Colin McRae's heli down

[AirDOGGe]

As if we haven't seen enough, now it's been reported that a helicopter owned by world rally champion Colin McRae (who is also a heli pilot) has crashed near his mome in Scotland. As of now, it's not verified who was on board at the time of the crash. Details here:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/09/15/mcrae.crash/

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[John H]

Re: Colin McRae's heli down

Confirmed now, he's gone!!!!! This is terrible!!!!!!!!!!! I hate helicopters!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article2461339.ece

John

[wolfee]

Re: Colin McRae's heli down

wow..

another sad day in history.

I have never flown in a helicopter.
My grandfather didnt trust them and refused to fly in them when he was a test pilot. That good enough for me.

Wolfee

[Diesel75]

Re: Colin McRae's heli down

Are they sure it was the helicopters fault? Being a helicopter mechanic, they tend to have very good maintenance and support. It is unfortunate though to the loss of life.

Thanks,
Chad

[AirDOGGe]

Re: Colin McRae's heli down

There's no way of knowing what happened at this time. Let's wait for the official reports before deciding who or what was at fault.

[Frank C.]

Re: Colin McRae's heli down

Are they sure it was the helicopters fault? Being a helicopter mechanic, they tend to have very good maintenance and support. It is unfortunate though to the loss of life.

Thanks,
Chad

My son is a helicopter pilot flying Robinson R-22's and R44's. Your info made me feel a little more comfortable. Some smartass airplane salesman at the races called them " farting deathtraps ". I just about decked him but did not want to go to jail! Thanks.

Frank C.

[RAD2LTR]

Re: Colin McRae's heli down

Bummer. Colin was an excellent driver, always fun to watch. As for helicopters, anything the needs a term made up to explain how to crash it (auto-rotate) perhaps shouldn't be found in the air in the first place. All kidding aside, there are a lot of uses for them, but they do appear to be hard to fly.

Will

[Lockheed Bob]

Re: Colin McRae's heli down

NASCAR web site has a story on Colin McRaes helicopter crash. It stated he was flying it when it crashed in a wooded area near his home. Along with his death was his 5 year old son,a six year old & another person.