OK, military-type Loungers: ID this helo!

[Robb]

Sucker came roaring overhead at quite a good clip. Rattled the windows, woke up the dogs, the whole bit. :D

Snapped off one shot with the telephoto, hand-held. Doesn't look familiar to these untrained eyes. Anyone? And what the heck was it doing over my house (albeit clearly on the way elsewhere)?

[Jara sang]

1. HH-53 Jolly Green Giant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HH-53

[Jara sang]

2. what military bases do you live near?

Or the closest one I should say.

[Robb]

4. Buckley's on the front range

...And we do see some WY National Guard C-130s from time to time.

[Jara sang]

5. Are you in Colorado Springs?

[Robb]

8. No, I'm out on the Western Slope

...rather almost Utah. :)

[Redstone]

3. Would be an MH-63K, except there's no refueling probe.

so some kind of garden-variety H-63.

Redstone

[CanuckAmok]

6. Any eviscerated cattle lately?

:tinfoilhat:

[Bassic]

7. OMG IT'S A BLACK HELICOPTER!!

The invasion is imminent, run for the hills!! :tinfoilhat: :D


Sorry, it had to be done. :hi:

[Nailzberg]

9. Looks to be a Sikorsky 92

A previous post suggested the HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant, but that has a has a six bladed rotor.