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RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:31 pm
by 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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Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:02 am
by PHXPhlyer
Only counts if one who placed them was wearing Hi-Viz!
PP
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:25 am
by 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.
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:31 am
by 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".
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:53 am
by llondel
It is possible that the chocks were placed before the wheels started to sink.
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:33 am
by bob2s
Or was someone taking the piss.
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:59 am
by Pontius Navigator
Bloogs, how many times have I told you to hold the camera level. Some smart ass will thing the ground is flat.
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:18 am
by 4mastacker
llondel wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:53 am
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".
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:01 am
by 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 )
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:55 pm
by CharlieOneSix
Chinook back in the air.....quite a big recovery operation...
https://www.forces.net/news/chinook-stu ... raf-benson
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:21 am
by Boac
Good to see all that Harrier site Mexe being put to good use!
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:10 am
by 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.
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:04 am
by Ex-Ascot
Good op.
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:07 pm
by 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
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:03 am
by llondel
PHXPhlyer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:07 pm
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?
Re: RAF Chinook down in a field near Wantage....
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:02 pm
by 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.