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28th Mar 2022 9:45 pm
scubble
Member Since: 04 Apr 2020
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 109
well they said they were getting rid of the road signs too confuse the russians, just didnt think they would be using the air force to do it Discovery 3 - Black SE with HSE upgrade
28th Mar 2022 9:50 pm
flydive
Member Since: 21 Aug 2007
Location: Lugano
Posts: 1536
Couple of years ago, landing on a highway.
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29th Mar 2022 6:59 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13609
Lucky not to hit the armco fully with the undercarriage leg. Rip that off and it goes from being a funny picture / story to a lost aircraft pretty quickly. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
29th Mar 2022 8:37 am
Captain Crosscheck
Member Since: 03 Sep 2021
Location: Oslo
Posts: 345
The Swedish Air Force had landing on motorways as a backup plan during the Cold War. They had plenty of available "strips" in various locations (but I think they removed the street lampa, unlike these guys ). The SAAB Gripen could even reverse while taxiing to help utilize the system to its best.
IIRC they started up with this training again a couple of years back.
29th Mar 2022 8:40 pm
flydive
Member Since: 21 Aug 2007
Location: Lugano
Posts: 1536
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1738
UK military aircraft regularly carry out practice landing/take off from civilian locations around the country.
there was an incident a few years back where a fast jet came into East Midlands airport, touched ground, and then immediately put its afterburners on resulting in melted runway tarmac and delays while it was repaired.
Only last week a black Puma HC2 landed at our local hospital for maybe a minute then took off again. Side doors were open and there appeared to be no passengers, just crew.2011 D4 XS 305 MY12 - gone but not forgotten
Our military chopper bods will do "dry runs" for specific locations, including hospitals etc. ahead of any events where people may be at risk and may require rapid evacuation to specialist medical care. That could be anything from visiting dignitaries to our own and friendly armed forces taking part in discrete operations.
Ahead of the Olympics in 2012 there were numerous recces to identify landing points for everything from Apache to Chinook in and around Central London, followed by a lot of over-flights to get the crews familiar with the challenges for each location. Said challenges included the ability to safely evade any "kinetic threats" to said helicopters from rooftops and gardens.
With hospitals, the common problem is the helipad is rated for x amount of downdraft from y aircraf, so when something a bit chunkier comes in at pace there's a real risk that the pad will fail.
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1738
^^^
the helipad for this hospital is directly next to a nature reserve, just seemed strange it was an all black Puma rather than standard NATO colours.
I was working in Basingstoke for the 2012 Olympics, on the top floor of a 5 storey block at the elevated top end of the town. We used to watch flights of several mixed helicopters going back and forth several times daily.... Lynx, Chinook, and Apache mainly.2011 D4 XS 305 MY12 - gone but not forgotten
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