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Old 29th Oct 2006, 12:18
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Panther06
 
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Near mid air

Around 1973/74 Ft. Stewart, Georgia on a FTX (Field Training Exercise). Flying an AH-1G Cobra and doing a simulated gun run on a convoy. Rolled the Snake over into a wing over at about 3000 ft. and proceeded to do an almost vertical dive on the convoy. At about 800-900 ft (just pulling out of the dive) caught a glimpse of an OH-58A (Military jet ranger) level and on a collison course. No time to react and passed the OH-58 tail rotor with just enough distance for our main rotor to clear his tail. On the ground after the incident my legs were so wobbly I could hardly stand. The G model snake was a beautiful machine to fly and the front seat had a small side stick controller which reminds me of the A330 side stick I fly now.
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