Helicopter Crash At Grand Canyon West

[fLYbUDDY]

I am not capitalizing on anything, just pointing out the unfairness of the process

Unfairness, maybe according to you.

And if you haven't figured it out yet; you, me, and everyone will die someday it isn't a matter of when just a matter of how.

 

[WrightAvia]

Did you guys know you have a 1/360 chance of getting whacked on your birthday?

On the other hand, you have a 1/1,999,000 (or worse) chance of getting a winner for a big lotter ticket!

Life is not fair.

 

[starvingcfi]

wait. how many days in a year? somebody do some math here.

 

[Timebuilder]

Are you implying that you have a smaller chance of getting whacked during the five days leading up to April 15th?

 

[jarhead]

How many days in a year?

Usually 365, occasionally 366, But when the big asteroid hits this year, there will only be 342 days, when the planet is knocked out of orbit, and plumets into the sun. That wouldn't be fair either, would it?

 

[ILS8L]

Rotary Wing Aerodynamics

Diving in a helicopter?

Is this some sort of a high performance helo move that I don't know about?

There is no reason that a helicopter cannot dive. You push it over from level flight and there you have it. You can get into trouble quite easily when your rate of descent cannot be arrested with the power available (as can often happen at high gross weights, high temperature, high altitude).

The basic aerodynamic priciples still apply to helicopters .... thier wings just go 'round and 'round.

 

[QuiGonJohn]

My wife and I were in a helicopter crash at Grand Canyon West Airport, Sept 11, 2002, Operator was Heli-USA out of Las Vegas. No deaths, one injury.