CRASH VIDEO: Two Puma's collide in mid air

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"Iwan Bogels" wrote in message
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After having shown about a dozen "lucky crashes" without casualties it's
becoming hard to avoid a fatal crash. Although no casualties are shown in
this video, it may be good to remember that our beloved hobby is not all
about "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines", but also has a
dark
side.

Now about the video:

On 27 October 1993 two Kuwaiti Air Force SA330L Puma's collided while
performing a formation fly by over the beach. As can be seen in the video,
they close in just a bit too much, and the rest is self explanatory. If
you
have more background information about this crash, please let me know

http://www.dappa.nl/crash.htm

Does anyone know of the serials of the aircraft, the reason for the
fly by or the number of casualties involved ?

Wasnt it some type of military show thanking the US for liberating Kuwait from
the Iraqis in 1991 and former Pres George HW Bush was on hand.

Could be, but I think the crash was in 1993. So probably too late to serve
as a thanksgiving show. Any other suggestions, anyone ?



"Micbloo" schreef in bericht
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Does anyone know of the serials of the aircraft, the reason for the
fly by or the number of casualties involved ?

Wasnt it some type of military show thanking the US for liberating Kuwait
from
the Iraqis in 1991 and former Pres George HW Bush was on hand.

Could be, but I think the crash was in 1993. So probably too late to serve
as a thanksgiving show.

THey are kinda slow over there, ya know.

Check out http://www.dappa.nl/crash.htm

This video is about a (then) highly classified project to land a C-130 at a
soccer field, and get it back airborne from the same field with even more
load than during landing. The landing test caused the Herc to virtually
hover over the site, and the video is almost inbelieveble.

"Iwan Bogels" wrote in message
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Check out http://www.dappa.nl/crash.htm

This video is about a (then) highly classified project to land a C-130 at
a
soccer field, and get it back airborne from the same field with even more
load than during landing. The landing test caused the Herc to virtually
hover over the site, and the video is almost inbelieveble.


It isn't mentioned on the site or in the video, but this wasn't just some
experiment to see how short a C-130 can land. The goal was to get in and
out of a sports stadium in Teheran to rescue the American hostages held in
Iran in 1979-1980.

the video is almost inbelieveble.

and UNbelievable.
:O)