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Title: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on July 06, 2013, 11:38:54 AM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on July 06, 2013, 11:42:28 AM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Jack Nastyface on July 06, 2013, 12:29:55 PM
I like my helo's old school...(PS...how do I adjust the size of the image in the link?)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combatreform.org%2FCH21loadup.jpg&hash=92161b8fa9a74ed22fb7ac1ec65cc07d56e0a7bb)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on July 06, 2013, 12:32:37 PM
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on July 06, 2013, 12:29:55 PM
I like my helo's old school...

Then why do you have a Blackhawk as your avvie?  :D
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on July 06, 2013, 12:33:50 PM
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on July 06, 2013, 12:29:55 PM
I like my helo's old school...(PS...how do I adjust the size of the image in the link?)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combatreform.org%2FCH21loadup.jpg&hash=92161b8fa9a74ed22fb7ac1ec65cc07d56e0a7bb)

Ooh - flying banana's!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on July 06, 2013, 01:15:08 PM
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on July 06, 2013, 12:29:55 PM
I like my helo's old school...(PS...how do I adjust the size of the image in the link?)

You can't really modify the image size on this end. For large images, I usually upload them to my photobucket account, resize the image there and then link to the resized image here.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on July 06, 2013, 01:23:14 PM
EDIT:
NM. Fixed now.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: MIGMaster on July 31, 2013, 06:56:41 AM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/07/30/f-sea-king-timeline.html

The Canadian Sea King at 50
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bayonetbrant on July 31, 2013, 07:55:34 AM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bayonetbrant on July 31, 2013, 07:59:01 AM
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(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7106%2F7705665066_7160caf70c_c.jpg&hash=cc1a7083755da55e5fcc4084ecaca0a2871c6730)

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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: eyebiter on July 31, 2013, 12:57:21 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yachtforums.com%2Fforums%2Fattachments%2Fgeneral-yachting-discussion%2F10501d1130781228-helicopters-ka-226-cut-jpg&hash=0c219703b170219e7f4c275adc2118aad77a7b20)
Kamov Ka-226 with mission pod
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on July 31, 2013, 07:26:28 PM
Hey! A jolly Green Mini-me!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: MIGMaster on August 02, 2013, 08:01:06 AM
Sea King Tribute

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1145577-ten-bells-mark-sea-king-crew-deaths
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Centurion40 on August 02, 2013, 08:11:33 AM
I saw 5 Sea Kings flying overhead, in formation (!!!  :o ), while I was in the drive-thru line at the Quinpool McDonald's yesterday.  Scared the shit clean out me!

I didn't know that we had 5 that could be in the air at the same time, let alone fly in formation!!

The other day I saw 3 in formation, and THAT was shocking enough!!

Here's a pic of the one that had to make an emergency landing near to my house last year:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstorage.canoe.ca%2Fv1%2Fdynamic_resize%2Fsws_path%2Fsuns-prod-images%2F1297342803615_ORIGINAL.jpg%3Fquality%3D80%26amp%3Bsize%3D650x&hash=0d3112fd9b9c2de787e04bfeb99d519f00bcc863)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on August 02, 2013, 08:18:31 AM
Quote from: Centurion40 on August 02, 2013, 08:11:33 AM
Scared the shit clean out me!

did the McDonalds finish the cleanse?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Centurion40 on August 02, 2013, 08:23:09 AM
Of course!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on September 12, 2013, 11:39:34 AM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on September 18, 2013, 11:27:13 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FpzeU0tf.jpg&hash=cb76a74edaf105c01c912eacbfaa549d7f80728a)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on September 18, 2013, 06:30:28 PM
Quote from: mirth on September 12, 2013, 11:39:34 AM
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Is that the original Bell tilt-rotor test vehicle?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on September 18, 2013, 07:07:16 PM
no, but it is the beginning of the Osprey.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 07, 2013, 11:05:33 AM
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Title: .
Post by: eyebiter on October 08, 2013, 03:28:48 AM
.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: undercovergeek on October 08, 2013, 07:25:08 AM
i thought the hind was bigger than that - either that or the massive one a few below is really, massive

great pilot rescue pic too
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Centurion40 on October 09, 2013, 03:10:49 PM
Quote from: undercovergeek on October 08, 2013, 07:25:08 AM
i thought the hind was bigger than that - either that or the massive one a few below is really, massive

great pilot rescue pic too

When you look at it compared to the Pave Low, well it must be massive.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on October 09, 2013, 03:14:55 PM
Quote from: undercovergeek on October 08, 2013, 07:25:08 AM
i thought the hind was bigger than that - either that or the massive one a few below is really, massive


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F6%2F63%2FMil_Mi-26.jpg&hash=d6a16665b94c5f2adaa2719f87f4a5a519129e00)

He certainly is a big fella!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 09, 2013, 07:58:31 PM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on October 09, 2013, 09:35:19 PM
zee Germans!!!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 17, 2013, 11:42:03 AM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on October 17, 2013, 01:53:33 PM
the one resembles a very pregnant guppy fish
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Centurion40 on October 18, 2013, 12:09:14 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 17, 2013, 11:42:03 AM
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THAT really puts things into perspective!  And look, the Hind is closer to the photographer and therefore artificially bigger!!  :o
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 17, 2013, 07:06:44 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colheli.com%2Fimages%2Fsite%2Fgallery%2F06%2Fthe-hover-barge.jpg&hash=06d122b3980c105f8efa0d07f8ab68f40fac8911)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 17, 2013, 07:10:03 PM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on December 17, 2013, 07:31:30 PM
Quote from: mirth on December 17, 2013, 07:06:44 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colheli.com%2Fimages%2Fsite%2Fgallery%2F06%2Fthe-hover-barge.jpg&hash=06d122b3980c105f8efa0d07f8ab68f40fac8911)

that will get you all puckered up!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 17, 2013, 07:33:57 PM
How much you want to bet that the photographer was walking backwards as fast as he could?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 09, 2014, 08:26:32 PM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: endfire79 on January 09, 2014, 08:59:46 PM
Quote from: mirth on December 17, 2013, 07:06:44 PM
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ouch!!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: endfire79 on January 09, 2014, 09:03:05 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc69011.r11.cf3.rackcdn.com%2Fbd14e734c3a84df3b2bc9996cbcdf1a8-576x0.jpg&hash=410942dd68a27be9e80b70667b6ee0d7d5c02617)


Current project I'm involved with.  Cornish pasties are tasty. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/royal-navy-receives-upgraded-merlin-helicopters (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/royal-navy-receives-upgraded-merlin-helicopters)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 16, 2014, 12:31:58 PM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 31, 2014, 12:35:11 PM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on January 31, 2014, 03:18:53 PM
I hear Wagner....
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 08, 2014, 06:30:09 PM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 08, 2014, 10:05:35 PM
Combat helicopters are one of the great anomalies of modern warfare. I understand that a 'copter can move, scoot, twitch, and jink out of harms way using terrain but why has no one developed an anti-rotor-craft  missile similar to the Javelin which, when fired, first shoots straight up into the air hundreds or even a thousand feet to then come down on the hovering target from it's most vulnerable angle?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on February 09, 2014, 06:28:35 AM
What the heck is that thing? I know it looks very Hind-like.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 09, 2014, 07:19:39 AM
Mi-35. Export variant of the Hind.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on February 09, 2014, 07:57:04 AM
^Ah. Cheers Mirthie  :)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 09, 2014, 07:58:32 AM
The South Africans build a pretty bitchin' modded MiL-24 hotrod called the Superhind. In fact, the pic above might actually be it.



Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 09, 2014, 08:33:17 AM
And it so it is:

http://www.paramountgroup.biz/en/integrated-systems/mi-24-upgrades
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 09, 2014, 09:11:30 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 09, 2014, 08:33:17 AM
And it so it is:

http://www.paramountgroup.biz/en/integrated-systems/mi-24-upgrades

Ha! It's actually available as a variant in the Take on: 'Helicopters Hind' sim from BI.

