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The Reference Desk => Organizations, Vehicles, Equipment => Topic started by: mirth on September 04, 2018, 03:46:02 PM
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https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/1037028668877496320 (https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/1037028668877496320)
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Three Marine Corps one-man helicopters demonstrate their stability and hovering capabilities during tactical evaluations of the aircraft at Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia, called the YRON-1. January, 1960.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3858/15174262229_ec59019956_o.jpg)
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(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/40773114_2153566338265393_600541564485238784_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=119007cabf9cd4bb3ed7d402df2a540b&oe=5C340751)
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Chinese soldiers conducting air assault exercise with Z-8 helicopters
(https://i.imgur.com/QfWnlv8.jpg)
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https://twitter.com/Aviationdailyy/status/1039880669185368064
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https://theaviationist.com/?p=60281
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Airbus H225M with 7.62mm door gunner
(https://i.redd.it/8cdni9nqy8m11.jpg)
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Sea Lynx Helicopters on the Mersey estuary against the Liverpool skyline
(https://i.redd.it/gxks8bx64vm11.png)
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https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/1043778685902483456
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South African Air Force 500 Squadron Rapid Reaction Task Force
(https://i.redd.it/ja53al6t5nn11.jpg)
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https://twitter.com/defense_news/status/1044336199605899266
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https://twitter.com/HMNBPortsmouth/status/1044980518549434369
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https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1045144177799913472
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Danish EH101 together with American V-22 Osprey during exercise Night Hawk over Denmark 28 September 2018
(https://i.redd.it/a10p97ut4lq11.jpg)
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I must really be old because Ospreys still look like scifi aircraft to me.
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I must really be old because Ospreys still look like scifi aircraft to me.
May also be that they are in just about every sci-fi type movie made these days.
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Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters fly over a Soviet convoy in occupied Afghanistan
(https://i.redd.it/z74z4kgkp2r11.png)
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https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/1049743970090315776
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There used to be a really good free-ware model of that for FSX (and maybe still is) was fun to fly.
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https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/992281756177854466
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AH-1 Cobra during Exercise Brave Shield XIX, March 1979
(https://i.redd.it/7eoln5vs29w11.jpg)
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https://twitter.com/benFranklin2018/status/1062333794827542529
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https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/1062768803082371074
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I betcha some of those water bomber types are real kick-ass pilots !
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We had 3 Merlin's fly over today :-)
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Kewl - I think the Merlin name is so much cooler than Cormorant! Just sounds so much jazzier !
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https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/japan-aerospace/2018/11/29/japan-sets-naval-friendly-requirement-in-search-to-replace-ah-1s-cobra-fleet/
Too bad the Comache program got cut - a naval version would look really cool!
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https://twitter.com/ErinOTooleMP/status/1068976743187341312
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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25668/heres-our-first-look-at-sikorsky-and-boeings-defiant-compound-helicopter-prototype
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https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/1078195448425402369
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Experimental H-21 Shawnee gunship fitted with a WWII-era B-29 Superfortress turret, 1957
(https://i.redd.it/wbfokpr6y1821.jpg)
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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/pentagon-forced-afghanistan-take-inferior-helicopters-43297
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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/pentagon-forced-afghanistan-take-inferior-helicopters-43297 (https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/pentagon-forced-afghanistan-take-inferior-helicopters-43297)
I know people that were involved in those deals. That article fails to fully encapsulate the shitshow that was the helicopter deal
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A right side view of six RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters in flight, just after lifting off the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). The helicopters are taking part in Operation Evening Light, a rescue mission to Iran. Date - 24/04/1980
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F-14s :'(
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The helicopters are taking part in Operation Evening Light, a rescue mission to Iran. Date - 24/04/1980
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Not just 'any' rescue operation: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/eagle_claw.htm
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That's the mission that got Smilin' Jimmy sent back to Georgia to farm peanuts. :Loser:
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A Royal Navy Lynx inspects a Kresta II.
(https://i.redd.it/g3u5jr50u4m21.jpg)
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That's a Proctology-close inspection. :o
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https://twitter.com/3rdCAB/status/1108760231813791745
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27170/army-to-replace-nearly-half-of-its-apache-gunships-with-future-high-speed-scout-helo
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A scout helo with friggin' laser beams?
