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To: garjog

Correction. There were seven choppers, two Navy and three Army I think, then Marine One and Two. Kind of strange to see that many aircraft on one and a half football fields, but they fit.


3 posted on 03/16/2012 10:35:35 PM PDT by garjog
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To: garjog

Try putting 15 helicopters on the flight deck of an Essex class carrier. That’s what the Princeton had as an LPH.

15 helos and a BLT loading - Talk about two elephants in a wall locker!


84 posted on 03/17/2012 4:19:21 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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