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Re: Yeovilton Airday 2015 AW609 Possible Blow out?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:43 pm
by POL
Tower advised the pilot as such.
Re: Yeovilton Airday 2015 AW609 Possible Blow out?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:46 pm
by seven
I saw that on the live feed, IIRC he then hover taxiied off the runway but didn't see anymore until it departed.. Was it checked over once it had halted?
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Re: Yeovilton Airday 2015 AW609 Possible Blow out?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 1:11 pm
by Tiger Tim
Saw the same thing yesterday afternoon.
It's the exhaust from the engine being stirred up by the rotors downwash.
Re: Yeovilton Airday 2015 AW609 Possible Blow out?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 1:39 pm
by logster
Yes tower reported that and noted to him that it looked much flatter than the other side so could well have been a blowout.
Re: Yeovilton Airday 2015 AW609 Possible Blow out?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 3:20 pm
by POL
He asked Westlands Tower to have his engineers outside ready for his return, I don't know what happened when it got there though.
Don't think I've ever seen engine exhaust a) come out of the main wheel or b) appear as white smoke before!
Re: Yeovilton Airday 2015 AW609 Possible Blow out?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:21 pm
by f-4
Pretty sure he blew a tyre. It was a gentle hover taxi to park on the lazy before departing gear down to Yeovil.
Re: Yeovilton Airday 2015 AW609 Possible Blow out?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:27 pm
by tim_raper
It def looked flat on the Planes/YouTube feed on touchdown from hovertaxi
Re: Yeovilton Airday 2015 AW609 Possible Blow out?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:11 pm
by Typhoon2
Yep, confirmed that it did in fact blow , some pictures will show its much, much flatter than the usual.
Re: Yeovilton Airday 2015 AW609 Possible Blow out?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:58 pm
by Supra
Exhaust ! my a**e. That would explain the un-scheduled leaning & structure-rattling taxi into the disused r/w, followed by a hover-taxi for clearance. IIRC they don't usually do a runway FOD inspection for exhaust smoke. Doh!