Which reminds me, Gus, did you ever get those Steam bastards to fix your steam code?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on February 21, 2014, 02:50:12 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs18.postimg.org%2Fjj5akn955%2F1170376.jpg&hash=3bd94a16d02456f99136f79ec4b41ee7e2562bdf)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Jack Nastyface on February 24, 2014, 05:14:49 PM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Jack Nastyface on February 24, 2014, 05:16:25 PM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Jack Nastyface on February 25, 2014, 05:15:47 PM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Jack Nastyface on February 25, 2014, 07:02:43 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi919.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad39%2FJack_Nastyface1805%2F45142952_zpsd52d6524.jpg&hash=4f2e2fdd809015730c8d8b38f18867ca50e2bda0)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 06, 2014, 06:42:32 PM
^Great pics, Jack.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.janes.com%2Fimages%2Fassets%2F882%2F24882%2F1523807-main.jpg&hash=01e93f69052c9824b419ad2532a25ce93837b5bd)
Title: .
Post by: eyebiter on March 07, 2014, 07:55:56 PM
.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on March 12, 2014, 11:32:06 AM
proof that there's lift in them there rotors
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 12, 2014, 06:05:39 PM
Or just proof that the rotors' RPM at that moment was perfectly synchronized with the Frames-per-minutes and shutter speed of the camera used to film the flight.

http://petapixel.com/2012/10/19/camera-synchronized-to-chopper-blades-creates-amazing-illusion/
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on March 12, 2014, 09:43:45 PM
now THAT, is an interesting phenomena
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 16, 2014, 10:57:47 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fo5F0Uip.jpg&hash=f9f096b0c94acf44977d8f7e8b45893da25f8490)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 16, 2014, 10:58:37 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FuUXz68j.jpg&hash=50553f553761279667d486c85a87d22675978152)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: TheCommandTent on March 16, 2014, 11:52:08 AM
^ Those are some great pictures mirth
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 16, 2014, 12:30:58 PM
Cue up Act III of Die Walküre
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Centurion40 on March 18, 2014, 08:11:34 AM
Quote from: Staggerwing on March 16, 2014, 12:30:58 PM
Cue up Act III of Die Walküre

What I'm thinking!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 18, 2014, 11:11:55 AM
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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 20, 2014, 11:36:46 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-www.airliners.net%2Faviation-photos%2Fphotos%2F0%2F0%2F8%2F2051800.jpg&hash=4bc926da18f76627825103ea68980d9deb0ff4d1)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on March 20, 2014, 03:23:28 PM
Captions Mirth!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 20, 2014, 04:34:53 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 20, 2014, 03:23:28 PM
Captions Mirth!

Why are you holding me to a such a high standard?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on March 20, 2014, 04:51:08 PM
Why are you holding me to a such a high standard?


He's hoping you'll transpose this lesson to your banging choices
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 20, 2014, 05:07:55 PM
Compared to his choices, I already do.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on March 20, 2014, 07:40:23 PM
nigerian please.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 31, 2014, 11:33:57 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FWuyoKl5.jpg&hash=6c4ff406007271b085c4076af538de642906acb2)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 31, 2014, 12:38:31 PM
Ukranian skeet range?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on March 31, 2014, 12:57:59 PM
Quote from: mirth on March 20, 2014, 05:07:55 PM
Compared to his choices, I already do.


(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-hdB0-ZjgnGk%2FUfsuWNpgGHI%2FAAAAAAAAJjc%2FAmC0Atn31M0%2Fs1600%2FhMTyVCH.jpg&hash=12e55d7ae38b41bec8b4b9e69b2990b6c4ba5b92)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on May 02, 2014, 12:07:56 PM
this will break your heart.
a ROC Apache crash:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fi0Z7X5s.jpg&hash=19b0fbbc539bf9e224aeccaa36a98176c9c45125)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FLjvg0Zk.jpg&hash=7c7f2ec94364f1b7fa8fff415984bf79135e8465)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBzOmLCb.jpg&hash=b55400c5624cf8640b3d39f0e493a0c729968475)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FiLpzh4b.jpg&hash=ab61fa19cc55bcccc97a76e0f55650a2a0842984)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 19, 2014, 10:18:57 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F3qdr6IR.jpg&hash=d24b66e2f299e3557106b0085f01a8f0db285cad)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on May 19, 2014, 11:28:00 PM
I think those are the best looking attack helicopters.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on May 20, 2014, 11:35:23 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 19, 2014, 11:28:00 PM
I think those are the best looking attack helicopters.

:coolsmiley:       O0
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bayonetbrant on May 20, 2014, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 02, 2014, 12:07:56 PM
this will break your heart.
a ROC Apache crash:

ROC?  or ROK?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on May 20, 2014, 03:21:56 PM
Iirc it was Taiwanese.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 21, 2014, 02:17:47 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FKixd4Xx.jpg&hash=3b044972af0ac7e1769f943ed36aef8837d0ba93)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on May 21, 2014, 02:28:10 PM
given the load that helo is moving I would be very surprised it it ever decouples from the tanker  :)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on May 21, 2014, 06:14:06 PM
Theyre just hummers. ::)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on May 21, 2014, 06:17:35 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 21, 2014, 06:14:06 PM
Theyre just hummers. ::)

There's a dirty joke in there somewhere but I'll let someone else make it.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on May 21, 2014, 07:49:24 PM
nah,  Windy just thinks his hummer is heavier then it actually is.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on May 21, 2014, 11:12:01 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 21, 2014, 07:49:24 PM
nah,  Windy just thinks his hummer is heavier then it actually is.

^-^
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on May 21, 2014, 11:31:59 PM
Quote from: Windigo on May 21, 2014, 11:12:01 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 21, 2014, 07:49:24 PM
nah,  Windy just thinks his hummer is heavier then it actually is.

^-^

so you think you give a heavy hummer?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 03, 2014, 08:19:33 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCdXNaw1.jpg&hash=635e2bcc13655a79d465cba81ca2b74ace71bf06)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 03, 2014, 08:21:36 PM
South African Air Force Denel AH-2 Rooivalk & Atlas Oryx at Roodewal during an exercise

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FzPgpHru.jpg&hash=217d4d4575b72a02e0527abef599147bd63539ae)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Centurion40 on June 05, 2014, 07:33:56 AM
Nice.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2014, 04:17:32 PM
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3838/14168985820_3cd6434d64_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on June 07, 2014, 04:37:44 PM
Awesomeness
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 12, 2014, 06:28:00 PM
QuoteFive Bölkow Bo 105 helicopters of the Swedish Army (Swedish designation helikopter 9A) from 5. pansarvärnshelikopterkompaniet (5th anti-tank helicopter squadron) stationed in Boden, Norrbotten training low flying tactics sometime around 1990. Note the warning sign to the right...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXNRq0.jpg&hash=a5185a5091d0e4f0508d3149a8a94abd072b2bdc)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Barthheart on June 16, 2014, 01:21:04 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthechive.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F06%2Fdaily_gifdump_611_01.gif&hash=07cfaaca4fca60b0c9cbda11610362d9e69bf800)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 16, 2014, 02:11:04 PM
Whoa. Close call.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on June 16, 2014, 10:47:19 PM
some poo came out!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on June 16, 2014, 11:41:05 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on June 16, 2014, 10:47:19 PM
some poo came out!

that crash would have rectum
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on June 16, 2014, 11:54:36 PM
really LOOK at that video and see the sway in the tail boom.  holy shit!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on June 17, 2014, 05:12:19 AM
No way those rotors didn't plow up some of that terrain. Good thing the blade tech has come so far.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 18, 2014, 11:24:28 AM
Royal Dutch Air Force Apache Demo Team

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCd6feVM.jpg&hash=6ebf663d0a5a525e7a031ff7d57fafaa4a8a2af5)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: TheCommandTent on June 18, 2014, 01:01:33 PM
^ OK, so that just looks cool.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 18, 2014, 02:09:34 PM
Yeah I really dig that paint job.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on July 05, 2014, 08:46:24 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-www.airliners.net%2Faviation-photos%2Fphotos%2F8%2F7%2F9%2F2216978.jpg&hash=ee9a8116ca97a8087b2ea8b6e9096d51c622d2fc)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on July 05, 2014, 06:16:56 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F3bwqFuc.jpg%3F1&hash=731aa549a68038df420d1b7fac33ba9b9fb4e52c)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on August 25, 2014, 06:33:20 PM
ACH-47A gunship conversion of the Chinook during Vietnam. Known as "Guns A Go-Go"

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FpVRsOmO.jpg&hash=983b0bdaed867bd6b4e3bac2d2754d2b0083b012)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook#ACH-47A (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook#ACH-47A)

http://228th.org/gogo.htm (http://228th.org/gogo.htm)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on August 25, 2014, 06:34:36 PM
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on August 26, 2014, 06:50:28 AM
Read about these. if memory serves.........

1 destroyed in a landing accident
1 destroyed when one of the 20mm mounts failed and shot off the front rotor
1 crash landed during the Tet offensive at Hue and was destroyed on the ground by friendly fire
1 made it back to the US

Only 4 converted to the AH47 config, as the Cobra began to come into service.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on September 16, 2014, 11:05:43 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/sVhaYCV.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on September 16, 2014, 11:17:23 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F_D02TjJU3Z1g%2FSl3c9DTmDzI%2FAAAAAAAAA_o%2FDP-5gw7cHXQ%2Fs400%2Fairwolf01.jpg&hash=5cda7850ba411d7d4def9bc3398a2d6c37cfc408)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Capn Darwin on September 16, 2014, 11:40:16 AM
Airwolf. That's a series that needs a reboot.  O0
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on September 16, 2014, 11:40:36 AM
Quote from: Capn Darwin on September 16, 2014, 11:40:16 AM
Airwolf. That's a series that needs a reboot.  O0

+1
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on September 16, 2014, 05:15:05 PM
Quote from: mirth on September 16, 2014, 11:05:43 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/sVhaYCV.jpg)

The guy closest seems to be carrying a Garand or something similar.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on September 16, 2014, 08:05:30 PM
M-1s were used in Vietnam, to an extent and early on, IIRC.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 15, 2014, 05:40:40 PM
German Army Eurocopter Tiger

