Warbird Information Exchange

It might be a bit of a stretch to post this in the Warbird category, but Blackhawks are definitely combat aircraft. This article appeared today on the Fire Aviation website.

https://fireaviation.com/2022/02/10/bla ... -on-board/

1DD3143E-3F7C-4BFC-A7E8-8757F4C5A7CA by tanker622001, on Flickr

As someone who had fewer proper landings in Army helicopters than I had takeoffs from my active duty days (with crews up front), I wouldn't wanna be anywhere near this thing until it's on the ground with the engines off...

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A couple of months ago I was going to the CASC in Stratford, and had to go into the Stratford Army Engine Plant (aka old Vought-Sikorsky plant) and this UH-60 was being tested across the street. Pretty much in the same airspace where Sikorsky tested the VS-300 rigorously. Sikorsky has been renting out Hangar 4 (part of the two sets of two hangars that Vought originally built during the war) and have few Blackhawks in there. Exciting stuff still happening at our airport!

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Christopher Soltis
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Chicks Dig Warbirds.......right?

That is very, very cool.

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Just keep your 5G iphone turned off, and everything will be fine.

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Wait 'till Delta hears about this....no labor costs or ALPA hassals.

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