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Nice helicopter
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Nice helicopter
Nice scenery overflown by it.
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27170/army-to-replace-nearly-half-of-its-apache-gunships-with-future-high-speed-scout-helo (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27170/army-to-replace-nearly-half-of-its-apache-gunships-with-future-high-speed-scout-helo)
wasn't that the RAH-66 Comanche?
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https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/1111936113483104258
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That'll be seen in some Holywood movies real soon I bet.
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27515/new-md-explorer-gunship-features-internal-tubes-for-launching-guided-munitions-and-drones
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Cool!
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Airwolf!
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(https://media.tenor.com/images/9eec1ce9010d419010b5675a6434e50e/tenor.gif)
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(https://i.redd.it/pxsae2b2i0o21.jpg)
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Aboard USS Missouri (BB-63). A Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter landing on the forward 16-inch gun turret, during the 1948 Midshipmen's cruise, 13 September 1948.
(https://i.redd.it/2aj3oqmshad21.jpg)
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Chinooks celebrate the 100th anniversaries of 18(B) and 27 Squadron from RAF Odiham and 28 Squadron from RAF Benson.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8369/29243129234_b671a9014a_o.jpg)
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UD- 3 Boeing Vertol and Grumman Aerospace entry for AAH back in the late 1970s (competition was won by the Apache)
(https://i.redd.it/l1j2o3uske521.png)
(http://www.hitechweb.genezis.eu/helicopters3.files/image008.jpg)
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(https://i.redd.it/l1j2o3uske521.png)
"I'm meltinggg!!!"
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27884/usmcs-ch-53k-king-stallions-woes-have-put-it-in-a-duel-with-the-ch-47-chinook
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AH-1W Super Cobra and UH-1Y Huey fly off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii
(https://i.redd.it/w4n80vtra6y21.jpg)
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Two AW129 'Mangusta' attack helicopters and an EH 101 helicopter in flight with the aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551) in the background
(https://i.redd.it/k6ztply9edy21.jpg)
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https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1128799265122205696
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An Australian Army Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter lands on HMAS Canberra's flight deck during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019
(https://i.redd.it/biyyramh6lz21.jpg)
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(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/daily-afternoon-randomness-49-photos-23-3.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
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https://twitter.com/kadonkey/status/1137470832278740992
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Mi-24 Hind's, Mi-28 Havoc's and Mi-26 Halo
(https://i.redd.it/fod2fbqqeu931.jpg)
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Mi-24K Kuryer, protoype high-speed version of the Hind
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bmpd/38024980/2607850/2607850_original.jpg)
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^The 70's just called to say Bell wants its cancelled prototype back.
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First female helicopter pilot for the Korean Navy, Captain Han
(https://i.redd.it/tg3yrt6akyc31.jpg)
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Does Capt. Han fly Solo? :ROFL:
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/30152/this-is-our-best-look-yet-at-the-elite-fbi-hostage-rescue-teams-black-hawks
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Croatian Kiowas armed with hellfires, 2019
(https://i.redd.it/5b67fgnjwrs31.jpg)
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"Croatian Kiowa" has to be one of history's hardest to pronounce weapons.
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"Croatian Kiowa" has to be one of history's hardest to pronounce weapons.
not to mention one of the most anthropologically-unlikely
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That she Blows! The Great White Shark!
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/10139187/china-helicopter-great-white-shark/
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looks like its standing on 3 red bricks!
How likely is this to be authentic?
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Attack Roombas are fierce!
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You can get medication for them, surely?
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So if we attack pre-emptively and take-out all their red bricks, they'll be helpless? ??? Works for me.
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You can actually only see 2 red bricks, so I assume the 3rd one is stealthed. :worried:
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You know, if it has all that weaponry and electronics on board, is there room for fuel?
I know, interjecting reality will lead to a visit from the Komissar...
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Deny everything...then blame Mirth.
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Oh, that's brilliant.
Kind of like in the 1950s when there was one cause of all disasters.
Wind blew the roof off. Atomic bomb.
Big storm off Cape Hatteras. Atomic bomb.
Cat had kittens. Atomic Bomb.
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Deny everything...then blame Mirth.
That's what I do...wait a second
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Yep, Never fails. ;)
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Deny everything... then blame Mirth..... then deny blaming Mirth. :notme:
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.............Mirth? Mirth who?
