Manoeuvres

I have been approached by several concerned pilots to publish the following.

A Bell 407 Looped & Rolled at the Virginia air show in South Africa in 2004.

A picture taken over a year after the "incident", in June 2005

The aircraft is grounded indefinitely by the manufacturer.

It serves as a very expensive reminder of some pilot's stupidity.

Excerpt of the Bell 407 Flight Manual dealing with manoeuvring.

The same four words are mirrored in ALL civilian helicopters. NO exceptions.

The question that has never been answered is:

This questions has left a very bitter taste in most pilots flying helicopters in, and from, South Africa.

I am not taking comments on this, I think the facts speak for themselves.