A recent blurb in a Norwegian newspaper said the pilot got out of the chopper seconds after it crashed, then swam back inside and activated the...
[ATTACH] Yup, found old pictures, clearly a modification from the original.
Wow, you got a busy camera Mr. HTM09, but great pictures. That classic 32 m Feadship: Is the upper aft deck original as extended all the way to...
Speaking of Garmin: Got a quick question: during the recent Fort Lauderdale Air Show there was a viewing area for boats to anchor about a mile of...
Yes, the UH-1 was famous for cutting it's own landing path. The Vietnam pilots went down in the jungle using the main rotor as a lawn mower. I can...
Last time I used AT+T in the Bahamas it was $2.99 per minute. That was Years ago and I almost ended up in the poor-house as wifey had to chat with...
So you download all the info before departure? Wifi at some anchorage in the Bahamas is spotty to say the least. How do you connect to the Chart...
Nice. I will check it out as needed. Since I never go to marinas I did not have the need for updated information on marinas, anchorages in the...
True enough, I will check it out and use it, although I reported missing markers in the past to the folks making the electronic charts. Back then...
Cool, thx. Heard about it for years but never checked it out. My boating is local stuff in Florida and the Bahamas and doing the same stuff over...
Hate to display my ignorance, but what is active Captain and what does it do. (I am Googled out)
Ha, Norwegian is so easy that even the little kids in Norway can speak it:) The accident investigation will take a while as the boat is...
Yeah, I thought the floats were automatic as well, but one of the articles I read said they were manually deployed in this case.
[ATTACH] This picture is taken 5 minutes after the crash: The chopper is floating upside down, the yellow pontoons keeping it afloat, they were...
This is the helicopter pilot: Turns out he was quite famous having done record breaking flights among other stuff:...
I have crewed on boats with a helipad: A big H painted on the foredeck with a circle around it. Not a Yacht, which is what you are looking for,...
A 57 year old man is still in critical condition in the hospital. He was unconscious and not breathing when he was rescued. This is supposedly a...
The boat was anchored when the tarp hit the fan. It is docked now because of the accident investigation.
Looks like it was a chartered helicopter and not owned by the yacht's owners. All the way from the U.K. Just curious, but why not charter a small...
Hopefully they had seat belts and shoulder harness fastended tight. One person was unconscious and needed first aid and treatment. All 3 were sent...
