Clancy Moped
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Who went ashore for a liquid lunch?
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Concerto
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Wot you mean, we made it back to the ship didn't we. Hicc. 
Goldie
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...... and had the presence of mind to put the covers back on......
newtothis
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No wonder he didn't make it to the deck if he couldn't see where he was going.
Iliade
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Who let the teenage son drive the boat more like...
RichardS
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Looks to me more like a blow job. 
Richard
Richard
Bajansailor
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Maybe it is a new type of stern thruster to help push the big boat sideways when manoeuvering in harbour?
Pete7
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Just push it over the side, last years colours anyway.
Slowboat35
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Helideck placed far too high for safety. The rolling moment is hugely increased with height which is why miltary decks are as close to the water as possible.
Combined with the all too frequent inattention to religiously employing tie-downs no matter the weather - add a bit of swell, a bit of wind, maybe a bit of a sudden turn and wups! your lovely new Ec135, all beautifully wrapped up in its tailored pyjamas totters and goes for the deep six. Just because some numptie didn't attach the tie-downs.
Own goal, Mr Moneypots. Employ Professionals in future perhaps?
Combined with the all too frequent inattention to religiously employing tie-downs no matter the weather - add a bit of swell, a bit of wind, maybe a bit of a sudden turn and wups! your lovely new Ec135, all beautifully wrapped up in its tailored pyjamas totters and goes for the deep six. Just because some numptie didn't attach the tie-downs.
Own goal, Mr Moneypots. Employ Professionals in future perhaps?
capnsensible
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Hiya Slowboat. Get your point about tiedowns.....looks a bit carelesss. But arent nearly all superyachts configured like that for a helicopter landing area?
Iliade
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Is there a trade off between ease of flight operations and corrosion?
Pete7
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Of course we are assuming he intended to land there. What if he was mistaken and chose the wrong superyacht 
The RN did land a Harrier on a container ship a while back, wasn't a lot left of the van or ISO container after the blast from the jet engines.
The RN did land a Harrier on a container ship a while back, wasn't a lot left of the van or ISO container after the blast from the jet engines.
capnsensible
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As mentioned Pete, its got its pajamas on. It fell over.Of course we are assuming he intended to land there. What if he was mistaken and chose the wrong superyacht
I remember that Harrier incident. Lost Pilot wasnt it, running short of petrol?
Pete7
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Yup, that one cost £580k in compensation and a few hours with the spanners to fix.
The Day A Royal Navy Pilot Landed On A Spanish Container Ship
The Day A Royal Navy Pilot Landed On A Spanish Container Ship
Bajansailor
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Re Pete's link, this comment is a gem.
"The aircraft began to slide backwards on the wet surface as he touched down, with a source telling Forces TV the captain of the Alraigo may have panicked at the last minute, jolting the ship as the plane landed and thus causing the slide."
How does one suddenly 'jolt' a container ship?
I know that there has been a big hoo-hah about replacements for the Harriers, but in a nutshell, why could they not have kept the Harrier design and improved it (if it did need any further 'improvement')?
"The aircraft began to slide backwards on the wet surface as he touched down, with a source telling Forces TV the captain of the Alraigo may have panicked at the last minute, jolting the ship as the plane landed and thus causing the slide."
How does one suddenly 'jolt' a container ship?
I know that there has been a big hoo-hah about replacements for the Harriers, but in a nutshell, why could they not have kept the Harrier design and improved it (if it did need any further 'improvement')?
Pete7
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If I told you they had all just been through a 300m refit programme would you be disappointed? Still at least the USMC were delighted to buy them.
PilotWolf
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I’m not sure but I think for ship military ops helicopters have the ability for negative pitch - ie instead of lift they can pull negative lift to keep it in the deck until tied down.
I had one incident - fortunately I had very few. I’d flown an R22 - see the other thread! - to a turbine job, spent several hours flying a nice powerful jet helicopter around Left to go home in the R22 and accepted an ATC clearance which would have been easy in the jet - almost took out the perimeter fence with the R22 skids as it didn’t climb quite as quick!
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I had one incident - fortunately I had very few. I’d flown an R22 - see the other thread! - to a turbine job, spent several hours flying a nice powerful jet helicopter around Left to go home in the R22 and accepted an ATC clearance which would have been easy in the jet - almost took out the perimeter fence with the R22 skids as it didn’t climb quite as quick!
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capnsensible
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Theres only so many times you can take an aircraft design from the 1960's and keep tweaking it until it all goes wrong.
Err......
Stemar
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Tweaked to the Max?
Frogmogman
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It was all about money (of course).
The program HMG embarked upon of building the two huge white elephant aircraft carriers left the RN with no fixed wing capability since 2006 until the F35Bs become fully operational on HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The Harriers may have been a bit long in the tooth, but as Pete 7 points out, they had just been expensively refitted, and surely would have been better than nothing ?
