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Around 3:40 p.m. today the 58-year-old pilot of a Bell 47 had to make an emergency landing on the median of I-275 in Michigan. The origin of his flight was the Mettetal Airport where he took off only 5-minutes prior to the incident. It is being reported that he lost power and elected to auto [...]
Around 2:30 p.m. in the waters off Washington a doctor and his wife had to ditch their 1970 Bell 47G-4A. In an interview with the couple they revealed that his wife accidentally pulled the fuel mixture lever causing the engine to shut down. This happened about 300 feet AGL. The helicopter filled with water quickly [...]
Bell 47 doing AG work. Great camera angles! Check out the wire avoidance at 5:25 Check out the rest of the Worth Watching series here. VTOLBLOG HOME
A 63-year-old pilot crashed his helicopter while doing crop-dusting work in Shafter, California earlier today. He escaped relatively unharmed and is blaming a mechanical failure of unknown origin which caused the crash in a wheat field. A piece of the aircraft may have broken off and hit nearby power lines when it made impact with [...]
Scott’s Helicopter has obtained the rights to the type certificate for the Bell 47 helicopter. This means that in Q1 of 2010 they will take over spares support, technical support and the responsibility to maintain the airworthiness of the 47 from Bell. This particular helicopter has regularly been referred to as the one that started [...]
