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To: DesertRhino

Anything is better than a Blackhawk.


11 posted on 05/16/2019 8:35:51 AM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: cll

Not according to Michael Durant, the pilot of Nightstalker Super Six-Four, which was one of the Blackhawks shot down in Somalia. He credited the durability of the aircraft with saving his life.


14 posted on 05/16/2019 8:55:57 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: cll

I would assume you are a Huey Type.


15 posted on 05/16/2019 8:56:40 AM PDT by Trueblackman ( It's fun to watch all the victims of TDS struggle thru life daily.)
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To: cll

Ha! The uh60 is the only aircraft that I ever technically crashed in. A failed liftoff and subsequent drop and bounce at Graf in 86. Otherwise, I had good success with the hawk over the years. Oldest bird I vflew in was a uh1 at Rucker, built before I was born, back in 97, I was born in 61. Bh-Flew over the Andes in one EtripleS equipped. Return trip was a Chinook. The hook was mo’ better! Even had a 500 gal steel fuel tank amidships. Ah, the smell of jet fuel and cherry juice in the morning!


22 posted on 05/16/2019 11:13:06 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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