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Private helicopter pilot performs jaw-dropping rescue of stranded tourist 2000m up on the mountainside
Amazing....watch the video...this guy has must have anti-freeze for blood. (www.dailymail.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Good stuff 44, thanks for posting. Easy to see with the thing tilting how tough the draft was. I've got a strong stomach, but had I been riding shotgun I likely would have went through 2-3 pair of underwear before returning to base LOL.
Incredible flying - winds in mountains can be dreadful.
Congrats to a great pilot
Congrats to a great pilot
The SMUED unit knew their limitations. Nothing to be ashamed of. All pilots are not equal in ability and guts.
Corbex Helicopters website has this on the story: Professional team took care of the work not completed a private helicopter pilot. Intensive and extensive maneuvering with the hero pilot Constantin Apăvăloae Carpathian Mountains in Romania in 2000 Mt. rescued 44-year-old woman trapped tourists. Braşov (Romania) Corbex Helicopters private company called the pilot of 30 mt. He returned to the life of a fallen woman slit below. A rescue team had reached the area much earlier, but was unsuccessful.
Women in heavy femur and arm fractures. a history of head trauma. Survivors of forcing the woman to the hospital immediately.
Women in heavy femur and arm fractures. a history of head trauma. Survivors of forcing the woman to the hospital immediately.
Great job. I wonder if we will get the after incident investigation report about the earlier failed attempt.
I read the previous attempt as ground effort, but might be wrong. No way to tell if he was fighting wind or up drafts. Tightened my sphincters just watching.
And mine. I have had several "good" helicopter rides in my career including ferrying a Hughes 500C back to ADS from Fergus Fall MN with my buddy the helo pilot. Every time, I got out thinking that flying a Lear 24 was a piece of cake compared to that. This crew is also "the right stuff".
As a young (and foolish) flight surgeon I was frequently "volunteered" to be the guy on the end of the string, mostly pulling medivacs off fishing trawlers in the North Atlantic. Compared to getting dropped into a pile of rocks getting a little wet was pretty benign compared to being smacked around these peaks. These guys were a well oiled team...pilot, winch operator and the guy on the string.