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10-18-2005, 05:53 PM
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I like these vids - that's why I made em - plus I like sharing them with you guys. Not only that if I can work out how to make em and post em then maybe lots of other folks will too!
I like the Osprey - would love to see one - but it seems anything with two big prop/rotors has a painful gestation - I am thinking of the Chinook too.
There's a great vid somewhere of them folding up the rotor/wing too.
Good news about the RAH-66.
BTW if you want to get an idea what Ospreys in service might be like then read the Dale Brown 'Hammerheads' series. | 
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10-18-2005, 05:56 PM
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Country:  | The Chinook is a wonderful machine and a maintainers dream, in my father's own words. Everything that was needed to maintain one basically came with the aircraft. They even had their own crane for lifting out the engines!
I know a lot of people don't find the idea of those blades swinging past each other ...but the only way they're going to collide is if the gearbox goes out of sync ...and if the gearbox screws up on any helicopter - it's not happy time.
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10-19-2005, 06:30 AM
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| Gulf War Goings On
Todays' selection is going to be short clips from TV from the Gulf War.
Up first 'shark'-mouthed Warthogs. To come are MLRS etc. | |
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10-19-2005, 08:05 AM
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| MLRS
Spectacular artillery system - whether day or night. | |
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10-19-2005, 09:37 AM
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| A10s and bomb run clip
Some nice explosions here.... | |
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10-19-2005, 11:05 AM
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10-19-2005, 11:05 AM
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Country: | I'd never pass a ride in a Chinook, I'd rather listen to my father; one of the first six RAF electricians trained on them. They're wonderful aircraft.
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10-19-2005, 11:16 AM
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| OK - maybe he will let you take a check ride and you can report back here on how the Wokka Wokka behaves....
Got any pix/vids to share? | |
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10-19-2005, 11:38 AM
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10-19-2005, 01:29 PM
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Country: | Get a ride in one? I wish. I've talked with my dad about the leaking on the Chinook and he informs me that if anything was leaking the Chinook wasn't going to be flying.
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10-20-2005, 07:14 AM
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| Today's montage of aerial nostalgia
Today's offering is more of the same... only one more but it is huge... the whole of the flypast over BP for the VE Day celebrations... Rapides, Daks, B17s, B25Ds plus of course the BBMF on a poppy drop. Awesome event.
But it is 20 megs... so you are going to have to leave the PC on for a while. But it is worth it. Fairly good commentary too. Lucky lad gets to play at waist gunner in Sally B too... now where did that other B17 come from? France?
I found it here: http://pink.lady.free.fr/home.html | |
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10-20-2005, 08:18 AM
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10-20-2005, 08:54 AM
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10-20-2005, 09:06 AM
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Country: | Very nice! Quite a group of fly-pasts!
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