Helicopter Crash on Colin McRaes land
Discussion
birdcage said:
Lost because he was being a Tw%t
Harsh.But...
Sheriff Nikola Stewart who heard the inquiry over 16 days at Lanark Sheriff Court said:
...Mr McRae did not hold a valid flying licence or a valid "rating" for the Eurocopter Squirrel helicopter.
He was, accordingly, in breach of article 26 of the Air Navigation Order 2005 when he flew his helicopter on September 15 2007 and should not have flown that machine at that time...
...the episodes of extremely low-level flying and the excessive manoeuvre parameters, particularly the descent into the valley by Larkhall, all as captured on the video recording, are indicative of an aircraft being flown imprudently, without due regard to the principles of good airmanship and in such a way that normal safety margins would be reduced...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...He was, accordingly, in breach of article 26 of the Air Navigation Order 2005 when he flew his helicopter on September 15 2007 and should not have flown that machine at that time...
...the episodes of extremely low-level flying and the excessive manoeuvre parameters, particularly the descent into the valley by Larkhall, all as captured on the video recording, are indicative of an aircraft being flown imprudently, without due regard to the principles of good airmanship and in such a way that normal safety margins would be reduced...
...quite possibly a fair.
yellowjack said:
birdcage said:
Lost because he was being a Tw%t
Harsh.But...
Sheriff Nikola Stewart who heard the inquiry over 16 days at Lanark Sheriff Court said:
...Mr McRae did not hold a valid flying licence or a valid "rating" for the Eurocopter Squirrel helicopter.
He was, accordingly, in breach of article 26 of the Air Navigation Order 2005 when he flew his helicopter on September 15 2007 and should not have flown that machine at that time...
...the episodes of extremely low-level flying and the excessive manoeuvre parameters, particularly the descent into the valley by Larkhall, all as captured on the video recording, are indicative of an aircraft being flown imprudently, without due regard to the principles of good airmanship and in such a way that normal safety margins would be reduced...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...He was, accordingly, in breach of article 26 of the Air Navigation Order 2005 when he flew his helicopter on September 15 2007 and should not have flown that machine at that time...
...the episodes of extremely low-level flying and the excessive manoeuvre parameters, particularly the descent into the valley by Larkhall, all as captured on the video recording, are indicative of an aircraft being flown imprudently, without due regard to the principles of good airmanship and in such a way that normal safety margins would be reduced...
...quite possibly a fair.
t sums it up, no matter how good he was at driving a car.The old aviation adage goes, "there are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots"
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