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I didn't say, 'Mirth'. ::)
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U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopters fly in a formation during an exercise, Oct. 24 in Okinawa, Japan.
(https://i.redd.it/9kx1oj6ralv31.jpg)
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https://twitter.com/INDOPACOM/status/1191756056298446851
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First a MiG-25... then a Mi-25 (Hind D export version). Pretty sure an Su-25 went 'over the fence' at some point as well.
Maybe the Russians should retire that numerical designation?
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Very cool. :bigthumb:
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Fantastic!
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(https://i.redd.it/cp3hn3kyrs241.jpg)
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It's kinda pretty in an ugly kinda way.
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Uhhh, I'm no expert but I don't think that camo pattern really works in that environment. Could be wrong though. :notme:
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It looks photoshopped onto the background. Mind you, I'm not wearing my reading glasses at the moment.
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Uhhh, I'm no expert but I don't think that camo pattern really works in that environment. Could be wrong though. :notme:
It's more about not being seen when it's on the ground
It looks photoshopped onto the background. Mind you, I'm not wearing my reading glasses at the moment.
I don't think the edges are sharp enough for that, plus the way the background shows thru the rotors is really hard to do.
Looks like it was just a really tight focus on the bird. Wife gets similar effects with a non-zoom flat lens
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Yeah - I found my glasses - you're right.
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Are you like me, you have glasses to help you find your glasses?
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Yep, and if I can't find them, I borrow the wife's.
...if I can find her.............
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New USAF helicopter is the called the Grey Wolves.
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1207741637532606465?s=19
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It's kinda wild that they've kept those Hueys going this long.
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31712/night-stalker-chinook-special-operations-helicopters-have-new-laser-countermeasures-system
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Algerian Super Hind Mk.III during patrol
(https://i.redd.it/4erbfemtx9a41.jpg)
https://warisboring.com/the-super-hind-mk-iii-could-be-the-best-mi-24-ever/
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So basically, the only thing worth a damn is the helicopter itself?
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https://twitter.com/Ninja998998/status/1223534961900257286
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxEMWWJUUAYYkoQ?format=jpg&name=900x900)
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LOL
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nom nom nom
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BURP!!! :biggrin: More please.
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This is well worth watching.
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https://twitter.com/AeroDork/status/1227809267048120320
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I had to look up "88 rpm" as I was certain that was a typo, but no...whoa.
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I seem to remember reading that there is a physical limit to the speed that a rotor blade can turn at.
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I had to look up "88 rpm" as I was certain that was a typo, but no...whoa.
This is even better
https://twitter.com/AeroDork/status/1227810748207968256
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Ha! That's brilliant.
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Frankencopter...
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I seem to remember reading that there is a physical limit to the speed that a rotor blade can turn at.
Not sure about that. Most modern rotors the tips are super sonic.
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This is quite interesting;
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/rotor-speed
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32384/air-force-names-new-hh-60w-rescue-helicopters-after-jolly-green-giants-of-vietnam
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32442/boeing-reveals-its-contender-to-be-the-armys-future-high-speed-armed-scout-helicopter
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Looks good, sounds good on paper. Why am I skeptical? ???
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So what happened to the Comanche?
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As long as it doesn't have the same flight control setup/software as the Boeing 737MAX it should be fine.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CALcCWEFEoK/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone
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That was a bit close!
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The, 'Close Pass' for when you want to see what people in the boat are eating for lunch. And , makes sure they're awake now. :hehe:
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33820/veteran-military-helicopter-pilot-on-why-hovering-over-protestors-was-dangerous-and-stupid
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Interesting - it make you think about how dangerous it is.
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And stupid.
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not strictly a Helicopter its an Autogyro, The Focke Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (Wagtail) was designed to be towed behind a U-Boat to give a longer visual range but was not used operationally for long as the main problem was finding pilots willing to fly them, the aircraft itself was not dangerous it was the way they were operated that caused the problems. the wagtail was towed on a cable behind the U-Boat and the pilot could talk to the U-Boat using a phone connected through the towing cable. again not inherently dangerous but when the pilot spotted an allied aircraft and reported it to the captain the first thing the crew did was to cut the cable and dive the submarine the pilot of the Wagtail would auto rotate down to the sea surface finding himself floating about almost exactly at the point the Allied aircraft would be dropping its load of depth charges, if this didnt kill him outright the submarine would now be submerged and making speed away from his position leaving him to drown. so not a lot of incentive to fly one really https://uboat.net/technical/bachstelze.htm
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A Royal Navy Lynx inspects a Kresta II.
