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Phoenix FOX affiliate KSAZ-10 is reporting that an AH-1 Cobra helicopter belonging to the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation crashed at the Coolidge Municipal Airport in Coolidge, Arizona, earlier this week. The two crew members aboard were not injured:

Historic Helicopter Goes Down in Coolidge

Anthony

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Glad the crew was okay

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Video well worth watching about the film crew.......... Funny....

Mark H

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Footage of the crash:
Amazing they made it out alive, considering how hard they hit!
http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/m ... /1.1236259

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Magister Aviation
It's all in my book

I saw that in the FAA daily incident report...I figured it was a fire fighting or external lift AH -1.

Glad the crew is okay.

The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation has been selling off some stuff in recent years, anyone know more about the organization?

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.

John-

More information about the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation is available at their website here.

Anthony

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Gahhh! Aren't there only about five AH-1 Cobras in private hands? I've very pleased that the occupants are unhurt. Likewise I hope there are enough spares available for someone to get the bird airborne again before it goes to the scrapper or is absorbed back into the governement's black hole.

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Rob Mears
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Army Aviation has 5 flyable and about 10 more in storage. They've thinned the ranks out a bit, but still have plenty of aircraft. This is one of the Cobras they received from the Army.

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I would be interested to read the synopsis of this mishap....I fail to see anything of the tail rotor prior to impact, pretty rough terrain for a running landing God was surely with them in this case.

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Gary Lewis
J.A.F.O.

Preliminary Accident & Incident Data from the FAA indicates a hydraulic failure.

Anthony

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Video of crash

http://vimeo.com/37842083

holy crapskY!

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

Is that the one that was for sale on Courtesy?

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Mike

Ah yes, There we were, left engine on fire, right engine feathered...ahh yes,...there we were, ..Screwed! No Kissing!

No, the one for sale is a G model.

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

In my opinion, it is simply unreal how fortunate these two aviators were. It's so awesome to see them standing next to the wreck with what seems like not a scratch on them. Wow.