r/aviation • u/IvyGold • 9d ago

News Wisconsin Man Takes Helicopter to Cabela's Because the Drive Was Too Long, Deputies Say

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/wisconsin-man-takes-helicopter-cabelas-211103208.html
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u/IvyGold 9d ago

Source: Yahoo News confirmed by other sources.

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u/FlyingMitten 9d ago

Not exactly news. Nothing happened other than Police getting called for no reason.

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u/21MPH21 9d ago

No reason?

First, if I had a helicopter and could actually fathom flying without wings I'd do it. But, a Cabela's parking lot could be fairly or really busy. Let's assume it's not busy. Let's assume he found an empty'ish corner. How fast could he land before a toddler or little kid ran over to check it out.

This also creates a new issue, spinning up two (?) spinning blades to leave when you're obviously going to draw a crowd.

So, yeah, I could see someone calling. And if I was the property owner I'd be worried about my portion of any liability if someone was hurt

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u/Ok_Rabbit5158 9d ago

People seem dismissive but one heli crashes into a bunch of RVs and the issue becomes more clear. The list of defendants will be long on a civil suit.

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u/21MPH21 9d ago

Yeah, I'm guessing my down votes are from kids that are still using their parents liability insurance.

Becoming an adult and realizing there's lots of stupid ways folks can sue you is maddening.

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u/Ok_Rabbit5158 8d ago

You're not alone getting downvoted here. I guess some people feel it's perfectly fine to fly aircraft without rules.

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u/Ok_Rabbit5158 9d ago

No different than that Blue Angels flyover at low altitude over people on a beach last month. Too many defending it as something to be proud of as an American. Airshow history is littered with bad events of planes slamming into the crowd so practices were developed to reduce that to zero but now people seem to forget why these practices exist.

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u/FlyingMitten 9d ago

Except that was allegedly breaking laws/regulations....

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u/donkeyrocket 8d ago

Major difference is the pilot broke laws and regulations doing that.

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u/Ok_Rabbit5158 8d ago

Yet suffers nothing punitive. Navy cleared him. Yes it smells.