CH-53E out of Miramar lands on beach. BONUS: DANGER ZONE

[bawells]

What's better than watching an expertly executed emergency landing on a beach? Having Kenny Loggins on location to make a danger zone reference!

http://www.10news.com/news/military-hel ... ocal-beach

[ChrisS]

Just a little bit of oil leaked out by the looks of things.

[davidspreckeriii]

that is one big helicopter

[par2005]

Sorry for me being a prick, but what's so impressive in landing a fully working helicopter in a beach? Helicopters are supposed to land anywhere by design. It's not gliding 747 with engines out.. Nowdays every landing is impressive landing so it seems.

[zengei]

Sorry for me being a prick, but what's so impressive in landing a fully working helicopter in a beach? Helicopters are supposed to land anywhere by design. It's not gliding 747 with engines out.. Nowdays every landing is impressive landing so it seems.

Fully working?

[par2005]

Yeah, I mean they noticed low pressure, but it didn't look like a autorotation to me

[ChrisS]

Yeah, I mean they noticed low pressure, but it didn't look like a autorotation to me.

It would have been a single engine approach to a non-prepared surface. It's not really a big deal if the helicopter had just the crew on board, but if there was any cargo/pax or even just a full bag of gas, a single engine approach means there's no power to hover. Thus it's a forced landing once you drop below translational lift. There's also the issue of leaking oil passing over engines running at 700 degrees, which would may have caused a fire.

[Ryan B]

that is one big helicopter

It is. Here's the MH53 variant in KDLH, this one with lasers to shoot incoming stuff down, and that ugly balding guy is me.

[Nelson L.]

Talk about a spacious cockpit..... If I may ask, what do you do in relation to the helicopter? Pilot, controller, ogler?

[Ryan B]

Talk about a spacious cockpit..... If I may ask, what do you do in relation to the helicopter? Pilot, controller, ogler?

All of the above hehe.