stan_deezy
Lieutenant Commander
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- Oct 18, 2003
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Our gallant Royal Air Force search and rescue crews could do with some de-icer........ helo freezes over <br /><br />The crew of a Sea King helicopter were forced to abandon a rescue mission in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland when the winchman noticed the rotors were icing up 
<br /><br />Been there, done that, it's pretty horrible: in our case we were "hedge-hopping"; the viz was so poor that the pilot was flying slowly forwards and landing every few yards to get his bearings.Then he noticed that the aircraft was becoming uncontrollable; at that point instead of looking forwards we looked up and saw that the rotors had iced up real bad. <br />Royal Navy must have been made of sterner stuff than the RAF: we slept in the helo until the storm passed: the wimps!!!
<br /><br />Been there, done that, it's pretty horrible: in our case we were "hedge-hopping"; the viz was so poor that the pilot was flying slowly forwards and landing every few yards to get his bearings.Then he noticed that the aircraft was becoming uncontrollable; at that point instead of looking forwards we looked up and saw that the rotors had iced up real bad. <br />Royal Navy must have been made of sterner stuff than the RAF: we slept in the helo until the storm passed: the wimps!!! 
