RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....

[CharlieOneSix]

A RAF Chinook helicopter made a precautionary landing in a soggy field near Wantage yesterday. Seemingly it was a forward gearbox problem. The thing that amused me about it was the chocks around the wheels........
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[PHXPhlyer]

Only counts if one who placed them was wearing Hi-Viz!

PP

[ExSp33db1rd]

Reminds me, long story for another time and place, maybe previously related ? ... of the time my Boeing 707, momentarily stationary whilst taxying around JFK for take off, sank into the tarmac. At "the subsequent inquiry" JFK accused me of taxying off the side of the runway being used as that night's taxy route.

[4mastacker]

"But chief, it sez here, that chocks (4G/4052971 chocks, aircraft, rubber) are to be place to the front and rear of the main wheels when the aircraft is stationary and the engines are shut down".

[llondel]

It is possible that the chocks were placed before the wheels started to sink.

[bob2s]

Or was someone taking the piss.

[Pontius Navigator]

Bloogs, how many times have I told you to hold the camera level. Some smart ass will thing the ground is flat.

[4mastacker]

It is possible that the chocks were placed before the wheels started to sink.

It's an "after" photo. There's some "before" photos on the Mil Av pages over on TOP - "Chinook in a field".

[ExSp33db1rd]

Why do helicopters need chocks anyway, don't they just go up and down ? In which case just chain them to a concrete block.

( Hat, Coat, leaving )

[CharlieOneSix]

Chinook back in the air.....quite a big recovery operation...

https://www.forces.net/news/chinook-stu ... raf-benson

[Boac]

Good to see all that Harrier site Mexe being put to good use!

[llondel]

Looks like it was a good inter-service exercise to get it back in the air. Gave them all something to do and feel good about, and probably came out of the training budget anyway.

[Ex-Ascot]

Good op.

[PHXPhlyer]

Reported that the landing was due to a forward gearbox problem. Was the gearbox changed out before flyaway, or was it resolved some other way?

PP

[llondel]

Reported that the landing was due to a forward gearbox problem. Was the gearbox changed out before flyaway, or was it resolved some other way?

PP

Perhaps they flew out backwards?

[bob2s]

From Charlie One Six post.

https://www.forces.net/news/chinook-stu ... raf-benson

The helicopter from 28 Squadron, based at RAF Benson, sank into "extremely soft ground" in a field near Wantage, in Oxfordshire, after landing due to a hydraulic fault, the base said.