Thread: Public land deer - 53 years ago.

Yes it was white,i had a couple of rides in it.Great little machine for around small valleys and bush lines.No much protection around you tho.Long dragged out court case over none commercial bolts fitted tho.Cant remember the results.

Mate of mine was besotted with becoming a chopper pilot. Went from swinging spanners on Massey Fergusons to swinging on rotory wings...saved up and did his licences and got into it just as live recovery was swinging in. Only lasted 6 months: took off in a 300 in thick cloud on the west coast...straight up into 220kva lines.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

yes- bogus tail rotor parts - I believe done in Singapore - just freshly painted used parts sold as new - I think it was the owner went away - flew with him a few times in a 300

Think it was an outfit called Cherry Air in the states that was responsible for a lot of timed out bogus parts etc. There was quite a few parts from that guy around NZ at the time. I know of another nasty tail rotor incident due to the same sourced parts back then.

Those suppliers should be left hanging off 220kva lines.