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1 posted on 05/21/2010 1:43:51 PM PDT by mgstarr
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To: mgstarr

Igor bump!


2 posted on 05/21/2010 1:44:56 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: mgstarr

I want one...


3 posted on 05/21/2010 1:47:08 PM PDT by devane617 (VOTE THEM OUT! ALL OF THEM!)
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To: mgstarr

Cool looking.
Now just a missile or two underneath.


4 posted on 05/21/2010 1:48:06 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: mgstarr

I want one in Ferrari red.


5 posted on 05/21/2010 1:48:22 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: mgstarr

why does it have people in it?


6 posted on 05/21/2010 1:50:35 PM PDT by TokuMei
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To: mgstarr

I want to fly it!!!


8 posted on 05/21/2010 1:57:58 PM PDT by Rick_Michael (Have no fear "President Government" is here)
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To: mgstarr

Kinda looks like those choppers used in that Schwarzenegger flick, "The Sixth Day".

Only memorable thing about that movie.

10 posted on 05/21/2010 1:59:23 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: mgstarr

The real question is-will it fit in the garage, or at least the driveway.


11 posted on 05/21/2010 1:59:52 PM PDT by Larry381 (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt)
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To: mgstarr
Looks like a flying submarine!


16 posted on 05/21/2010 2:09:20 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: mgstarr
Now they just need to substitute these BLADES.


18 posted on 05/21/2010 2:12:30 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: mgstarr

Cool. How do you steer it?


20 posted on 05/21/2010 2:21:08 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( - Free Men will always be armed with the Truth. -)
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To: Psalm 73; mgstarr

Wow! You do good work P73!


21 posted on 05/21/2010 2:24:36 PM PDT by Daffynition ("Play it, Sam, for old times' sake, play 'As Time Goes By'.")
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To: mgstarr

Sweet looking ride. 250kts with a rotary wing. Amazing.


22 posted on 05/21/2010 2:24:57 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: mgstarr

168kt = 193MPH


25 posted on 05/21/2010 2:50:36 PM PDT by decimon
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Sorry,, been there, done that, got the T-Shirt in 1974 in my baby!

Performance: (most) 196mph (315km/h);
(CH-53E) over 200mph (320+ km/h).
initial climb (maximum) typically 2,180ft (664m)/min;
Service ceiling, typically 20,400ft (6220m);
Empty weight:

Semper Fi

CH-53 Crew Chief


27 posted on 05/21/2010 3:27:23 PM PDT by Airwinger (Semper Fi, Time to use that motto for our Constitution. (ALWAYS FAITHFUL!))
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To: mgstarr

Seriously tho, has to be a mis-print or something, ‘53s were called the 200mph Superbird in the 70’s, and could hold, oh,, 2-3 of these things and sling one underneath for good measure.


28 posted on 05/21/2010 3:30:22 PM PDT by Airwinger (Semper Fi, Time to use that motto for our Constitution. (ALWAYS FAITHFUL!))
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Current world record holder for fastest helicopter:

Westland Lynx ZB500 - 249.1 miles per hour


30 posted on 05/21/2010 8:12:45 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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