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Flying in a helicopter ove the Gulf in this weather?
Saw this radar image and could not believe it. A Bristow helicopter flying in IFR conditions over the Gulf of Mexico. (flightaware.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
That's a big ass heli! Would still bet it was a pretty wild ride. I prefer my E ticket rides anchored to the ground.
I have also corrected the link for the squawk.
Just as an FYI. If you click on the date in the activity log, it will provide you a deep link that is accessible at any time, even after the free 4 months of history. I have included the link here for this flight in discussion.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BTZ592A/history/20141223/1405Z
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BTZ592A/history/20141223/1405Z
So it looks like the time stamp on that image is 8:40, which would put the helicopter almost exactly half way through its trip, or about in that gap just west of the strongest storm. It's be interesting to see a similar picture with the weather showing for the time the helicopter was at a location. I'm guessing software has not been written to do that,t hough. Having looked at the loop just after the event, it looks to me like in any case it would have been virtually impossible to avoid all the storms, though. Doesn't stop me from being curious, though.
Probably not anything uncommon for down there. And for the uninitiated, turbulence is turbulence, no matter what you are in.
Finding holes! Get those boys home for Christmas
In an S92 HELL YA! the G-V of helicopters, I would go anywhere in that!