidents.

I've never drank so much ice tea and ice water as I have these past few
record breaking days... about 33 Celsius, which for us is hot weather.

Taday it broke with overcast skies, so hopefully it will rain a bit and
give the boots on the ground and pilots in the air a bit of a break.

Anybody here ever flown with a bambi bucket.

We are all eyes - so tell us a story.

[boB]

Shiver wrote:
> Hot hot hot up here in Alberta.
>
> Lots of fires, lots of planes in the air.
>
> As the subject says.... 3 bell 206 helicopters have crashed within the
> past few days, and 2 pilots have been killed.
>

That's bad news for 206's. Do you know why it was just them crashing?
Were they all flying the same missions?




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boB
Wing 70

U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
Central Texas - 5NM West of Gray Army Airfield (KGRK)

[Shiver]

> boB > wrote:

> That's bad news for 206's. Do you know why it was just them crashing?
> Were they all flying the same missions?

Well..... One of the local media pointed that out as if there had to be
a connection, but the government inspector pointed out that considering
the 206 is so popular with so many flying that it is nothing more than
a coincedence.

[B4RT]

I've had my 206 at max gross in temps over 100F quite a few times. You gotta
keep your eyes on the N1 and TOT gauges, but the machine performs just fine.
I even had it at 11,000MSL with an OAT over 80F in the mountains out west
once. Nothing weird at all except the control was a little squishy.

Bart

"Shiver" > wrote in message
...
>> boB > wrote:
>
>> That's bad news for 206's. Do you know why it was just them crashing?
>> Were they all flying the same missions?
>
> Well..... One of the local media pointed that out as if there had to be
> a connection, but the government inspector pointed out that considering
> the 206 is so popular with so many flying that it is nothing more than
> a coincedence.

[Shiver]

> B4RT > wrote:

> Nothing weird at all except the control was a little squishy.

Well Bart when I heard it on the Telly I thought... Hmmmmmmm.

It's not like those machines are doing anything they havn't done a
thousand times before under the same conditions.

Either hauling firefighters, equipment, or water.

But you know what the media is like.

A bit of a frenzy I presume with three machines down in three days.