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July 30th, 2008, 03:05 PM
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| Previously known as ssnapier  Joined: May 23rd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Fort Detrick, Maryland Posts: 1,372
Car: RS2'd 95 Audi S-6 '06 Jetta TDI Rep Power: 24     |  Wild video of a helicopter refueling mission! This is crazy stuff, I am betting this pilot had a very long day after this! right click and save as please! http://photos.vwmail.net/d/213-1/ref...0f12e1c4fde28b
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July 30th, 2008, 03:07 PM
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July 30th, 2008, 03:42 PM
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July 30th, 2008, 03:54 PM
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| n00b of the year  Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 05:41 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,907
Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX Rep Power: 45 | "Oops" |
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July 30th, 2008, 07:53 PM
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Rep Power: 8 | "Ambitious but rubbish" Now seriously, that thing clearly wasn't well thought. What if that metal piece fell on someone/something? |
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July 30th, 2008, 09:15 PM
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| Mantastic!  Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 11:15 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,637
Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 82 | Is that a standard procedure? It looks anything but well thought out...
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July 30th, 2008, 10:52 PM
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Car: 1992 Toyota Pickup Rep Power: 40 | I'm not sure you guys realize just how difficult an air refuel is.
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July 30th, 2008, 11:25 PM
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July 30th, 2008, 11:50 PM
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Rep Power: 35 | Did he sneeze or something?
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July 31st, 2008, 12:03 AM
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| Not A Dude  Joined: Apr 1st, 2008 Last Online: 06:15 AM Location: USA Age: 19 Posts: 974
Car: 2003 volkswagen beetle Cabriolet Rep Power: 38 | LOL I guess that's the helicopter equivalent of getting caught in your zipper....
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July 31st, 2008, 12:18 AM
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| Lazy Head Dude  Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 10:01 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086
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__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 | |
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July 31st, 2008, 12:34 AM
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| Previously known as ssnapier Joined: May 23rd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Fort Detrick, Maryland Posts: 1,372
Car: RS2'd 95 Audi S-6 '06 Jetta TDI Rep Power: 24 | I wish I could find more info on this... I am assuming there was some sort of air disturbance that screwed with him, but who knows... maybe he did sneeze... LOL I just hope he was close enough to home that he got back safely!
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July 31st, 2008, 12:39 AM
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| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 10:01 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237 | Quote:
But then the filler hose was headed towards his blade so he did as he should have and quickly gunned it upwards to avoid hitting the fuel line which would be bad. No fuel in it probably, but still. However since blades are quite flexible, they flexed a ton and clipped his fuel refill pipe. Combination of bad luck and possibly pilot error I'd say.
__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 | |
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July 31st, 2008, 02:28 AM
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Anyway, this video reminds me of this: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dae_1211322309
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July 31st, 2008, 06:19 AM
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| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 10:01 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237 | Still though, hitting an expensive refuelling hose with your blades = bad.
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July 31st, 2008, 06:29 AM
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| Hormone Induced  Joined: Jun 21st, 2005 Last Online: 06:30 AM Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,913
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Jet fuel (or any liquid, for that matter) released into the airstream at those speeds becomes aerosol almost instantaneously. | |
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July 31st, 2008, 08:17 AM
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Rep Power: 8 | It seems that he pulled up way too quickly. Maybe something happened that made him pull away from the plane that was refueling the helicopter. |
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August 7th, 2008, 10:00 AM
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Car: 2004 Opel Astra 2.2DTI Rep Power: 45 |  weird thing to happen...cant they make those fuel hose thingies retractable or something? |
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August 8th, 2008, 11:27 PM
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August 8th, 2008, 11:51 PM
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Car: Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 TDI Slush box. Rep Power: 58 | Yes I do. ................ OUCH!!!!!
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