Helicopter escorting small plane this morning over Dublin

Jet Black

Anyone see it? Though it was an odd sight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwc61-O3jrQ

EchoIndia

Air-to-air filming of some sort.

Jet Black

Jet Black wrote: »

Anyone see it? Though it was an odd sight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwc61-O3jrQ

Loss of radio communication perhaps? Years ago when I was flying light aircraft a small aircraft had taken off from Dublin, only to lose radio communications. In order to get back to Dublin Airport it required an escort aircraft with a radio. That was back in the 1980s, different times.

One scenario that could have happened is that the pilot might have become incapacitated/died and that the passenger was being guided by a pilot travelling in the helicopter. This scenario happened in England some years back, somewhere around Lincolnshire/North-east, when a passenger reported on the radio of a Cessna 172 that the his friend, the pilot had died of a heart attack. Having taken many trips in the aircraft with his friend, he had a basic notion of how the aircraft flew, and indeed a 172 is a very steady small aircraft that will hold itself reasonably well if pilot drops unconscious in cruise flight. A rescue/military helicopter pilot came alongside him and she guided him in for a bouncy but safe landing at an airport with a long runway. He hadn’t a clue, previously, how to land an aircraft as he just hadn’t paid attention to that part during his joyflights. He needed several go-around, but the 172 is easy to handle, his biggest enemy being rapidly fading daylight. A documentary was made using real footage from the helicopter.

There may have been an issue with the Mechanics of aircraft, with the helicopter inspecting it, or perhaps it was an aircraft that entered controlled airspace without having made any radio call-the latter is likely Enough to be the case here. We will probably hear about it somewhere on the media.

Growler!!!

EchoIndia wrote: »

Air-to-air filming of some sort.

Its all over the facebook pages. Photo opportunity for the CHC heli.

Psychlops

RESCUE116 out of Dublin Airport, photo op.

California Dreamer

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Loss of radio communication perhaps? Years ago when I was flying light aircraft a small aircraft had taken off from Dublin, only to lose radio communications. In order to get back to Dublin Airport it required an escort aircraft with a radio. That was back in the 1980s, different times.

One scenario that could have happened is that the pilot might have become incapacitated/died and that the passenger was being guided by a pilot travelling in the helicopter. This scenario happened in England some years back, somewhere around Lincolnshire/North-east, when a passenger reported on the radio of a Cessna 172 that the his friend, the pilot had died of a heart attack. Having taken many trips in the aircraft with his friend, he had a basic notion of how the aircraft flew, and indeed a 172 is a very steady small aircraft that will hold itself reasonably well if pilot drops unconscious in cruise flight. A rescue/military helicopter pilot came alongside him and she guided him in for a bouncy but safe landing at an airport with a long runway. He hadn’t a clue, previously, how to land an aircraft as he just hadn’t paid attention to that part during his joyflights. He needed several go-around, but the 172 is easy to handle, his biggest enemy being rapidly fading daylight. A documentary was made using real footage from the helicopter.

There may have been an issue with the Mechanics of aircraft, with the helicopter inspecting it, or perhaps it was an aircraft that entered controlled airspace without having made any radio call-the latter is likely Enough to be the case here. We will probably hear about it somewhere on the media.

Ha! imagine going through all that typing of possible scenarios for it all to be explained away by 'photo-op by CHC', and in fairness it was all over facebook as well.

California Dreamer

California Dreamer wrote: »

Ha! imagine going through all that typing of possible scenarios for it all to be explained away by 'photo-op by CHC', and in fairness it was all over facebook as well.

I like talking airplanes, any excuse

Growler!!!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chc-helicopter_great-photos-of-our-irish-coastguards-r116-activity-6685815957060886528-tYKA

Some of the pics from linkedin.