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R22 landing in wind gusts

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I think this video was taken at an , maybe on the . I can see some buildings and a . The aircraft in the video is a . It’s a small, - and I think it’s a one because there are no military . There are no markings for a on the ground, so why I think this maybe the apron.

In the video, the pilot was coming in for a . Everything looked normal until he got the on the ground. Then the helicopter suddenly and the nearly hit the ground. The helicopter back down, but it tipped again. The pilot must have opened the to full because he again. The video ends with him in the air about ten metres the ground.

I think the problem was that the wind was . When the pilot tried to land he did not have to for because the wind was not blowing . When he landed, the blew him forward. When the gust , the helicopter back, but the next gust it forward again.

If I was that pilot, I think I try landing into the wind instead of on the . That way, the wind would not lift the of the helicopter so much. I don’t think there was any to the nose of the helicopter because I didn’t see it the ground. Maybe the pilot was very and needed to have a nice cup of tea this landing.