Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,

Drove thru Woodstock Aug 12, 2001. Went to church a couple miles before the Quechee Gorge area, up on the hill on the left.

Dennis here are some pictures to refresh your memory

 

[Popgadget]

welding is one of the things on my bucket list, have never welded.

When I was around 12 or so, I convinced my mom that I needed an oxy-acetylene torch. So the first welding processes that I learned were brazing and fusion welding with the torch. It really upped my game at motorizing my bicycle.

 

[daugen]

never got warm enough out today to motivate me to work outside or in garage.
so quiet day indoors
sent more pics to guy expressing some interest in my rv. Lives in S Jersey and wants rv to drive to
visit kids in Idaho once a year. He seems nice and at least someone in his family has owned an rv.
hope to meet him Sunday afternoon at rv.

feel pretty sluggish, really want to go for a walk but it's back to drizzling again.
grass, radishes and lettuce are loving it.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Almost done with old shed siding.
Light rain, sitting by fire, under my golf umbrella.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Scott, didn’t see the gorge, we were heading home that day. Have pics of Woodstock, Rutledge.

 

[daugen]

been watching preliminary analysis of the tourist helicopter crash in the Hudson that killed the entire family of a visiting Siemens exec.
parts of the helicopter are seen flying off including the tail rotor and it dropped like a stone.
either catastrophic mechanical breakdown, which apparently is pretty rare, or something hit that helicopter.
but main rotors and tail rotors flying off at once?
can main rotor fly off and take out tail rotor, or vice versa?
anyone fly helicopters have ideas?

I'm surprised there's not more video on this. Airspace is heavily controlled and watched.
a hundred tomatoes on a collision with a giant drone, stay tuned, they really don't know yet
very sad for family

 

[kenmbz]

been watching preliminary analysis of the tourist helicopter crash in the Hudson that killed the entire family of a visiting Siemens exec.
parts of the helicopter are seen flying off including the tail rotor and it dropped like a stone.
either catastrophic mechanical breakdown, which apparently is pretty rare, or something hit that helicopter.
but main rotors and tail rotors flying off at once?
can main rotor fly off and take out tail rotor, or vice versa?
anyone fly helicopters have ideas?

I'm surprised there's not more video on this. Airspace is heavily controlled and watched.
a hundred tomatoes on a collision with a giant drone, stay tuned, they really don't know yet
very sad for family

My office used to overlook that heliport.
While there were a number of complaints about the tour groups out of there, it also does a lot of commuter work.

I would wait to see what the FAA says, this one seems pretty unique.

I've seen helicopters drop, it's not like the movies. (luckily the one I saw resulted in only a broken leg and both got out of the hospital in a few days), the helicopter was not so lucky.

I remember the one that went upside down into the water and another one that hit a building near where I worked (bad weather with a non-instrument certified pilot).

About 40,000 trips from the Manhattan heliports every year, so the accident rate is low for the number of flights.

A whole family and pilot gone in seconds, sad stuff.

 

[Looking4new]

Cesna 310 crashed in Boca Raton today. 3 dead and 1 injured.

 

[Popgadget]

can main rotor fly off and take out tail rotor, or vice versa?
anyone fly helicopters have ideas?

On a Bell 206L the engine, transmission and main rotor are mounted on a subframe that apparently departed the fuselage as a unit, tearing off the tail rotor and boom in the process.
There is some sort of vibration damping mechanism involved as well. My guess (a WAG at best) is that there was a failure in the damping mechanism or mount. The NTSB should be able to determine the failure point pretty accurately, as the fuselage was relatively intact.

 

[Thomas]

Today we are heading to eastern Vermont, Woodstock and Quechee Gorge area, probably not far from Thomas.

About 20-25 mins.from me.
You and Mrs. should plan on return trip once bridge construction finish with glass walk under bridge.