Yeah, I saw that on the news last night. The good thing is that everyone (3
souls, I think?) got out Ok and I assume the bird can be salvaged?

It would have been interesting to witness that one. I wonder how well he
sat the bird down on the water and what the water conditions were at the
time.

Some time ago, I had expressed a curiosity about how well floats like that
would support the helicopter on water. Specifically, I was wondering how
likely it would be for the helicopter to float upright. Someone responded
with a link to pictures of a Jet Ranger that had done an emergency auto into
San Francisco Bay. No one on board was hurt and the aircraft was floating
upright and appeared to be relatively stable. The sea conditions looked to
be fairly typical of SF Bay, at least as far as I've ever seen it. That is
to say, a far cry from smooth so I have to wonder what ultimately caused
this one to turn turtle?

Fly Safe,
Steve R.


"SHIVER ME TIMBERS" wrote in message
...
How many of you saw the shots on TV last night of the
helicopter upside down in the water... in NYC.

Looks like the floats at least kept the machine at the water's surface
as apposed to the machine sinking.

But as a lurker who only saw one shot of the machine.... what do I know.

Where's Micbloo when you need him.