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FkQravEa.jpg&hash=c033438297ddf7aa87a936623c35043e1a87f076)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on November 23, 2014, 06:59:13 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs22.postimg.org%2Fjjvrc5x3l%2F1670385.jpg&hash=c936f6bafd439e17579fdf5bfdbdc52b60710852)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 24, 2014, 07:39:04 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flivinginanotherlanguage.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2FIMG_4234-e1372935987587.jpg&hash=3bacae444a3906d90dfb45f47d1b67ab9cc1b274)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on November 24, 2014, 03:43:51 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F4pTEW8v.jpg&hash=3b0f04624dac97619ef3b6f2e8739f072ab1ccaf)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on November 24, 2014, 08:02:13 PM
gay landings?  :2funny:
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 24, 2014, 09:43:50 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 24, 2014, 08:02:13 PM
gay landings?  :2funny:

This is more like it:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Foou3F.jpg&hash=806b2e2275edbef8a14a5925821878e61dc8bb0b)

I forgot the Riptide helicopter was pink... (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smiley-lol.com%2Fsmiley%2Fdrague%2Fgay%2Fgaypride.gif&hash=bc0a1d97f5da07b3cd49cd379eb34333b038f55a)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 12, 2014, 07:32:40 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FzJS74nB.jpg&hash=b6891c8a2494e3b43aef8b3cf413cefca3c913e4)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Barthheart on December 12, 2014, 08:20:03 AM
Quote from: mirth on December 12, 2014, 07:32:40 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FzJS74nB.jpg&hash=b6891c8a2494e3b43aef8b3cf413cefca3c913e4)

That can't be right.... he's right up against the engine intake.....  ???
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on December 12, 2014, 08:29:37 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F3%2F3c%2FAH-64_Apache_extraction_exercise.jpg&hash=66e3e80ee30602f98078ec85c4f82c92179f7aac)

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 17, 2014, 09:05:32 PM
Boeing Vertol YUH-61A. Runner-up in the Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System contest won by the UH-60A Black Hawk.

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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 05, 2015, 01:35:49 PM
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 05, 2015, 01:38:44 PM
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on February 10, 2015, 11:20:32 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs18.postimg.org%2Fnlu65dg5l%2F1750696.jpg&hash=a24d2723a20cc2d0ee3243d8351752a4af5b3bbc)

U.S. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade take off in an AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter while conducting flight operations during exercise Allied Spirit at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 27, 2015. Exercise Allied Spirit includes more than 2,000 participants from Canada, Hungary, Netherlands, U.K. and the U.S. Allied Spirit is exercising tactical interoperability and testing secure communications within alliance members. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Justin De Hoyos/Released)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 15, 2015, 10:05:40 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FYkOZyhc.jpg&hash=b8c6abc5767887ab79f5c04747d35423f7d35aa1)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 15, 2015, 10:13:11 AM
Battlehawk!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 15, 2015, 11:58:18 AM
Looks wicked, dunnit?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 16, 2015, 11:34:57 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-pPDrYiHSMxU%2FUcxm-9W4QJI%2FAAAAAAAABvE%2FbDsqG8VLAJs%2Fs1600%2FFA2013-3001-09.jpg&hash=54832739cc23e946c4239791b60126a4e4d8f4f3)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Airborne Rifles on March 16, 2015, 06:41:27 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sikorskyarchives.com%2Fimages%2Fimages%2520S-67%2FS-67-2%2520ED%25202.jpg&hash=53cfdd4a356727c95a7a3157d674f48e32839c71)
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sikorskyarchives.com%2Fimages%2Fimages%2520S-67%2FS67-3A.jpg&hash=b3a651efeee26bf91e6dd3a7d75ae1ba237fb28d)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on March 16, 2015, 06:58:50 PM
Ah... the first Sikorsky Blackhawk (attack) helo. Before the totally not the same and very different Black Hawk (transport) helo.

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 28, 2015, 12:16:06 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FinxjdZT.jpg&hash=ec34d64d4dbf9c59273915f01f2ba0bc454c16f9)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on April 08, 2015, 07:41:20 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs17.postimg.org%2Fa55xudqq7%2F1858830.jpg&hash=acd5fb796349abf524003bd89cc21c6381f70add)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 30, 2015, 08:15:36 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.kinja-img.com%2Fgawker-media%2Fimage%2Fupload%2Fs--_EWrrqhb--%2Fc_fit%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_80%2Cw_636%2F1230091099280646178.png&hash=a8075de0a21c1548de8a494fd368fb48581b24c3)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 08, 2015, 11:55:51 AM
QuoteAs U.S. "Eagle Flight" helicopters hover overhead, South Vietnamese troops wade through a rice paddy in Long An province during operations against Viet Cong guerrillas in the Mekong Delta, in December of 1964.

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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 20, 2015, 11:15:47 AM
Indian Navy Sea King firing Sea Skua missiles

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F6k8Tzwu.png&hash=643a85c4b68d9b8a2117e2d2f3ca721f0b9ae300)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 22, 2015, 11:44:29 AM
Sikorsky S-56 AEW variant

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aviastar.org%2Ffoto%2Fgallery%2Fsikorsky%2Fsik_s-56-aew_1.jpg&hash=7768787f59a08557571e61c2098c554664981e8d)


(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aviastar.org%2Ffoto%2Fsik_s-56-aew-s.gif&hash=47e4bb1e1b35e6da7c2644df7b0679d1e4573adc)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Centurion40 on May 22, 2015, 12:55:38 PM
Fast and bulbous.

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 22, 2015, 01:45:22 PM
Quote from: Centurion40 on May 22, 2015, 12:55:38 PM
Fast and bulbous.

That's what she said.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: MIGMaster on May 26, 2015, 01:40:30 PM
Sikorsky Raider

http://www.janes.com/article/51655/update-sikorsky-raider-completes-first-flight

See vestiges of the Cheyenne AH-56 concept from 1960/70's
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 28, 2015, 11:32:48 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaBaaZ8M.jpg&hash=08df7444b8caddc967155927f3ea43d14aa7e569)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Centurion40 on May 28, 2015, 12:12:36 PM
Nice!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Silent Disapproval Robot on May 28, 2015, 03:35:01 PM
Japan's attempt to strike fear into the hearts of the enemy.  (Just wait until they fire the tentacle missile.)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F40.media.tumblr.com%2Fc39514763d4cf4af4653f30a30ee3900%2Ftumblr_mncwifg2gV1ry0q3wo4_1280.jpg&hash=f473d239782537fe63afabae5ca29d67377b8fff)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg1.ak.crunchyroll.com%2Fi%2Fspire1%2F92c00865fe7e775dfeb0da368812b9861350215527_full.jpg&hash=c652edf7e4ebf810a8214c93e2a5d98511c023d6)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.kinja-img.com%2Fgawker-media%2Fimage%2Fupload%2Fs--vVmTkI_j--%2Fc_fit%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_80%2Cw_636%2F1827u8cmpfnrpjpg.jpg&hash=a790e896a4b5471028fda3f862df8b8c42612bf2)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjapanfocus.org%2Fdata%2FDynamic6.jpg&hash=f173c89aaf572a44b4e9158c18f080dba3187c40)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anime-thai.net%2Fbbs%2Fdata%2Fattachment%2Fforum%2F201305%2F22%2F113554l5y01yoy00n0t5de.jpg&hash=02394a72d459b9c530f39110903ac1c7d2e149f9)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVQlYip1.jpg&hash=d8933870780c70a25baaac8cc9af1dca62b1516d)

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 15, 2015, 11:31:39 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.defense.gov%2Fdodcmsshare%2Fhomepagephoto%2F2015-06%2Fhires_150605-N-KM939-533B.jpg&hash=0681b5df7439ba4059239bd4886e41dc9a522174)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 26, 2015, 11:46:17 AM
QuoteCroatian Mi-171Sh popping flares

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMPvtdIt.jpg&hash=52458b68d5a8bf188313f5dd0c9cbed515c23f6b)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: jomni on July 11, 2015, 08:45:08 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on May 28, 2015, 03:35:01 PM
Japan's attempt to strike fear into the hearts of the enemy.  (Just wait until they fire the tentacle missile.)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F40.media.tumblr.com%2Fc39514763d4cf4af4653f30a30ee3900%2Ftumblr_mncwifg2gV1ry0q3wo4_1280.jpg&hash=f473d239782537fe63afabae5ca29d67377b8fff)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg1.ak.crunchyroll.com%2Fi%2Fspire1%2F92c00865fe7e775dfeb0da368812b9861350215527_full.jpg&hash=c652edf7e4ebf810a8214c93e2a5d98511c023d6)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.kinja-img.com%2Fgawker-media%2Fimage%2Fupload%2Fs--vVmTkI_j--%2Fc_fit%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_80%2Cw_636%2F1827u8cmpfnrpjpg.jpg&hash=a790e896a4b5471028fda3f862df8b8c42612bf2)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjapanfocus.org%2Fdata%2FDynamic6.jpg&hash=f173c89aaf572a44b4e9158c18f080dba3187c40)

Nice set.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anime-thai.net%2Fbbs%2Fdata%2Fattachment%2Fforum%2F201305%2F22%2F113554l5y01yoy00n0t5de.jpg&hash=02394a72d459b9c530f39110903ac1c7d2e149f9)

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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: jomni on July 11, 2015, 09:00:31 PM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/319/19430692350_2577e32ef4_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vB2nT5)SAM_0792 (https://flic.kr/p/vB2nT5) by jomni1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63207426@N00/), on Flickr

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/533/19611661282_f79669071a_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vT1TD5)SAM_0790 (https://flic.kr/p/vT1TD5) by jomni1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63207426@N00/), on Flickr

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/363/19592447446_df17e379f8_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vRjq33)SAM_0832 (https://flic.kr/p/vRjq33) by jomni1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63207426@N00/), on Flickr

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/278/19430600918_cb8302ef0d_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vB1UGE)SAM_0833 (https://flic.kr/p/vB1UGE) by jomni1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63207426@N00/), on Flickr

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/19618632865_d33bf313d1_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vTCC3M)SAM_0835 (https://flic.kr/p/vTCC3M) by jomni1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63207426@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on July 11, 2015, 09:43:22 PM
Nice pix!

