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3 Chinooks over London now
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Posted 15 years agoI like Chinooks. Quite cute and cuddly looking, for a hekelopter, aren’t they?
(Whistles tune from ‘Airwolf)
Posted 15 years agoNow, if we’re talking hekelopters, we need to mention the ugly beasts that one sees so often around Salisbury Plain. If ever a machine was deigned to be menacing, this is it;
Then again, the Mi-24 was a pretty hardcore piece of kit, too;
Posted 15 years agoHIND-D!!!!
One of my favouritest hekelopters of all time!!!!!!!!
Oh, thank you, Cap’n Flashy!!!
Posted 15 years agoHow about we kick it old school one time?
Wessex
This might even be Humphrey, not too sure.
Posted 15 years agoCFH – I’ll raise you your Wessex with a Wessex being RTR refuelled by me in Dungannon.
Posted 15 years ago
For improved pilot survivability the Ka-50 is fitted with a NPP Zvezda K-37-800 ejection seat, which is a rare feature for a helicopter. Before the rocket in the ejection seat kicks in, rotor blades are blown away by explosive charges in the rotor disc and the canopy is similarly jettisoned.
Posted 15 years agoThis is a nice display chopper, was at RIAT in 2006 doing some tricky manoeuvres (for a helicopter anyway)
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