According to another Pilot that flew helicopters for many TV SHOWS & MOVIES, inc AIRWOLF…. Charles “Chuck” Tambruro , there was a fatal crash on the set ….Im afraid I cant recall what the name of the pilot involved was……

From Google…..

“On Friday the 18th of January 1985 during filming of the Airwolf-episode ‘Natural Born’, one of the Bell 205 Huey helicopters seen in that episode crashed – killing famed stuntman Reid Rondell. Reid came from a long line of stuntmen – he was third generation.”

“THIS HELICOPTER COLLIDED WITH HILLY TERRAIN WHILE CIRCLING AT A LOW ALTITUDE. IT WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER HELICOPTER IN A CLOCKWISE CIRCULAR PATTERN AT THE TIME, AND BEING FILMED FOR THE T.V. SERIES “AIRWOLF”. ONE WITNESS OBSERVED THE HELICOPTER DECENDING IN THE FINAL TURN, INSTEAD OF LEVELING OFF, UNTIL IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE GROUND. AS IT APPROACHED A SMALL KNOLL GROUND CONTACT OCCURRED. THE ENGINE WAS HEARD RUNNING FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER IMPACT. POST IMPACT FIRE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF THE PASSENGER.”

Im constantly educated by this forum, I make no claims to be anywhere near knowledgeable on this subject but I do take on the basics, “microphones fitted to Bombers to transmit engine noise over enemy frequencies…….” such fascinating info,

thanks to all you learned chaps for both knowing such detail and sharing it with “lesser” folk like myself!

quite interesting for a novice on the Canberra, to see it come to pieces even if it did seem a little roughly done…..the cockpit looked extremely incomplete, Has any progress been made on the aircraft at its new home

According to the Vulcan engineers it would comprimise safety to fly with the tank drained, even with the weight re-distributed….

As for the doom mongers who are pleased the Vulcan is grounded or “DEAD” without dragging all the old posts back up about it diverting money away from other projects etc etc. in my humble opinion I dont think there is any other aircraft with the exception of the BBMF or maybe a lightning, that would draw anywhere near amount of attention that the Vulcan gets, and I think the airshow gates have proved it. Of course I am on about GENERAL PUBLIC attention, and not enthusiasts. Carfest North for example, hosted not far away from my home I took my nephew to see XH558 at a car park near to the event, I was amazed to see around 20 other people do the same thing at the same location, all of course had come to see a “VULCAN BOMBER”. on its approach to the show ground 558 was circling the local town, where many people saw it and took notice of it, knowing exactly what it was……and this generated a lot of talk around the town, and a piece in the local paper.

Dont get me wrong I would love to see other projects get the same funding or attention, such as a STIRLING etc, but without the GENERAL PUBLICS intrest i think any other project would never leave the ground….It draws parallel to the FLYING SCOTSMAN locomotive, many real enthusiasts dont want to see that rebuilt, preffering to see money spent on lesser known projects, but again the general public think Scotsman is THE Steam Train..

Back to 558 and I for one hope that she does see another season or two, and I for one will be chipping in with some of my hard earned cash, if you choose not to then thats entirely your right, but dont wish her grounded, even if she does have her wings clipped I beleive it wont divert the general publics pound into other aircraft, so all that happens is we loose an iconic aircraft from the sky, and not get another one to replace it….