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Larry Kraus
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Nobody’s Home

Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:14 am

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/

Image1DD3143E-3F7C-4BFC-A7E8-8757F4C5A7CA by tanker622001, on Flickr
p51
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Re: Nobody’s Home

Fri Feb 11, 2022 4:45 pm

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...
Warbird Kid

Re: Nobody’s Home

Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:12 pm

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!
Zac Yates
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Re: Nobody’s Home

Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:25 pm

Warbird Kid wrote:Pretty much in the same airspace where Sikorsky tested the VS-300 rigorously.

That is very, very cool.
Dan K
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Re: Nobody’s Home

Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:32 am

p51 wrote: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...



Just keep your 5G iphone turned off, and everything will be fine. pop2
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Re: Nobody’s Home

Sat Feb 12, 2022 11:15 am

Wait 'till Delta hears about this....no labor costs or ALPA hassals. :D
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Re: Nobody’s Home

Sat Feb 19, 2022 4:30 pm

Dan K wrote:
p51 wrote: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...



Just keep your 5G iphone turned off, and everything will be fine. pop2

Thinking about autonomous aircraft and road vehicles...."Wait'll the hackers get ahold of this!" :shock: pop2
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