"R44 taking off under the hangar roof... http://xpock.com/?p=975"
Sad stuff, but when the camera man sides up to the pilot in the wreck and says "Ride's over, huh?" I was on the floor crying with laughter. Laconic humor at its best.
Gentlemen and ladies, that is not a CH-47... that is a CH-46 Sea Knight. THe only reason I offer the correction is that I THINK this particular airframe was flown by a Massachusetts resident, a female marine aviator. The entire crew WAS killed in the crash... and my depest respect goes out to the familes of all the departed.
Look closely as the aircraft comes at us and you can see the lack of sponsons on the front, the sponsons on the back where the wheels are and the most telling clue ... the single front landing gear strut.
I think liveleak should remove the text and the ''music''! It obviously contains some sort of terrorist propaganda. It is not right to watch people die!
an interesting side note. Combat Aircraft Magazine has a small crash report on this incident, names the crews ( It WAS the female Marine Captain i was refering to) and states its the first time in conflict that the insurgency used a KNOWN sophistocated weapon against a helicopter..... IE MANSAM.
I have an old VHS-Video of my wings parade at Culdrose - not quite sure who was flying there, the sharks or the pussers pair.
Need to digitise that some day - how urgent and for what reason do you need it?
Hi Mike,
wasn´t the sharks, was the pussers pair.
Sorry about the quality - was a grey and cloudy day - from 1990 Videokit to VHS - to youtubeconform size... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sghRHME3Po
Pussers Pair (named after the Pussers Rum) displaying routine during 49 pilots cse wings parade.
They are Radial piston engines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-26. The high pitch whine could be a supercharger but not sure as there is no mention in the text.
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