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Yesterday we had an air accident in NZ. This is the aircraft.

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Yesterday we had an air accident in NZ. This is the aircraft.
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Oops, I did it again...

Just over 2 years ago I posted https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3781994

Yesterday we had a helicopter crash into Porirua harbour; I guess the aircraft is a total loss, but the pilot survived with a small cut to his mouth. Initial indications are the aircraft suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure of the tail rotor system.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/92128045/Helicopter-crash-pilot-Rick-Lucas-was-already-facing-charges-of-careless-flying

Quite by chance, I happened to have video of what looks to be the same aircraft (a BK117), and likely the same pilot, working on the coast at Pencarrow about 9 months ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqBUKX-Ob20

Not a great video, but here's some grabs:

Shot with G7 and mostly (IIRC) 100-300, tripod mounted, naturally.

You'll notice the extreme lack of sharpness of the 100-300 immediately, of course...

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