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Old 17th Aug 2006, 21:10
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NickLappos
 
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265 knots in the XH-59 ABC with a 20 knot tail wind. Wild ride, with 2 jets screaming and the rotor in autorotation. Time from standing still to 2000 feet at 150 knots was about 20 seconds!
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