Singapore- is that where you are right now Jomni? IIRC, you were in Europe a while back.
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Post by: jomni on July 11, 2015, 11:28:55 PM
Singapore.  O0
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Post by: mirth on July 24, 2015, 04:54:11 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHO1aOuz.jpg&hash=b57982caa88b451d1ca36ac9888187d7415052cd)
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Post by: jomni on July 24, 2015, 05:45:14 PM
Flying bananas
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Post by: mirth on August 05, 2015, 07:25:02 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/daily-afternoon-randomness-49-photos-53.jpg?quality=90&strip=info&w=600)
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Post by: Staggerwing on August 05, 2015, 07:29:32 PM
Looks like the 'copters are floating inside nice soft fluffy clouds- a real Disney Planes moment.
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Post by: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 06, 2015, 04:07:56 AM
I thought LB was working on his next modelling project, Apaches in the clouds.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on August 06, 2015, 05:43:49 AM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 06, 2015, 04:07:56 AM
I thought LB was working on his next modelling project, Apaches in the clouds.

No, that's Star's next wargame review.

Soon come Mon...  (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.420magazine.com%2Fforums%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fjointma4.gif&hash=6cf394d759ebe314c2717e4ce8dedf503c127322)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on September 02, 2015, 11:24:31 AM
QuoteManoeuvre by RAF Chinook display team at an airshow in 2007

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FhQ5FRJ3.jpg&hash=fb77e4e944c6e7e55336b21f065c62874b55b3b5)
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Post by: mirth on September 03, 2015, 11:43:31 AM
QuoteUH-1 crew chief heading toward his bird to load up the linked 40mm grenades he is carrying.  1967 Bien Hoa, South Viet Nam

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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on September 11, 2015, 11:03:52 AM
QuoteHH-60 Pave Hawk of the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron over Afghanistan Feb. 9, 2011

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FgXEMZvv.jpg&hash=57fcc0bbdd66b74825ba40c29778a066307eda1a)
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Post by: BanzaiCat on September 11, 2015, 10:01:56 PM
^ Netflix ran an awesome series called "Inside Combat Rescue," but it's not on there anymore unfortunately. That show was a great watch, but it was only six episodes.

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on September 16, 2015, 11:36:45 AM
QuoteMitsubishi/Sikorsky SH-60J ASW helicopter landing on JS Ise

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVDhzPZ2.jpg&hash=158c1ec5405a9989d4758a4482f95fc07a85c9af)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 11, 2015, 08:36:21 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FoWzSwXo.jpg&hash=e3a854aed6594d4e3a0f3f50572a7f1a28a26e8b)
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Post by: Airborne Rifles on October 11, 2015, 08:47:42 AM
Quote from: mirth on October 11, 2015, 08:36:21 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FoWzSwXo.jpg&hash=e3a854aed6594d4e3a0f3f50572a7f1a28a26e8b)

Been there, done that. It's awesome to see those things come in, hover right above you, and then fly off with your truck/bulldozer/whatever you need moved to the LZ. Those Chinooks are awesome machines.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: besilarius on October 12, 2015, 06:51:58 PM
Stuck nose gear.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5b9_1339484556
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 12, 2015, 09:08:28 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.kinja-img.com%2Fgawker-media%2Fimage%2Fupload%2Fs--Y_2ERWmX--%2Fwwybgxv2cmmbolnnocif.jpg&hash=9fca9e47ee167d16847e6b7aa549c4375ff77215)

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/why-is-this-mi-24-hind-wearing-u-s-coast-guard-colors-1644434863
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Post by: Airborne Rifles on October 13, 2015, 05:43:37 AM
^ Ha! That's awesome. Was the movie some Soviet version of Red Dawn I wonder?
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Post by: Echoblammo on October 13, 2015, 06:35:59 AM
What's better than Just a CH-53? A CH-53 with what looks like a... Wiesel? With a TOW? Oh well.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 13, 2015, 09:06:38 AM
Quote from: Airborne Rifles on October 13, 2015, 05:43:37 AM
^ Ha! That's awesome. Was the movie some Soviet version of Red Dawn I wonder?

I don't know, but I want to find it now.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 13, 2015, 09:20:03 AM
Now we're getting somewhere

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimpdb.org%2Fimages%2F9%2F99%2FCharged_death_title.jpg&hash=7b3da39060896b16927589b1bc1954c9e3ac86f3)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fkinofilms.tv%2Fimages%2Ffilms%2F34%2F33389%2Fpict%2Fposter.jpg&hash=2ffb46c33626071950157e2facb892d70127b826)

http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Zarjazhennye_smert%27ju
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on October 16, 2015, 03:48:58 PM
Old school

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d64_1436098209 (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d64_1436098209)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 27, 2015, 09:03:37 AM
QuoteMi-26 'Big Boy' in the mountains of Uttarakhand, India

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvTwfWt7.jpg&hash=6f9065083b4b13cf87d4143646b670c384ea662b)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 29, 2015, 08:51:23 AM
QuoteAn Apache lifts off from HMS Ocean during the conflict in Libya

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Apache_Helicopter_Takes_off_from_HMS_Ocean_During_Operation_Ellamy_MOD_45153052.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on November 08, 2015, 09:33:20 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FRdC3sLU.png&hash=382ea982e3b3339ad9748d77555943f20f9055a9)
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Post by: Staggerwing on November 09, 2015, 06:18:51 AM
Look! A flying AFV!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Barthheart on January 15, 2016, 08:44:11 AM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/the-weekends-on-the-horizon-now-we-just-dgaf-81.jpg?quality=94&strip=info&w=600)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 15, 2016, 08:45:06 AM
^Cool pic!
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Post by: mirth on January 28, 2016, 11:58:30 AM
QuoteBritish soldiers fast rope from a Bristol Belvedere, 1961

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1570/24024006924_e12949f0a8_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 14, 2016, 07:28:01 AM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1635/24707311210_793d9239eb_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 14, 2016, 07:35:09 AM
QuoteA USN SeaKing conducted an emergency landing on HMNZS WAIKATO in exercise RIMPAC 1978

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Post by: BanzaiCat on February 16, 2016, 07:27:34 AM
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Post by: bob48 on February 16, 2016, 08:42:09 AM
^he-he. Such memories.
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Post by: jomni on February 20, 2016, 03:38:52 AM
Republic of Singapore Air Force Apache

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1572/24775250859_c905e7794a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DKiCVz)SAM_1289 (https://flic.kr/p/DKiCVz) by jomni1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63207426@N00/), on Flickr

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1552/24775250589_43af5ba157_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DKiCQV)SAM_1299 (https://flic.kr/p/DKiCQV) by jomni1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63207426@N00/), on Flickr

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1629/25116595266_f691b1d54f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Egt7HY)SAM_1326 (https://flic.kr/p/Egt7HY) by jomni1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63207426@N00/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: jomni on February 21, 2016, 06:12:51 PM
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1510/24516082403_e70c0f4256_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DmpkaV)SAM_1543 (https://flic.kr/p/DmpkaV) by jomni1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63207426@N00/), on Flickr

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1690/25142942395_a50d81f15d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EiN9NP)SAM_1491 (https://flic.kr/p/EiN9NP) by jomni1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63207426@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 24, 2016, 01:48:25 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/d-p2-ah-64-apache-02_23_16-920-1.jpg?quality=80&strip=info&w=920)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 10, 2016, 08:57:08 AM
QuoteOH-1 Ninja scout helicopter of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5557/15016454341_c72732da7e_o.jpg)
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Post by: BanzaiCat on March 10, 2016, 10:52:08 AM
Goat jumping from helicopter...

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xCDcxpi5kEM/maxresdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 10, 2016, 10:59:22 AM
Stay in the copter with Star or jump. The goat made the only rational choice.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: undercovergeek on March 10, 2016, 11:13:28 AM
it has a halo?

is it...........

'the holy goat?'
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Barthheart on March 10, 2016, 11:21:05 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on March 10, 2016, 11:13:28 AM
it has a halo?

is it...........

'the holy goat?'

