Amazing Helicopter Flying Snoopy

One of the best helicopter flying shows I have ever witnessed, amazing pilot skills and a real element of risk.

Back in 1990 free entertainment was very different to today. The context of this video asks the audience to consider yesterdays entertainment and compare it to today. Will we ever see helicopter flying like this again?

From the video soundtrack I can hear the man on the ground is Major Steve Graham, hopefully the pilot of Snoopy will be revealed in time and where Snoopy is today. If you know anything about this show please leave a comment. It featured as a part of the 1990 Royal Easter Show in Sydney Australia, the entertainment in the main arena was considered free entertainment.

I did receive this mail from tuber PilotDave02 related to Snoopy.

The original Snoopy pilot was Major Ross Rundell. Or Rossco Rundell. Chief instructor at Oakey Aviation abase. His first display was totally made up as he went along.

Web Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_206
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_OH-58_Kiowa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_helicopter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_flying
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Sea_King
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-3_Sea_King
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Aircraft
http://www.airforce.gov.au/

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[vne1981]

@leokimvideo You really should make comments on this by approval only, otherwise you end up with people talking crap. The Aircraft is a B206-B1, built under licence in Australia. The Australian Army calls them a Kiowa, but they are actually a Jet Ranger with long skids and Long Ranger rotors. If you know the tail number I can tell you exactly where it is today, as the type is still in service. I spent 12 years in the Australian Army and I can tell you they don't fly like this anymore. Times hav

[leokimvideo]

@vne1981 whats wrong with talking crap, isn't that what youtube is all about..??

i enjoy the freedom of speech aspect to youtube, without it you may as well never come near the site

i also enjoyed seeing good flying like this, these days the good stuff has all been packed away and no wonder why people fell empty

[vne1981]

@leokimvideo Ok, I thought you actually wanted real answers. If you only want random comments that's fine.

[leokimvideo]

@vne1981 if i was after anything of fact the last place I would ask is here, this place is run by trolls and spammers

possibly 5 years ago it was a place for some actual fact but hey the sell out happened a long time ago now

[MrHelivids]

Imagine one would tell you based on the horrific ACTUAL accidents every year the private motor car was the most dangerous daily stunt in our society ...

[leokimvideo]

@MrHelivids yes thats true, where i live they banned certain types of guns because of their ability to kill but did not ban certain types of cars

[DreddDwarf]

If it wasn't for people taking risks (test pilots for example) we would all be travelling around staring at the arse end of a horse.

[leokimvideo]

@blasphimus well we just saw a horror accident in the USA, dare say it's all pert of the risk of being at a event like this

where i live you see zip all now, everyone is wrapped in bubble wrap and going totally mad because life has no adventure left in it

[vne1981]

@krisdlewis I agree in principle. A good friend of mine died in that crash (Nias Island April 2005). The Ironic thing is the aircraft was making a very safe ans sensible approach to the field when mechanical failure brought it down. I have stood underneath hovering Sea kings and hooked cargo to their hook before; had they sufferred an engine failure I would be dead. It's an acceptable risk for military personnel, but not the public.

[krisdlewis]

If you want to know why this doesn't happen anymore, read up on one of the Sea Kings that were in this vid, Shark 02. If that sort of accident happened in that stadium it would have been a much larger tragedy than it already was. The Kiowa was entertaining yes, but not worth the risk.

[Jingogunner]

@leokimvideo

yes, you missed the dirty filthy criminal cretins you allowed to get into power right under your stupid noses. some are starting to notice but you have a lot of real and terrible suffering to come, brought on by your own failure to act and your cowardice in being prepared to FIGHT in every sense.

[oneadi66]

have you seen nitro circus live!!

thats entertainment

[ronaldromero85]

This is one very "red" video. =p

[HJBounell]

Fuck your health and safety rules. If it kills a few sheeple we are all better off. So do us all a favor and die in a car fire