Air Pub - Odense, Denmark
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Klabautermanden
N 55° 23.825 E 010° 22.871
32U E 587474 N 6139847
On the 26th of february 2010. The Helicopter used as a business sign above Restaurant Air Pub in Odense caught fire. Today the store belongs to Hama Sushi restaurant. But the unusual sign - a helicopter - remains.
Waymark Code: WM12GGC
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 05/23/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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Dansk:

Helikopterejer: - Den er slemt forbrændt

Air Pub's helikopter har overlevet at styrte ned og stå adskillige år i en mørk hangar - mon ikke den også kan overleve en brand?

Omkring klokken 11 i formiddags tikkede en besked ind hos Odense Brandvæsen. En helikopter stod i flammer i Kongensgade.

Meldingen fik Odense Brandvæsen til at sætte himmel og hav i bevægelse, men det viste sig snart, at den brændende helikopter var AirPubs berømte monument.

Ilden var snart slukket, og ingen kom til skade. Helikopterens ejere begræder dog branden.

- Helikopteren ser ikke så godt ud. Der er hul i den og den er slemt forbrændt, siger Bente Haagerup. Sammen med sin mand Viktor Haagerup ejer hun Airpub, og den omkringliggende ejendom.

De to er nu også indehavere af en helikopter, der pludselig brød i brand i formiddag. Det skyldes formentlig nogle kortsluttede ledninger.

Ilden er slukket nu, og den delvist forkullede, ødelagte helikopter er nu langt fra det flotte syn, som den plejede at være.

- Vi fik os en slem forskrækkelse, og der kom både ambulance, brandfolk og politi. Nu har politiet afspærret området under helikopteren, så ingen risikerer at få noget i hovedet, siger Bente Haagerup.

150.000 op i røg

Helikopteren har fulgt ægteparret i mange år, og har haft sin plads foran AirPub i over 15 år.

Den tidligere pilot Viktor Haagerup fortæller historien om sprøjtehelikopteren, der i 1966 kom grueligt galt af sted i nogle telefonledninger i Brande i Jylland.

- Efter den styrtede ned, stod den i en hangar i mange, mange år. Da hangaren skulle rives ned fik jeg helikopteren malet med rigtig flymaling, og skaffede tilladelser og så videre, så den kunne blive hængt op her. Det har i hvert fald kostet 150.000 kroner, siger Viktor Haagerup.

Han håber på, at helikopteren kan repareres, selvom plasticglasset i cockpittet er smeltet, og den har pådraget sig store brandsår.

- Nu vil jeg se, om den ikke kan repareres. Jeg tror, at den må høre ind under en forsikring, men det vil jeg vente med at se på til mandag. Det vigtigste er, at ingen kom til skade, siger Viktor Haagerup.

English:

Helicopter owners: - It's badly burnt

The Air Pub helicopter has survived crashing and standing for several years in a dark hangar - can't it survive a fire too?

Around 11 o'clock this morning, a message came in from Odense Fire Department. A helicopter was on fire in Kongensgade.

The message prompted the Odense Fire Service to move the sky and sea, but it soon became clear that the burning helicopter was AirPub's famous monument.

The fire was soon extinguished and no one was injured. However, the helicopter's owners are lamenting the fire.

- The helicopter doesn't look so good. There is a hole in it and it is badly burned, says Bente Haagerup. Together with her husband Viktor Haagerup, she owns Airpub and the surrounding property.

The two now also hold a helicopter that suddenly broke out this morning. That's probably due to some short-circuited wiring.

The fire is off now, and the partially charred, destroyed helicopter is now far from the magnificent sight it used to be.

- We got a terrible fright, and there came an ambulance, firefighters and police. Now the police have closed the area under the helicopter so no one gets a head start, says Bente Haagerup.

150,000 up in smoke

The helicopter has been following the married couple for many years and has had its place in front of the AirPub for over 15 years.

Former pilot Viktor Haagerup tells the story of the jet helicopter, which in 1966 got terribly wrong in some telephone lines in Brande in Jutland.

- After it crashed, it stood in a hangar for many, many years. When the hangar was to be torn down, I got the helicopter painted with real aircraft paint, and obtained permits and so on so that it could be hung up here. At least it has cost 150,000 kroner, says Viktor Haagerup.

He hopes the helicopter can be repaired even though the plastic glass in the cockpit has melted and has suffered major burns.

- Now I want to see if it can't be repaired. I think it must be covered by insurance, but I will wait to see that on Monday. The most important thing is that no one was injured, says Viktor Haagerup.
Type of publication: Newspaper

When was the article reported?: 02/26/2010

Publication: Fyens Stiftstidende

Article Url: [Web Link]

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How widespread was the article reported?: regional

News Category: Society/People

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