RIP Colin McRae

[ferret]

Colin McRae the 39 year old rally driver, his son Johnny, the youngster's friend Ben Porcelli and family friend Graeme Duncan, 37, were all killed yesterday in a helicopter crash.

More information - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/6997270.stm

RIP Colin

[Marc]

Its so ironic that he should die in a helicopter crash when he had competed and had brushed with death so many times as a rally driver.Graham Hill lost his life in a plane crash also and David Coulthard escaped death in an air crash a few years ago...its such a terrible waste of life!


RIP Colin

[Sam147]

may they all rest in peace... what a tragedy

[MrRottweiler]

That is very sad indeed. I have never liked helicoptors and will never fly in one. They are more difficult to fly than a plane and seem to be prone to mechanical faliures which will cause it to drop from the sky instead of being able to glide down like a plane.

My sympathies go out to their families.

[vuce]

That is very sad indeed. I have never liked helicoptors and will never fly in one. They are more difficult to fly than a plane and seem to be prone to mechanical faliures which will cause it to drop from the sky instead of being able to glide down like a plane.

My sympathies go out to their families.

that's not 100% correct. Helicopters are able to make much smoother touchdown then airplanes in a case of engine failure because of auto-rotation.

Sorry for going a bit of topic there.

i love watching wrc, so McRae's death was quite a shock.

[imy147]

RIP Colin.. such a shame

[missneworleans]

RIP Colin...what a shock for rally drivers...
First died Markko Martin in crash, then Burns from cancer, now Colin...

[nardiello]

whos colin mc rae??

[MrRottweiler]

that's not 100% correct. Helicopters are able to make much smoother touchdown then airplanes in a case of engine failure because of auto-rotation.

Sorry for going a bit of topic there.

i love watching wrc, so McRae's death was quite a shock.

Hi Vuce, I was refering specifically to mechanical faliures of the main and tail rotors not engine failure.

[ADR147]

whos colin mc rae??

a splendid rally driver

[Semih_Sayginer]

RIP Colin, Graeme, Ben and Johnny.

[rivercard]

First died Markko Martin in crash, then Burns from cancer, now Colin...

Markko Märtin didn't die in a crash.. He retired from rallying after his co-driver Michael Park died in 2005 after a heavy crash during the Wales Rally.


RIP Colin McRae.

[missneworleans]

Markko Märtin didn't die in a crash.. He retired from rallying after his co-driver Michael Park died in 2005 after a heavy crash during the Wales Rally.


RIP Colin McRae.

Duh, yes I mean Michael Park died! I mixed them up!