Did you just make a pun?!?  :D WOOHOO a convert!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on March 10, 2016, 03:05:49 PM
..someone hacked 'geeks account.............help!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 10, 2016, 04:12:21 PM




Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 16, 2016, 08:59:21 AM
QuoteApache helicopter aboard HMS Illustrious

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Defence_Imagery_-_Helicopters_landing_aboard_HMS_Illustrious_05.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 28, 2016, 11:12:37 AM
QuoteUS Navy CH-53 Super Stallions refuelling

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FR6hJ29M.jpg&hash=55387cc94fb03dc69a2d9b5ac3a57487f700c42d)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 07, 2016, 11:05:16 AM
QuoteThe view from a USMC AH-1Z Viper cockpit

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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 19, 2016, 02:28:38 PM
Kiowa farwell flight

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic3.businessinsider.com%2Fimage%2F5716552d910584155c8bd6e5-1200%2Fkiowa-farewell-1.jpg&hash=d3a2da2fcd5ead0d4ae29c5153fdcd656ba7c05d)

http://www.businessinsider.com/kiowa-helicopters-performed-final-flight-over-fort-bragg-2016-4
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 13, 2016, 11:29:55 AM
QuoteAlien Mi-24 - paint scheme for NATO Tiger Meet 2016

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.letajicihrosi.cz%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2FALIEN_TIGER_2016%2Fmi-24_3366_chlebecek.jpg&hash=5d2daa4958bc0fc297ec914c7b833271f9db9dae)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Barthheart on May 13, 2016, 11:48:24 AM
H.R. Giger would be proud.  O0
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 24, 2016, 11:26:40 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBsVYkQe.jpg&hash=9a5f17def2d0dbe8353d5bb118dc97db75554953)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on July 13, 2016, 07:37:25 PM
(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--7fFO8ijt--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/zpsleldqigm303sucpus.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on July 13, 2016, 07:39:44 PM
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K0wY_vhAlbM/maxresdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on September 20, 2016, 11:16:11 AM
QuoteA a CH-47 landing on board the battleship Iowa

(https://i.redd.it/9n56l07uuomx.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on September 20, 2016, 06:32:27 PM
Why do I get the feeling the helo pilot landed really really carefully, and didn't make eye contact...
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on September 28, 2016, 06:15:29 PM
QuoteAn S-100 unmanned helicopter lands aboard the German Navy's K130 Class Corvette Braunschweig.

(https://i.redd.it/n2h0tsaz1box.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on November 22, 2016, 12:24:57 PM
QuoteHH-60 Pave Hawk, fitted with skis for arctic operations, over Alaska


(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.110aw.ang.af.mil%2Fshared%2Fmedia%2Fphotodb%2Fphotos%2F2012%2F10%2F121017-F-XX999-991.jpg&hash=b37c57adc8418a8a7e95ff934dd5ed9894e75777)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on November 23, 2016, 06:42:31 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/8e23996be930d4933adcf732b2dc64a2.jpeg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on November 29, 2016, 01:03:59 PM
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on November 29, 2016, 01:26:15 PM
Clean underwear at the ready, if you please!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 06, 2016, 06:27:49 PM
RAF Chinook

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.raf.mod.uk%2FRAFodiham%2Frafcms%2Fmediafiles%2F3235D90E_5056_A318_A8CC6EC65CE3ADB5.jpg&hash=e6cd57e4118f6d5425c0f0c6313d658d8262b250)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on December 07, 2016, 12:29:35 PM
my friggen stomach....
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 15, 2016, 08:15:54 AM
QuoteBundeswehr Tiger

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FqrCqWCu.jpg&hash=f605e887f076f5ded27de69c251ae59da38050c8)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 27, 2016, 11:19:28 AM
QuoteAH-1S Cobra attack helicopters - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8526/8465505054_258de6abde_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: JudgeDredd on December 27, 2016, 11:41:39 AM
Quote from: mirth on April 19, 2016, 02:28:38 PM
Kiowa farwell flight

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic3.businessinsider.com%2Fimage%2F5716552d910584155c8bd6e5-1200%2Fkiowa-farewell-1.jpg&hash=d3a2da2fcd5ead0d4ae29c5153fdcd656ba7c05d)

http://www.businessinsider.com/kiowa-helicopters-performed-final-flight-over-fort-bragg-2016-4
What's taking over from the Kiowa?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 27, 2016, 11:56:26 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on December 27, 2016, 11:41:39 AM
What's taking over from the Kiowa?

Drones and Apaches in the short term. Lakotas eventually, if the Army procures enough.

http://www.deploymentessentials.com/oh-58d-kiowa-to-be-replaced-by-uh-72-lakota-ah-64-apache/ (http://www.deploymentessentials.com/oh-58d-kiowa-to-be-replaced-by-uh-72-lakota-ah-64-apache/)

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/lists/posts/post.aspx?ID=1374
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 09, 2017, 03:01:40 PM
QuoteAirmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron jump out the back of a MH-47 Chinook Helicopter April 9, 2013

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5488/11594885113_8f9d151276_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 01, 2017, 01:01:02 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.russianhelicopters.aero%2Fupload%2Fim%2Fresize%2F2b4a47777b42f08623d7369173aa7c2c.jpeg&hash=ade265b696665ff56f5bd4aaf67cc1c48e593e9b)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 10, 2017, 12:26:09 PM
QuoteCH-46 Sea Stallion delivers ordnance to USS Kitty Hawk (CV -63) with USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) in the background, 2002

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Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on February 10, 2017, 03:53:08 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-QJKZh4n3GDc%2FThtraNLUltI%2FAAAAAAAAAxk%2FBsrHH-_LziU%2Fs1600%2Fhelicopter-parent.jpg&hash=8cd82924484822c889fa7e375ca9baf4b61ce8e9)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 23, 2017, 06:49:07 PM
QuoteCH-53E during a "Max Launch" at USMC Air Station New River, Feb. 3, 2017

(https://media.defense.gov/2017/Feb/09/2001696917/-1/-1/0/170203-M-GX880-055.JPG)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 05, 2017, 09:53:22 AM
Huey Bombers in Vietnam

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/8072/during-the-vietnam-war-the-u-s-army-turned-hueys-into-mad-bombers
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 10, 2017, 12:28:10 PM
QuoteThe Piasecki HUP on plane guard duty rescues Ensign E.H. Barry, whose AF-2 Guardian was forced to ditch after launching from the USS Block Island (CVE-106) on 12 August 1953.

(https://i.redd.it/7og0mqgohlky.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 23, 2017, 04:50:14 AM
QuoteMH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter flies near the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Takanami-class destroyer JS Sazanami, in the East China Sea, March 8, 2017

(https://media.defense.gov/2017/Mar/16/2001717291/-1/-1/0/170308-N-BL637-032A.JPG)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 29, 2017, 11:15:23 AM
QuoteAustralian Defence Force Tiger ARH gets reloaded in the field during firing exercises. (1st Aviation Regiment)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FpPJfHO4.jpg&hash=9030b2323a88cdfe56e91a7346440da31c01c2ec)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 29, 2017, 11:16:59 AM
QuoteCH-53E Super Stallion flies next to the USS Bonhomme Richard during an exercise in the Pacific Ocean, March 19, 2017

(https://media.defense.gov/2017/Mar/27/2001722672/-1/-1/0/170319-M-CJ546-012E.JPG)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 29, 2017, 11:18:52 AM
QuoteSouth Korean AW-159 Wildcat supporting an anti-submarine warfare training exercise in the Yellow Sea

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FsRcYhiA.jpg&hash=fe42e87f4f56e116b0154667938b21b123fee400)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 16, 2017, 06:23:02 AM
QuoteMarine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopters insert Marines during a simulated raid as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-17 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., April 12, 2017

(https://media.defense.gov/2017/Apr/14/2001732792/-1/-1/0/170412-M-VO695-0072Y.JPG)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 27, 2017, 04:27:03 PM
QuoteA Marine Corps Super Cobra flies by an Abrams preparing to fire at designated targets on an Egyptian firing range.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fy0i4gTl.jpg&hash=5ab86f86456016080ed3fbf6751500647e2651dc)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Barthheart on June 05, 2017, 01:37:07 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/928401a1c4918935fa3894c7747862ff_width-600.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on June 05, 2017, 05:32:42 PM
I think thats the only one Russia can afford to keep airborne.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 05, 2017, 05:34:49 PM
That's the only one they can afford to Photoshop.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 07, 2017, 11:10:10 AM
QuoteHMS Minerva's Lynx HAS2 on ASW mission, 1987.

(https://i.redd.it/iyubcbfh1u1z.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 19, 2017, 10:32:39 AM
(https://i.redd.it/na2cpmhvle4z.jpg)
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Post by: BanzaiCat on June 19, 2017, 10:36:52 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amcnetworks.com%2Fblogs.amctv.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F1983%2F01%2FBlue-Thunder.gif&hash=6cd49d24045ac20faf1021297e447932cac261b1)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 19, 2017, 10:42:37 AM
Talk to me, JAFO.
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Post by: Staggerwing on June 19, 2017, 06:16:23 PM
Wasn't the GIB's name Lemongood or something like that?
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Post by: mirth on June 28, 2017, 12:04:32 PM
Lymangood in the movie (played by Daniel Stern). Wonderlove in the TV show (played by Dana Carvey).
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Post by: Staggerwing on June 28, 2017, 05:45:08 PM
I remember very little about the tv series except that the lead actor sounded like he had clogged nasal passages and that the show's producers felt the need to add a lame support van and crew named 'Rolling thunder', IMSM.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 28, 2017, 05:48:09 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on June 28, 2017, 05:45:08 PM
and that the show's producers felt the need to add a lame support van and crew named 'Rolling thunder', IMSM.

With Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith! That's some good TV!  :crazy2:
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 28, 2017, 06:34:42 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/other-mm-07_29_17-600-29.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
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Post by: mirth on June 28, 2017, 06:36:16 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/other-mm-07_29_17-600-50.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
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Post by: mirth on July 03, 2017, 01:05:53 PM
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c3/86/61/c38661bab97c01cce8f201291f813eaf.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on July 07, 2017, 11:29:22 AM
QuoteKh-35 AShM being fired by a Ka-27 helicopter

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0ql7bzB.jpg&hash=a79fd1d40290e777c1aa226e339a637407649474)
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Post by: mirth on July 07, 2017, 11:30:46 AM
Ка-31

(https://russianplanes.net/images/to61000/060322.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on July 16, 2017, 07:48:39 AM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FJqyZyeE.jpg&hash=a16d7a82224277637a67f2b94c88a080da1e4749)
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Post by: mirth on July 30, 2017, 10:05:24 AM
QuoteUS Marines and US Army Special Forces soldiers board a CH-47 to conduct a high altitude airborne jump, Jul. 14, 2017

(https://media.defense.gov/2017/Jul/21/2001780987/-1/-1/0/170714-M-QB730-186.JPG)
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Post by: mirth on August 02, 2017, 09:19:15 AM
QuoteA Royal New Zealand Navy SH-2G(I) Seasprite from HMNZS Te Kaha on board the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for crossdeck landing training

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTfd5nnD.jpg&hash=396c326711f91c048a3a3c7563600be147e026b4)
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Post by: mirth on August 06, 2017, 08:32:00 AM
QuoteKawasaki OH-1 Ninja

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/2f/19/88/2f1988b4306f25af251c19b86104fd79.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on August 08, 2017, 11:40:21 AM
MH-6 Little Bird

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/0d/47/45/0d4745fb016a888bf1d66dbb5f30ce59.jpg)
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Post by: Barthheart on August 08, 2017, 11:58:51 AM
Took some balls to go into combat in that tiny thing.  :o
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Post by: Windigo on August 08, 2017, 12:15:25 PM
Quote from: Barthheart on August 08, 2017, 11:58:51 AM
Took some balls to go into combat in that tiny thing.  :o
they are hanging off the FLIR
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Post by: mirth on August 09, 2017, 11:15:30 AM
QuoteUS AH-64D Apache attack helicopters. Exercise Getica Saber 2017

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4298/35121847064_8e4530e57a_k.jpg)
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Post by: BanzaiCat on August 11, 2017, 06:02:50 AM
QuoteA close up picture of a Cobra crew with an East German Hind helicopter in the background

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-4WxCROZxLU0%2FUAJEA6dVWMI%2FAAAAAAAABLA%2FfF8n3Bf-YXg%2Fs1600%2FHC.jpg&hash=bd38e2cd96e961856a3a2fcf210e6bcdaaa803d3)
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Post by: mirth on August 11, 2017, 11:34:05 AM
QuoteA U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey executes a vertical take off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) as another waits to launch during flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.defense.gov%2Fdodcmsshare%2Fnewsphoto%2F2005-11%2F051115-N-3527B-068.jpg&hash=bb01086f42374c525f186ebe1c44ed7297f2309c)
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Post by: mirth on September 07, 2017, 10:25:33 AM
https://twitter.com/AFSpecOpsCmd/status/905796123440369664 (https://twitter.com/AFSpecOpsCmd/status/905796123440369664)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Barthheart on September 07, 2017, 10:28:48 AM
Quote from: mirth on August 11, 2017, 11:34:05 AM
QuoteA U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey executes a vertical take off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) as another waits to launch during flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.defense.gov%2Fdodcmsshare%2Fnewsphoto%2F2005-11%2F051115-N-3527B-068.jpg&hash=bb01086f42374c525f186ebe1c44ed7297f2309c)

That looks PhotoShop'ed...  ???
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Post by: mirth on September 07, 2017, 10:32:46 AM
I don't think so, it's an official DoD pic.
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Post by: Barthheart on September 07, 2017, 11:18:32 AM
Still looks Shop'd.....
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Post by: mirth on September 07, 2017, 11:23:45 AM
QuoteSoliders from the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment and prospective candidates for the sniper course run through maneuvers from a Griffon Helicopter at CFB Valcartier.

(https://i.imgur.com/4oJcwwh.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 08, 2017, 11:13:07 AM
QuoteSikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift cargo helicopters

(https://i.redd.it/pzigob2f61kz.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 14, 2017, 03:44:01 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14346/watch-never-before-seen-clips-of-chinook-helicopters-supporting-seal-team-six-overseas
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Post by: mirth on September 19, 2017, 11:16:21 AM
QuoteChinese PLA aviation brigade Z-10 attakc helicopters lifting off during training.

(https://i.redd.it/fcklgcbvspmz.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on September 25, 2017, 07:25:29 AM
QuoteA USMC UH-1Y flies near the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) as the ship transits the Caribbean Sea, Sept. 11, 2017
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navy.mil%2Fmanagement%2Fphotodb%2Fphotos%2F170911-N-SZ865-106.JPG&hash=3093cccb398b153539a2a5e52dd38a3ae83ad23c)
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Post by: mirth on October 14, 2017, 08:06:39 PM
QuoteA Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion during an air to air refueling exercise, Yuma, Arizona, Oct 6, 2017

(https://media.defense.gov/2017/Oct/12/2001826349/-1/-1/0/171006-M-MJ974-0085A.JPG)
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Post by: mirth on October 14, 2017, 08:49:27 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/15146/the-ch-53s-dark-present-but-bright-future-on-this-the-choppers-53rd-birthday
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Post by: mirth on October 22, 2017, 01:17:09 PM
QuoteSOF submarine FRIES (Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System) insertion.

(https://i.redd.it/vj95r7yn3dtz.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on October 22, 2017, 01:18:17 PM
QuoteThe guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) and a MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Forty-Eight (HSM) 48 conduct search and rescue training evolution

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navy.mil%2Fmanagement%2Fphotodb%2Fphotos%2F160923-N-BL607-242.JPG&hash=0cca2a5473b4abdf7974b791581a882a0978060a)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 25, 2017, 08:42:21 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/15467/latest-bell-uh-1y-venom-variant-of-the-iconic-huey-finds-an-export-customer
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on October 29, 2017, 11:52:31 AM
QuoteA U.S. MH-60S Sea Hawk flies by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Shimakaze above waters around Okinawa southwest of the Korean peninsula, Oct. 9, 2017

(https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2017/10/24/2017-10-11T110323Z_2_LYNXMPED9A0SV_RTROPTP_4_JAPAN-USNAVY-NORTHKOREA-1200x658.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on October 29, 2017, 11:59:05 AM
QuoteUSS Kearsarge Deploying Marines ashore to Puerto Rico to assist with relief efforts

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navy.mil%2Fmanagement%2Fphotodb%2Fphotos%2F171012-M-GQ832-0033.JPG&hash=f6bc31dc64a39d564361acfe260577fd081af566)
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Post by: mirth on November 06, 2017, 01:54:09 PM
QuoteAs U.S. "Eagle Flight" helicopters hover overhead, South Vietnamese troops wade through a rice paddy in Long An province during operations against Viet Cong guerrillas in the Mekong Delta, in December of 1964

(https://i.imgur.com/05FLYnH.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on November 10, 2017, 07:08:46 AM
QuoteMarine Super Stallions perform flight ops on USS Essex

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navy.mil%2Fmanagement%2Fphotodb%2Fphotos%2F171021-M-RX597-0175.JPG&hash=1d2fa38ae52cf6b5ce7142055a6b3d8bec7e96ce)
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Post by: mirth on November 16, 2017, 12:45:03 PM
QuoteUSN MH-60R flies over the fleet at San Diego, 2017

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4565/24546100368_e57092f05c_o.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on November 22, 2017, 10:25:18 AM
https://twitter.com/klaasm67/status/933088205691375617
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on November 22, 2017, 10:36:23 AM
(https://i.redd.it/d7drgxnilizz.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on November 22, 2017, 10:37:36 AM
Quote160th SOAR (A) MH-47G awaits in a snow-covered LZ.

(https://i.redd.it/389q0g6yofzz.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on November 23, 2017, 04:45:15 PM
QuoteSoviet Border Guards deploy from a Mil Mi-4 helicopter, 1968

(https://i.redditmedia.com/gmUg5PiMw2ydYOV0rGbTQAxlOA3ErZ7uOzcGPisEgtM.png?w=724&s=423e34722b9c80582d7f7e95895c86d5)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 05, 2017, 12:04:15 PM
(https://i.redd.it/ftapnpovyu101.jpg)
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Post by: Windigo on December 05, 2017, 04:59:16 PM
WTF?
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Post by: Staggerwing on December 05, 2017, 09:53:32 PM
Quote from: Windigo on December 05, 2017, 04:59:16 PM
WTF?

