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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:19 PM Original message |
CH54A Skycrane/S-54 Aircrane |
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NYVet (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. I remember when I first saw these helicopters |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. A perfectly apt description! |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That is like the A-10 of helicopters |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Or a DC3 |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I like your analogy... |
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RexDart (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wonder if they'll call tanker 910 in. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The problem we have now, is that the winds so strong and twaeky |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Damn it! A double whammie. |
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RexDart (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. It hit some trees on a drop earlier in the year. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I've often wondered if we're better with one large aircraft or a bunch of smaller ones |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Evergreen Aviation has a similar tanker on a 747 platform |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Just saw Tanker 910 on the job on teevee |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. I mentioned the Skycrane in the ugly helicopter thread the other day |
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RexDart (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. 910 is on scene. Making drops at Lake Arrowhead. - Video |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I watched Tanker 910 in action during the Butler II fire a few weeks back. The pilot flew it like |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
14. No weapos systems... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. To be honest, I'm not sure |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. Thanks good post! |
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