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#661 RPPB

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Posted 09 May 2023 - 11:18 AM

Looks good for a plane that was delivered in 1957 and reportedly destroyed in an accident in the Yukon in 1963. It was tiny though compared to their other planes that were there.

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#662 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 18 June 2023 - 01:28 AM

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Helijet announced Friday that it is starting weekday service between Nanaimo and Port Alberni on Monday because of the highway closure.



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Posted 21 October 2023 - 07:41 AM

Do Electric Planes REALLY Work OR are they just a Gimmick?! I tried one...

 

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/VqF...3yBSqNuHNLl_22p

 

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#664 todd

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Posted 23 October 2023 - 07:28 AM

I thought they just crash.

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Posted 23 October 2023 - 07:33 AM

So that plane can barely hold two adults. And only has about 55 minutes of flight time.

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Posted 23 October 2023 - 06:57 PM

^Yeah, but green, don't ya know.


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Posted 25 October 2023 - 03:46 AM

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Posted 26 October 2023 - 07:02 PM

Some passengers cried, some held hands and others called their spouses to say goodbye as their commuter helicopter on a routine flight between Vancouver and Victoria rolled onto its side and fell toward the ocean, damaged by a lightning strike Tuesday.

 

Lecia Stewart gripped the hands of the man and the woman seated next to her – three strangers now united by the harrowing experience, she says.

 

The HeliJet flight departed Vancouver at 9:11 a.m. with two pilots and 12 passengers on board. The aircraft was crossing the Strait of Georgia when a lightning strike sheared off two of the helicopter's tail rotor blades and shorted out the aircraft's control and navigation systems.

 

https://bc.ctvnews.c...tning-1.6616883


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Posted 27 October 2023 - 06:52 AM

“ ...Almost every winter some North Sea helicopters are hit by lightning. Some of these strikes cause major damage to rotor blades and other parts of the helicopters, indicating that the design and certification standards for lightning protection is not good enough.. ”: https://www.sae.org/...t/1999-01-2398/





“ ..Environment and Climate Change Canada had issued a special weather statement for the region, warning of heavy rains and high winds over Greater Victoria the southern Gulf Islands.

The HeliJet president says the air carrier's executive team found no other reports of lightning activity in the area prior to or after the strike, calling it a "needle-in-the-haystack scenario."

Armel Castellan, an Environment Canada meteorologist, tells CTV News there were other lightning strikes in the area and that information provided to aviators by NavCan also warned of the potential for lightning... “: https://bc.ctvnews.c...tning-1.6616883

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Posted 27 October 2023 - 06:58 AM

The pilots don’t know yet that the strike took out two of the helicopter’s tail rotors – and some of their instruments have gone black.

 

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That helicopter only has 1 tail rotor.   And 2 rotors total.  If either one had been "taken out" it cannot fly.

 

(they meant two tail rotor blades)


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#671 Mike K.

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Posted 27 October 2023 - 07:11 AM

Helijet prides itself in being able to fly in inclement weather, and at any hour of the day. Harbour Air has to sit out low visibility weather and can only fly during the day.


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#672 Blair M.

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Posted 27 October 2023 - 09:16 AM

Helijet is IFR, and can fly with no visible reference to the ground, whereas Harbour Air is VFR only, meaning they have to be able to clearly see the ground at all times.


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Posted 27 October 2023 - 03:35 PM

The pilots don’t know yet that the strike took out two of the helicopter’s tail rotors – and some of their instruments have gone black.

 

https://www.cheknews...cation-1174785/

 

 

 

 

 

 

That helicopter only has 1 tail rotor.   And 2 rotors total.  If either one had been "taken out" it cannot fly.

 

(they meant two tail rotor blades)

If you lost the main rotor, yes, it’s curtains; loss of the tail rotor doesn’t necessarily cause a crash, depending on where you are in the flight regime,and what type of helicopter you have..


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#674 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 27 October 2023 - 03:38 PM

Specifically this was a Sikorsky 76 at 4000 feet over water. Tail rotor loss would probably have been deadly.

With no tail rotor you cannot apply much power to the main rotor without spinning out of control. Certainly not enough to keep it aloft. You can try to autorotate down but high success from that altitude is not very likely.

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Posted 27 October 2023 - 09:30 PM

Specifically this was a Sikorsky 76 at 4000 feet over water. Tail rotor loss would probably have been deadly.

With no tail rotor you cannot apply much power to the main rotor without spinning out of control. Certainly not enough to keep it aloft. You can try to autorotate down but high success from that altitude is not very likely.

 

 

 

The recording, posted on ScanBC’s Twitter account, shows the beginning of the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter flight from Vancouver to Victoria was routine. The helicopter, which typically travels about 4,000 feet above sea level, was flying in the clouds, which meant the the pilots were flying under instrument flight rules.

 

The first indication anything is wrong is when one of the pilots exclaims: “Oh s--t.”

 

The expletive is followed by seven or eight seconds of heavy breathing.

 

“Decouple, decouple, decouple,” says one of the pilots. The term means to disengage the autopilot.

 

“705?” asks the air traffic controller.

 

“We’re declaring a pan-pan here. We just descended incredible amounts of altitude. We’re still descending. We’re at 1,300,” says one of the pilots.

 

The air traffic controller advises the helicopter pilots of other flights in the area.

 

“We’re just climbing and at 2,000 now… We’re level at 2,000 now. 705,” one of the pilot responds.

 

 

https://www.timescol...-strike-7750669


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Posted 31 October 2023 - 03:45 PM

Wtf? They get a little taste of electricity and now they are all in?




Helijet has plans to become the first Canadian air carrier to provide passenger and cargo services using electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

The company announced that they have placed firm orders for all electric helicopters known as “ALIA eVTOL” aircrafts from BETA Technologies based in Burlington, Vermont.

https://www.cheknews...tation-1175394/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 31 October 2023 - 03:46 PM.


#677 Nparker

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Posted 31 October 2023 - 03:49 PM

Are electrically powered helicopters impervious to lightning strikes? 



#678 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 31 October 2023 - 03:51 PM

All joking aside. I have said for quite some time an autonomous vTol service between Pat Bay and the mainland will make sense.
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Posted 23 January 2024 - 11:35 AM

A Pacific Northwest-based airline is spreading its wings as it launches its newest route between Vancouver Island and San Juan Island this spring.

 

Kenmore Air, which lauds itself as the “largest seaplane airline” in the U.S., says it’s gearing up to offer 30-minute direct flights from Victoria’s Inner Harbour to Washington state’s Friday Harbor Marina and vice versa starting May 16.

 

The airline announced the new route on Monday.

 

“The addition of the Victoria seaplane service leg provides a wide array of opportunity for easy international travel for both U.S. and Canadian travellers looking to visit the San Juan Islands and the south Puget Sound region,” it says.

 

A one-way ticket out of B.C.’s capital starts at $129 USD, which, as of Jan. 23, is about $173 CAD.

 

https://www.cheknews...may-16-1187432/


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#680 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 23 February 2024 - 02:08 AM

Harbour Air hopes to offer passenger service between the Island and mainland in the next two years in its first electric plane, a converted de Havilland Beaver floatplane.

The aircraft made a test flight between Richmond and the Saanich Peninsula in the summer of 2022.

https://www.timescol...s-fleet-8339464

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 23 February 2024 - 02:09 AM.


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