[HamiltonJay]

I dunno about your claims of Chinook CH-47 reliability. Marine's and Navy don't call em "froggers" because of their propensity to stay aloft, but because of their ability to return to earth quite a bit.

[ladtx]

I dunno about your claims of Chinook CH-47 reliability. Marine's and Navy don't call em "froggers" because of their propensity to stay aloft, but because of their ability to return to earth quite a bit.

True, the Chinook may not be quite as reliable as the old UH-1, but it is a more complicated aircraft with many more systems that can fail. But (and it is a big BUT), any maintenance reliability rate is only as good as the Maintenance Officer. I have no complaints about the reliability, I can only remember a couple of times when I was unable to complete a mission due to maintenance malfunctions.

[fix]

Marine's and Navy don't call em "froggers" because of their propensity to stay aloft, but because of their ability to return to earth quite a bit. Once again, folks speaking of that which they know nothing about. They do not call them "froggers". They call them "frogs", usually spelled "phrogs". This dates back to their debut in Vietnam where it was noticed that they looked like bullfrogs when viewed from a certain angle.