[SandRat]

New specs

HH-47 CSAR-X* Length: 99 feet; Height: 18 feet Speed: 196 mph; Engines: two Engine size: 7,258 shaft horsepower each Rotors: two main Max. takeoff weight: 55,000 lbs Source: U.S. Air Force * Exact specifications for the HH-47 are not yet available. These statistics are for the Army MH-47G, upon which the HH-47 will be based. Final data may vary slightly.

Old specs

HH-60 Pave Hawk Length: 64 feet, 8 inches Height: 16 feet 8 inches Speed: 184 mph Engines: two Engine size: 1,560 to 1,940 shaft horsepower each Rotors: one main, plus tail rotor Max. takeoff weight: 22,000 lbs

[SandRat]

Sheesh! What a bunch of Cry-Babies.

[the invisib1e hand]

how's it look?

[cripplecreek]

The life flight Helicopter out of UofM hospital is one of the noisiest I've ever heard and I doubt too many people complain much about that.

[Brad’s Gramma]

A civic committee that studied ways to reduce noise from D-M recently recommended that the base look at changing some of its flight routes to funnel more helicopter traffic over Interstate 10, away from more populated areas.

What a bunch of wusses.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

In a follow up report, Boeing will be issuing a pair of these to each of the granola-munching, booger eaters.

[rabidralph]

...troops who have been shot down or otherwise become stranded in hostile territory [such as San Francisco].

[68skylark]

In fairness to the author of this piece, it seems like it's really the headline writer (not the author) who is concerned about the noise. Apart from the headline, the article itself seems quite fair and quite interesting.

[poindexter]

I'm more old-school:

[JSteff]

The army used to repair/refit CH-47's all throughput the Vietnam War about 2 miles from my parents house here in New Cumberland PA. The house was right under (actually about 1000ft off) the flight path. As a kid I was never bothered by them. They sound GREAT.

Right across the river at the HBG international airport there is an jet engine repair company that used to do repairs to the engines on B52's. That flight path was directly OVER my parents house which was about 5 miles out from the airport. HIA is relatively right beside the cooling towers at TMI!

I have always lived around those noises and they sound.. comforting. Actually after about a week of living around them they noise is not disturbing at all. You notice it but it is not a bother. I like the sound better than the commercial jets.

The noise is not that bad and it takes about a week to get used to... then you don't notice at all.

[donmeaker]

Gosh, I remember the HH-60 flight test program when I worked at Edwards.

We had a cartoon for it, that had the helicopter represented by a hog, and the refuel probe represented by a fork.

Yes, I also remember riding the CH-47D, and yes, it sure was loud! Boeing continued to update it, and good for them. The dual counter rotating rotor disks permits higher speed than a single rotor disk of the HH-60.

[blastdad51]

I live in the flight path to MCAS Miramar ( San Diego area )and they aren't so bad, sounds like freedom to me..

[Chode]

Guns A-GoGo... everything old is new again.

http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/chinook/gunsagogo.html

[eyespysomething]

I still, to this day, as an almost 40 yr old mother, almost feel the whump-whump-whump of a helicopter before I can hear it, and drop everything and run outside to see it.

Needless to say, my kids (and hubby) think I'm a little wacky.