(https://i.redd.it/g3u5jr50u4m21.jpg)
When I was in Northern Ireland during the troubles my Sergeant was having a "Jolly" in a Lynx around Belfast. whilst they were up they got tasked to inspect a possible bomb that the IRA and left for the Army. Since he was involved in Aerial reconnaissance and the Chopper had the Camera equipment on board they flew over to the location to snap a few Photos. as they flew over the location the bomb went from being a Possible to a definite Bomb, how did they know I hear you ask, well the Bomb exploded as they passed directly over the bomb, the shockwave flipped the Lynx completely over, luckily the pilot was able to recover the aircraft as the lynx was the only helicopter at the time that was able to fly inverted due to the revolutionary design of the rotor head. once the aircraft was able to land back at base the sergeant was seen disappearing back to his quarters to change his Underwear
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Who could blame him? :o
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I bet those involved won't forget that in a hurry. Kudos to the pilot in being skilled enough to gain control.
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https://twitter.com/1stMAW_Marines/status/1275573601312407552
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Apropos of nothing, we saw a Merlin go over today, and for the last couple of a days an Airbus A400M
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:silly: :crazy2:
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Seeing that would get you into AA real quick. :notme:
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Especially if they were painted pink.
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Well, the US Army did this..........
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ce/6f/9f/ce6f9f235c4a03d2892acbb92cb6b401.jpg)
https://www.helis.com/database/news/usa_docfilm/ (https://www.helis.com/database/news/usa_docfilm/)
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35342/this-is-the-first-image-ever-of-a-stealthy-black-hawk-helicopter
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Interesting.
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I didn't see anything
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I could only see one, and not the other six.
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I saw it but I can't talk about it here. Though, I guess I just did. :o Just looked like a big butterfly to me. ::)
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/12/politics/fbi-investigating-air-force-helicopter-shooting/index.html
Recall a number of Yahoo's took potshots at low helicopters way out near Leesburg back around 1965.
And lots. Of folks talked about Nixon's flights to Andrews AFB during Watergate.
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We had a low level fly-over of two AH-64's this morning. They were headed pretty much NW so may well have been heading up to Otterburn Camp in Northumberland where the army has an extensive training area.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/otterburn-training-camp.html
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I spent many a miserable night on Otterburn. More like the Russian steppes than a national park in the UK :)
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LOL - yes, its a bit rugged out there, but beautiful if you're only driving past it.
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It is beautiful...if you can choose your day and time and walk at your leisure.
When it's your job, and they tell you to do it on the most miserable day ever... and you have to force march 10 and more miles...it's horrible :)
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As my old soldier dad would have said 'If you can't take a joke, you shouldn't have joined' ;D
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There's definitely truth in that. The whole soldier thing relies on humour - otherwise they'd all just be sitting in a dank, cold, wet hole in the ground crying to each other.
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As my old soldier dad would have said 'If you can't take a joke, you shouldn't have joined' ;D
Doesn't that apply to life in general? :P
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Except that only one of them is joined voluntarily
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We had a low level fly-over of two AH-64's this morning. They were headed pretty much NW so may well have been heading up to Otterburn Camp in Northumberland where the army has an extensive training area.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/otterburn-training-camp.html
The NC Army National Guard has an entire battalion of AH64s based adjacent to the airport here, so we get them flying around here all over the place most weekends, including a lot of night flights, to maintain the pilots' flying status
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They probably have more of them than we do.
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https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1398376484327264256
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Absolutely amazing.
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Is that Uncle Owen's house in the background?
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I see my car keys.
Dammit!
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Once NASA works out the Marscopter's kinks they should send it out to photobomb some of the Chinese rover's landscape pix.
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:biggrin:
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https://twitter.com/warplane_porn/status/1404881225752399872
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After 1982, we all know how deadly they can be
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After 1982, we all know how deadly they can be
The Argentines weren't firing them from helos and iron bombs turned out to be plenty deadly too. It's a testament to the RN to have taken the punishment it did and keep going. They weren't well equipped for defending against low level attacks close to land. The doctrine and equipment was tailored for shooting down Soviet bombers.
