Sikorsky S-76B Engine Start Up & Departure at Princeton Airport (39N)

[@petertotaro1128]

I flew many thousand hours Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico for Exxon Oil to service Communications equipment back in the 1990’s! It’s a great ship as was very comfortable to get to the Oil Production Platforms and spend a week or two each trip,to repair or install Telephone and Two-way radio equipment!

[@markjessurun1294]

What a beautiful Machine this Sikorsky S 76 and perfect footage from the take off i like it !! Thanks Sir and have a nice day !!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Fantastic footage, I love these Sikorsky S-76 helicopter's, thanks for sharing 😎

[@ThePhillyBuff]

It's my pleasure.

[@linanicolia1363]

I just noticed the Sikorsky 76, rolling down the runway like a fixed wing but becoming airborne , very shortly about that take off run. It is different that smaller choppers who only have struts to board, but no wheels. I am a fixed wing pilot so choppers are not my thing, though I find them fascinating. Would be fun to have your very own with a limited access to passengers.

[@mikerice5298]

Military Helicopter do that also

[@scottlambert2949]

Awesome helicopter and video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@AmfibijaONE]

Rip Kobe!

[@ThePhillyBuff]

I agree. An NBA legend gone too soon.

[@LB-pg3no]

Wrong video!

[@anthonyw9129]

Tommy are you aware that 150,000 people die on average every single day? Is Kobe's life more valuable than theirs?

[@spjunkies]

@@anthonyw9129 he's expressing sorrow for an impactful moment, you're more than welcome to STFU if you don't think a notable person's untimely death doesn't warrant condolences.

[@dks13827]

Looks great as there is no fog today.

[@ThePhillyBuff]

For sure. RIP to an NBA legend gone too soon.

[@sebastiancorrea7276]

Kobe x q viajaste si te dijeron q el tiempo no será óptimo para viajar desde Argentina

[@Theistliecatcher]

Beautiful

[@DwayneMGames]

I love this helicopter

[@Naza_44]

I don't get it, why couldn't they just lift off where they were? Why taxi along the runway?

[@HeliPadUSA]

Great catch!

[@randomvideos690]

why does it takes off like an airplane?

[@JohnSapato]

I've heard it's a more fuel efficient way to take off.

[@brodricj3023]

That is a non-standard take-off profile which the pilot might have used if there was gravel on the runway and he didn't want to risk smashing a very expensive windscreen with a normal departure from a 5' hover.

[@brodricj3023]

@@JohnSapato No, it's not more fuel efficient. My guess is there was gravel on the runway. A normal take-off from the hover can can suck up debris on the runway and smash the windscreen. The rolling take-off doesn't suck up as much gravel.

[@kensleighgurske5921]

Did you really need to post this

[@gamingman2003-j8x]

R.I.P. Kobe and Gianna Bryant

[@authenticethiopianfood9010]

RIP KOBe

[@UpcomingJedi]

Im sure they can still see you hiding behind the chain link fence.

[@ThePhillyBuff]

I always stand behind the fence at this airport when filming aircraft.

[@ricardosannicholas7405]

"No hats on the flight line!"

[@bernardanderson7569]

The S-76 was Kobe Bryant's favorite

[@ThePhillyBuff]

Oh wow! Never knew that.

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[@Kara3405]

The Philly Buff He even nicknamed it the “Mamba chopper” as far as I know

[@linanicolia1363]

He should have learned to fly them.

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[@skywarp1]

I know a guy that flies that particular one. His name is Peter

[@Africa-d8w]

RiP, Kobe.

[@rowenadecastro472]

Laki and fallow

[@rowenadecastro472]

Titi

[@mariogeis9558]

super race stripe cuz

[@prezidentbop]

Damn this the one they killed kobe

[@ThePhillyBuff]

A similar one yes. Such a shame!

[@anthonyw9129]

@@ThePhillyBuff are these equipped with black boxes? Ive been reading some startling details about the weather conditions and that they should not have even been in the air?

[@tart8228]

@@anthonyw9129 can't speak for all ... Kobe's was not

[@linanicolia1363]

a tragic accident.

[@speakingtruths4215]

hunter gatherer No, Kobe’s helicopter did not have a black box. Probably even more important, it did not have a terrain warning. This pilot used an iPad for flights, but it’s highly doubtful that this device can be recovered in working order based on how bad the impact was. This was a high energy impact. We all know this was pilot error anyway. Absent of a mechanical failure that was ruled out, and knowing what we know of the conditions, it is highly likely that the pilot could not see in the fog, and became disoriented. It doesn’t make the pilot a bad man, or a bad pilot, he got caught in conditions where he couldn’t see, which really is no good when you are flying under VISUAL flight rules.

[@kevinemilcar887]

Republic airport