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| View Poll Results: What is the best Helicopter? | |||
| UH-60L Blackhawk | | 12 | 18.75% |
| AH-64D Apache | | 11 | 17.19% |
| CH-47 Chinook | | 5 | 7.81% |
| UH-1H (or above) Huey | | 12 | 18.75% |
| Mi-24 Hind | | 7 | 10.94% |
| OH-53 Kiowa | | 0 | 0% |
| Mi-8 | | 3 | 4.69% |
| Westland Lynx | | 6 | 9.38% |
| AH-1 Cobra | | 5 | 7.81% |
| CH-53E SuperStallion | | 3 | 4.69% |
| Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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| | #31 |
| Der Crewchief ![]() Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| It really is, I really enjoy it.
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| | #32 |
| "Shooter" ![]() | Man, you get to work on the helos and shoot guns?! You DO have a cool job.
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| | #33 |
| Minister of Whoopass ![]() Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
Posts: 17,501
| I think I have a picture I took from a helo OVER a submarine..... Lemme look 4 it and see... Ill scan it if I can find it....
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| | #34 |
| "Shooter" ![]() | Pretty cool, I have one that a friend of mine too of a helo from an FFG during the cold war. Here it is.
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| | #35 |
| Senior Member | Hard to believe the Huey is still in service, even after the maniac Commanche was canceled! From dust-off and gunship duty in 'Nam, to dropping paras in Iraq! Great bit of kit! |
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| | #36 |
| Senior Member | I would say the huey, everything about it is good and it has a very good history |
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| | #37 |
| Senior Member | there still using it becuase its so awsome |
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| | #38 |
| "Shooter" ![]() | I remember being in a Huey during airbase defense school (ABD), that had the engine experience a "sudden loss of power". More like that phrase you never want to hear while flying "Uh oh". It got pretty quiet, with the exception of the wind through the airframe, and my heart in my ears. I just remember spinning...trees...clear...trees...clear. Then a heavy thud. They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one. Well, we did walk away. My back hurt for awhile after that though.
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| | #39 |
| Senior Member | when theres a loss of power in anything its a horrible feeling, stomach in your throat..... |
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| "Shooter" ![]() | True, but at least with airplanes, you have some glide (well some airplanes anyway! The Helo felt like it was dropping like a brick.
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| | #41 |
| Minister of Whoopass ![]() Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
Posts: 17,501
| We lost the rear rotor on a Ch-47 due to automatic weapons fire in Somolia.... The pilot pulled some AMAZING skills and was able to land us upright, while on fire.. Pretty intense.... Sat there watching round after round come through the skin of the helo... SLow motion like..... Every 2 seconds or so another hole would appear.... I even had time to tap my buddy next to me, point up, and get him to see 2 rounds come through.... The landing was so rough, one of the guys bit his tounge so bad he hadda get sutures in it.... After all this died down and back onboard ship, I talked to some other pilots that said my squad and I were lucky to be alive.... Supposedly, the pilot got a medal for this......
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| "Shooter" ![]() | Wow, that slow motion bit brings back memories. That's some scary ****, Les! At least I was only in training when we went down. If I had been getting shot at while we were spinning done, I probably would have soiled myself.
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| | #43 |
| Minister of Whoopass ![]() Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
Posts: 17,501
| I threw up after I climbed outta the back ramp of that POS.......
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| | #44 |
| "Shooter" ![]() | I can imagine. That's friggin intense!
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| | #45 |
| Minister of Whoopass ![]() Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
Posts: 17,501
| We actually laugh about it now.... It was the adrenaline's fault....
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