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https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1405587310528413704
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Crap, what was the 1980's TV show with the guys who had one of those helos, doing detective stuff?
A friend always asks "I wonder what useful piece of knowledge I don't have because I know that bit of trivia?" I always think, "Hah. Jokes on you: I don't have either useful knowledge or entertaining trivia."
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Crap, what was the 1980's TV show with the guys who had one of those helos, doing detective stuff?
Riptide
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https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/2021-06-18/
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DCS - the flight lessons would be easier game
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I struggle with a real love/hate relationship with DCS. I just get to enjoying it and...................................................
.............................I have to log in AGAIN. (That among other issues.)
I'll leave it at that.
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Difficult sim. Troublesome DRM. Sounds like a premium wargame.
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All it needs is a...
... dongle.
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I struggle with a real love/hate relationship with DCS. I just get to enjoying it and...................................................
.............................I have to log in AGAIN. (That among other issues.)
I'll leave it at that.
Really? I haven't been asked to log in in a very long time!
I still have a love hate relationship with it. Too many modules. Not enough time. Re-learning every time I jump in.....but I can't help but buy new modules!
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Maybe you need
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi-9YJXzzJo
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^ That one is definitely on my radar...
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I still really like Strike Fighters 2. It has decent graphics, good gameplay and a world of free add-ons.
If you want to talk retro.............I still play Strike Eagle II and F-117 Stealth Fighter.
I am not criticizing anyone who likes DCS. To each his own.
Weren't we talking about helicopters????? ???
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Crap, what was the 1980's TV show with the guys who had one of those helos, doing detective stuff?
Riptide
Thank you!
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I still really like Strike Fighters 2. It has decent graphics, good gameplay and a world of free add-ons.
SF2 is the flight sim sweet spot for me. I don't need a 'game' that is harder to learn than actual piloting.
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Crap, what was the 1980's TV show with the guys who had one of those helos, doing detective stuff?
Riptide
Thank you!
It was a fun show, but Simon & Simon was better
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How about.....
:whistle:
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:rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:
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...you remember it then?.................. ;D
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I remember the invention of dirt.
So, yes...................................................................... :bigthumb:
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Ah, but how about....
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What was the Roy Scheider one
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I think he was in the movie version of Blue Thunder.
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I think he was in the movie version of Blue Thunder.
That's James Farentino in the TV version with Dana Carvey as the JAFO.
The movie with Scheider was pretty good.
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they guy whose company owns this specific aircraft was in our wedding as one of the groomsmen
https://twitter.com/TSO464/status/929706251553988610
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Cool!
Did he let you borrow it for the honeymoon trip? Seeing it fly along with a 'Just Married!' banner along the side and trailing a rope of old soup cans would be surreal...
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Cool!
Did he let you borrow it for the honeymoon trip? Seeing it fly along with a 'Just Married!' banner along the side and trailing a rope of old soup cans would be surreal...
I'm sure the Northumberland authorities would've loved us using that get around whilst on the honeymoon
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;D No problems with parking for sure. If you can't find one....MAKE one. :groovy:
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This is an impressive bit of kit!
Q: Just ahead and to the left of the cockpit, is a pylon with some sort of moving vane on it. Can anyone explain what it is please? I notice that the Cobra also had one and there is one mounted on both engine nacelles of the AH-64. Is it something to do with aircraft attitude instrumentation?
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Literally a weather vane according to a guy who works on them - speed and angle of wind indicator
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Thanks, UCG. That seems amazingly low-tech :o
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That’s what I thought - next century killing machine - little spinny weather vane on the outside
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Apparently, after a bit of googling, its called an Air Data Probe.
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‘What can we call it so we don’t have to say it’s a weather vane’ ?
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HADS (Helicopter Air Data System), does sound much more sophisticated and satisfies those of us that are partial to a nice acronym. ;D
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Twirly Weather Actuator Thingy
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Twirly Weather Actuator Thingy
(https://pics.me.me/thumb_even-i-saw-there-what-youdid-even-i-saw-what-54339168.png)
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Much better! And an acronym that just rolls off the tongue!