Chinook Rescue on Mt. Hood in Oregon

[SASless]

Once again the Chinook is put to use as a Rescue Helicopter in high altitude mountain rescue operations.


Watch This CH-47 Chinook Stick An Awesome Pinnacle Landing During Mount Hood Rescue - The Drive (http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22167/watch-this-ch-47-chinook-stick-an-awesome-pinnacle-landing-during-mount-hood-rescue)

[DOUBLE BOGEY]

A great mission well done and a good example of the flexibility of the Chinook.

[JohnDixson]

Some great flying exhibited in that picture, SAS. With the pilots not having a lot of reference ( to put it mildly ) from where they are sitting, it reflects on superior crew coordination with the crew in back. Well done.

The use of the CH-47 to perform the altitude rescue mission highlights the different approach taken by the Army in growing the CH-47 and the UH-60. I might have mentioned here previously ( perhaps not ? ) that a basic design decision within Sikorsky for the S-92 was to use a four blade main rotor, and an engine/transmission configuration similar to the H-60, with the distinct purpose in mind of making the entire drive train ( engines, rotors and transmissions ) available for installation in a growth military H-60. I’m not aware that ever achieved any serious consideration by the Army, but if it had, the resulting altitude performance would have been mightily enhanced. As events in Afghanistan progressed, one wonders if that subject ever came up at the higher echelons.

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A good job that is technically more demanding than it looks - poor visual hover references for the pilot and excellent CRM required between front and rear crew to voice marshall the rear wheels on.

[SASless]

Brother Dixson,

Having done some of these kinds of landings....never as extreme as on Mt. Hood....but on some very steep mountain ridge lines....I can attest the lack of visual reference is a distinct problem.

As you well know....lateral visibility looking aft from the Pilot's window is limited....and with lots of air around the rest of the bit you can see...and what you can see is a very long way off....handling can get interesting.

Add in some smoke haze, fog, or darkness that further obscures one's visual references and it can get very sporty.

Compound that with the use of NVG's....and you begin to earn all that Flight Pay the Army gives you.

[Ascend Charlie]

It was obviously a male pilot.

A female couldn't reverse park that well.

[Cyclic Hotline]

A rather bizarre background to this story. But an all-round good outcome.
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/07/summit_rescue_underway_for_inj.html

[JohnDixson]

”all that Flight Pay the Army gives you.” Indeed, SAS. Did not the green tracers make you wonder about the adequacy of the Army’s financial plans for you?

[SASless]

At just over Two Dollars per day Hostile Fire Pay.....I did feel extremely under paid at times!

Almost like the boost in Local Allowances when I went to Somalia from Nigeria for Bristow.

[megan]

A rather bizarre background to this story So, he saw the Pearly Gates and didn't like what he saw?

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/600x354/hood_fall_40a0d84823567c6613c8105ee4780fffef77da5e.jpg

[SRFred]

Impressive flying.

Question, sort of tongue in cheek, but do they have reversing cameras these days or are they stil the two legged ones in the back?