What, you never saw a guy with a TV monitor on the back of his helmet before?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 05, 2017, 10:00:58 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on December 05, 2017, 09:53:32 PM
Quote from: Windigo on December 05, 2017, 04:59:16 PM
WTF?

What, you never saw a guy with a TV monitor on the back of his helmet before?

He's trying to forget the experience.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 06, 2017, 12:09:33 PM
QuoteThree Piasecki HRP-1 Rescuers dropping off marines during an exercise in Quantico, Virginia

(https://i.redd.it/6w8lgb4qr6201.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 08, 2017, 09:01:24 AM
QuoteMi-8AMTSh testing EW equipment at Mil Aviation Plant

(https://russianplanes.net/images/to223000/222486.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on December 08, 2017, 06:07:46 PM
looks like it's sporting a couple of rooftop HVAC units.
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Post by: mirth on December 08, 2017, 06:39:37 PM
In Soviet Russia, AC tells you the temperature!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on December 08, 2017, 10:01:34 PM
in Soviet Russia EM tests make you glow in the dark.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 15, 2017, 08:20:08 AM
QuoteChinok at rooftop, Afghanistan.

(https://i.redd.it/tfmgi6s2a2401.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 24, 2017, 06:31:12 AM
QuoteA Kamov Ka-27 helicopter takes off from the deck of Ukrainian Navy frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy

(https://i.redditmedia.com/MEpHL_FjgxCbGO1bC4ppC8tUFfeAhuW9NOPAkFnKBWE.jpg?w=1024&s=c994a807ede472ceedc623c815a9c8c6)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 24, 2017, 06:34:31 AM
QuotePiasecki HRP-2's and HRP-1's on the flight deck of USS Siboney (CVE-112) with USS O'Hare (DD-889) in the background

(https://i.redd.it/trj4k6000l501.jpg)
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Post by: Staggerwing on December 24, 2017, 06:44:47 AM
^Note that the Harp-1(AKA 'Flying Banana') taking off is fabric covered while the two Harp-2s are metal-skinned.


A naked HRP-1:


(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boeingimages.com%2FDocs%2FBOE%2FMedia%2FTR3_WATERMARKED%2Fd%2Fd%2Ff%2Fb%2FBI25022.jpg&hash=91bf5c7c8c976c28a5afc331008bd1af56d9e808)
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Post by: mirth on December 27, 2017, 08:15:38 AM
https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/945236717245751297
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Post by: mirth on December 27, 2017, 11:22:51 AM
QuoteNew AH-1Z Vipers in Hawaii

(https://i.redd.it/h99psbuald601.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on December 30, 2017, 08:17:06 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/947266764110422016
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Post by: mirth on January 04, 2018, 12:08:30 PM
Quote40 Commando Royal Marines deploying from an RAF Chinook on Exercise Black Alligator, Mojave Desert, 2016

(https://i.imgur.com/DvTZ1qG.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 07, 2018, 01:38:38 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/949828675414908928
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Post by: mirth on January 07, 2018, 01:59:49 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/daily-afternoon-randomness-in-hq-43-photos-2514.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=920)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on January 08, 2018, 01:02:41 PM
Quote from: mirth on January 07, 2018, 01:38:38 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/949828675414908928



.... jebus
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on January 08, 2018, 03:15:42 PM
That looks like a lot of fun
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Post by: mirth on January 19, 2018, 11:57:36 AM
QuoteUH1-Y and AH1-W helicopters over Hawaii.


(https://i.redd.it/k6ekldsb2ya01.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on January 19, 2018, 04:21:13 PM
Quote from: mirth on January 19, 2018, 11:57:36 AM
QuoteUH1-Y and AH1-W helicopters over Hawaii.


img width=1000]https://i.redd.it/k6ekldsb2ya01.jpg[/img]



*cough*  *cough*       :-"    :-"    :-"
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Post by: mirth on January 19, 2018, 05:10:42 PM
yeah yeah
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Post by: GDS_Starfury on January 19, 2018, 07:38:35 PM
Quote from: mirth on January 19, 2018, 11:57:36 AM
QuoteUH1-Y and AH1-W helicopters over Hawaii.

(https://i.redd.it/k6ekldsb2ya01.jpg)

Toonces doesn't surf this beach!
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Post by: Staggerwing on January 19, 2018, 08:14:09 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on January 19, 2018, 07:38:35 PM
Toonces doesn't surf this beach!

Duh. No waves.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 22, 2018, 07:33:12 AM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/955227761618112513
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 24, 2018, 07:18:25 AM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/956102253785464832
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 28, 2018, 03:45:26 PM
https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/920188842795327488
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 29, 2018, 09:27:48 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b3/9d/6f/b39d6fae2d143667c1545381b5a1cd26--movie-cars-film.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 29, 2018, 09:38:33 AM
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Post by: BanzaiCat on January 29, 2018, 09:39:26 AM
 :dreamer:

I loved Riptide. Not sure why.

Hell, I liked Automan, so there's no accounting for taste.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 29, 2018, 09:41:20 AM
I always preferred Simon & Simon

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 29, 2018, 09:43:39 AM
Pretty good. So too was Jake and the Fatman (another Penny show).
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 29, 2018, 09:44:22 AM
And this is possibly the greatest TV theme song of all time


Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 29, 2018, 09:46:50 AM
That and Street Hawk.



Fookin' 80s TV, man!  \m/ \m/
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on January 29, 2018, 09:54:13 AM
The only one of those that I remember is 'Airwolf' - we used to watch that.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 29, 2018, 04:24:18 PM
A friend of mine and I would make fun of him sitting on his dock playing the cello/bass (whatever it was) while an eagle flew around and cawwwed loudly.

Fly the helicopter and blow sh*t up, man! C'mon!
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 29, 2018, 04:26:19 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on January 29, 2018, 04:24:18 PM
A friend of mine and I would make fun of him sitting on his dock playing the cello/bass (whatever it was) while an eagle flew around and cawwwed loudly.

Fly the helicopter and blow sh*t up, man! C'mon!

Stringfellow Hawke was a complicated man.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 29, 2018, 04:36:46 PM
We should create a new thread with bad/awesome 80s TV in it unless said TV involves helicopters.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on January 29, 2018, 04:44:22 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on January 29, 2018, 04:36:46 PM
We should create a new thread with bad/awesome 80s TV in it unless said TV involves helicopters.

I'm down with that
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Post by: mirth on January 31, 2018, 12:36:59 PM
QuoteRoyal Navy AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat in Norwegian Fjords, 2016

(https://i.redd.it/e2gw1q3thdd01.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 01, 2018, 08:32:12 AM
QuoteMil V-12 (NATO reporting name Homer)

(https://i.redd.it/tezz5zynmhd01.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Barthheart on February 01, 2018, 08:46:35 AM
That looks like a Homer.....  :o
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 01, 2018, 08:48:43 AM
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Barthheart on February 01, 2018, 08:57:29 AM
Zacktly.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 01, 2018, 09:39:41 AM
Too bad this is fake

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 06, 2018, 09:51:55 AM
https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/960593999701708800
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 06, 2018, 11:41:12 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgQr5XHVAAAY6F_.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 06, 2018, 07:42:53 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on February 06, 2018, 11:41:12 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgQr5XHVAAAY6F_.jpg)


(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mash/images/0/0e/Radar_O%27Reilly.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20130306194416)
"Choppers..."
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on February 07, 2018, 10:26:54 AM
Quote from: Staggerwing on February 06, 2018, 07:42:53 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on February 06, 2018, 11:41:12 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgQr5XHVAAAY6F_.jpg)


(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mash/images/0/0e/Radar_O%27Reilly.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20130306194416)
"Choppers..."

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.relatably.com%2Fq%2Fimg%2Farnold-schwarzenegger-movie-quotes-get-to-the-chopper%2Fd22ed0178132e2e93d408e9f0ef2c6f0.jpg&hash=37d8d32f7e149ffd58f249d92e40b2dd19213e91)

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 10, 2018, 09:31:45 AM
QuoteChinook on the HMS Queen Elizabeth elevator.

(https://i.redd.it/n3nm2wkhh7f01.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 10, 2018, 07:04:33 PM



https://www.mdislander.com/maine-news/us-marine-helicopters-buzz-bar-harbor
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on February 10, 2018, 08:13:56 PM
Quote from: mirth on February 10, 2018, 07:04:33 PM



https://www.mdislander.com/maine-news/us-marine-helicopters-buzz-bar-harbor


Don't ya hate it when you leave your cell phone at the diner and have to go back for it?

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/marine-lands-ah-1w-attack-helicopter-ball-field-retrieve-cell-phone-left-local-restaurant/
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 11, 2018, 01:14:55 PM
QuoteS-70 Black Hawk helicopter armed with four forward-firing guns, rocket pod and laser-guided missiles

(https://www.defenseconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/S_70_Black_Hawk_helicopter-1200x800.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 18, 2018, 09:28:17 AM
(https://i.redd.it/4tpwyykk5ng01.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 20, 2018, 10:42:51 AM
QuoteChinese Z-10 attack helicopters

(https://i.imgur.com/ttE94Ku.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 20, 2018, 04:41:08 PM
https://twitter.com/FranticGoat/status/966062455058305024 (https://twitter.com/FranticGoat/status/966062455058305024)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 21, 2018, 10:30:02 AM
https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/966303045469589504
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on February 24, 2018, 12:17:40 PM
QuoteAn MH-60S Sea Hawk conducts a search and rescue exercise with a Mark VI patrol boat off the coast of Guam.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navy.mil%2Fmanagement%2Fphotodb%2Fphotos%2F180223-N-PP197-0265.JPG&hash=ef10ec0e07760f962deed2c616d7c2ccf65e208e)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 02, 2018, 12:06:23 PM
(https://i.redd.it/qmeq5jdnx4j01.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 02, 2018, 12:07:10 PM
QuoteChinooks over Mali

(https://i.redd.it/ecn72img51j01.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 02, 2018, 12:08:12 PM
QuoteRussian Hinds over Syria

(https://i.redd.it/kbx6ynfy51j01.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 09, 2018, 09:10:49 AM
https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/972102366731390977
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on March 09, 2018, 09:30:13 AM
 :o
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on March 09, 2018, 09:32:25 AM
 :hide:
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on March 09, 2018, 09:33:59 AM
You would think a helicopter pilot would be aware of such things...
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on March 09, 2018, 09:34:51 AM
Yeah, I thought the same.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on March 12, 2018, 08:34:30 AM
https://twitter.com/Tom_Antonov/status/972517898379038720
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 04, 2018, 08:43:38 AM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/981518277594767361
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 05, 2018, 12:00:16 PM
QuoteA C-130J Hercules of the Italian Air Force refuels two french EC725 Caracal.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aeronautica.difesa.it%2Forganizzazione%2FREPARTI%2Fdivolo%2FPublishingImages%2F46%2520BA%2FRifornimento%2520di%2520C130J%2520ad%2520elicotteri%2520francesi980.JPG&hash=722c3b4a0e75a3f9a8c85b5f87f45c2768df17de)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on April 05, 2018, 07:47:06 PM
How old do they have to be before they can be weened?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 07, 2018, 07:20:15 AM
QuoteA U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook, assigned to Task Force Brawler, releases flares while conducting a training exercise with a Guardian Angel team assigned to the Air Force 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 26, 2018.

(https://media.defense.gov/2018/Apr/02/2001898286/-1/-1/0/180326-F-OH871-2836.JPG)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 15, 2018, 08:17:21 AM
https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/985503555485356037
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on April 15, 2018, 03:35:25 PM
Looks like a standard Russian thing.

"This week we only burn six Hinds, comrad...errr, I mean fellow Sovi-errr...Russians."
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 17, 2018, 10:59:53 AM
QuoteSoviet Mi-26 heavy lift cargo helicopter working to decontaminate Chernobyl.

(https://i.redd.it/9cohuwybngs01.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: JudgeDredd on April 17, 2018, 11:10:56 AM
Quote from: mirth on April 15, 2018, 08:17:21 AM
https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/985503555485356037
Holy smoke  ^-^
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on April 17, 2018, 11:18:23 AM
http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=rimshot&play=true
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: JudgeDredd on April 17, 2018, 11:27:01 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 10, 2018, 09:31:45 AM
QuoteChinook on the HMS Queen Elizabeth elevator.

(https://i.redd.it/n3nm2wkhh7f01.jpg)
"FFS - how many times have I told you - measure twice cut once"

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: OJsDad on April 19, 2018, 03:56:03 PM
https://twitter.com/defense_news/status/987071570710548487
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 02, 2018, 03:44:24 PM
https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/991747262333140992
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on May 02, 2018, 04:08:21 PM
intimidating alright but nothing compares to the warthog
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 02, 2018, 06:14:20 PM
Far, far more intimidating

(https://media1.giphy.com/media/WIdukHPmBxSi4/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Staggerwing on May 02, 2018, 06:23:45 PM
 ^ Psh...

The original lone wolf gunship:

(https://i.makeagif.com/media/11-06-2015/CXR4Ep.gif)


Did you ever see Airwulf pull a documented full loop?


Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 02, 2018, 06:26:54 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on May 02, 2018, 06:23:45 PM
Did you ever see Airwulf pull a documented full loop?

Did you ever see Blue Thunder survive a B-52 carpet bombing?
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 04, 2018, 01:42:57 PM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/992438503324684288
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 04, 2018, 02:10:44 PM
https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/992281756177854466
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 08, 2018, 12:15:48 PM
https://twitter.com/Rotarywings1/status/993898091827867648
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 16, 2018, 07:56:21 AM
https://twitter.com/TheAviationist/status/996735254009393152
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 16, 2018, 11:46:34 AM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/996793234339708929
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 16, 2018, 12:52:57 PM
...the hell is this?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flankers-site.co.uk%2Fmoscow_2007_files%2Fday03_026.jpg&hash=30c078f2cba88bec5911223bb2db60a617138718)

...apparently what we call a Hokum A, otherwise known as a Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark." It's a single-seat, heavily-armed scout helicopter with an ejection seat system to boot.

There's a two-seat version nicknamed "Alligator."
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: bob48 on May 16, 2018, 01:03:16 PM
They have been around for a while now. I think that's the one with the downward firing ejector seat :-)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 16, 2018, 01:20:27 PM
LOL

This thing is like a train wreck...you can't look away.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Pete Dero on May 16, 2018, 01:21:07 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on May 16, 2018, 12:52:57 PM
...the hell is this?

...apparently what we call a Hokum A, otherwise known as a Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark." It's a single-seat, heavily-armed scout helicopter with an ejection seat system to boot.

There's a two-seat version nicknamed "Alligator."

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/dcs_black_shark_2/
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 16, 2018, 01:21:59 PM
How dare you, sir...I will not look at your DCS pr0n! :)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 24, 2018, 07:39:45 PM
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on May 29, 2018, 11:08:49 AM
QuoteSBS Swimmer Canoeists and RM Coxswains are carried off by a Chinook

(https://i.redd.it/y8j1laf8xo011.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on May 29, 2018, 02:17:49 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on May 16, 2018, 01:20:27 PM
LOL

This thing is like a train wreck...you can't look away.

Still better looking than the F-35    >:D
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 02, 2018, 06:53:38 PM
https://twitter.com/LoveWW2Planes/status/1003041399242153990
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 03, 2018, 12:07:03 PM
QuoteA CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during a certification exercise

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/911/39801541900_4a531c5fc5_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 06, 2018, 07:24:04 PM
QuoteHelicopter crash on the USS Coral Sea, early 1972

(https://i.redd.it/ocpeq0d85f211.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 06, 2018, 07:50:14 PM
QuoteRoyal Canadian Navy CH-148 Cyclone performs hover in-flight refueling with HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), 2018

(https://i.redd.it/bqqenytvv4211.jpg)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on June 15, 2018, 01:46:54 PM
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21558/pentagon-admits-afghanistans-new-black-hawks-cant-match-its-older-russian-choppers
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on July 01, 2018, 06:42:04 PM


http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21892/azerbaijani-reporter-gets-way-to-close-to-low-flying-hind-attack-helicopter
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: mirth on July 25, 2018, 06:09:34 PM
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/daily_picdump_2889_640_high_11wtmk.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Windigo on July 26, 2018, 10:47:34 AM
more lift than my last gf's bra....
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on September 22, 2023, 10:35:33 PM
https://twitter.com/i/status/1705345823440077222
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on September 30, 2023, 03:52:17 PM
Czech 1 2!

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F7Qb785WEAAQsj0?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Gusington on September 30, 2023, 04:03:23 PM
^I like the mocking tone of that one.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on September 30, 2023, 04:40:18 PM
its not mocking anything, thats a Czech AH-1z.
look at the engine cowl.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Gusington on September 30, 2023, 05:52:46 PM
I mean the Hind. In Czech use.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on September 30, 2023, 06:20:21 PM
well they were commies for a minute.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Redwolf on October 01, 2023, 06:57:14 AM
Didn't realize the AH-1z has two engines.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on October 01, 2023, 07:19:53 AM
Apaches are awesome and everything but theres just something better about a Cobra's lines.
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on January 20, 2024, 03:46:17 AM
https://twitter.com/i/status/1748474746814017565
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Jarhead0331 on January 20, 2024, 05:24:19 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 30, 2023, 04:40:18 PMits not mocking anything, thats a Czech AH-1z.
look at the engine cowl.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ah-1z-viper-attack-helicopters-arrive-in-czech-republic (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ah-1z-viper-attack-helicopters-arrive-in-czech-republic)
Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: Jarhead0331 on January 20, 2024, 05:27:42 AM
An F-35 pilot flies a Viper and likes it.

Title: Re: Helicopters!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on February 23, 2024, 12:44:33 AM
never gets old.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1760805902574027255