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chopper2004

15th Aug 2018 23:05

CIA Seaspray MD369

Came across this Article on one of Langley’s finest covert air ops post Air America - Seaspray and its RW ops in particular this Md369:

This Ghost Of A Helicopter Likely Had A Secret Role In Reagan?s ?Tear Down This Wall? Speech - The Drive

cheers

MPN11

16th Aug 2018 09:50

What no seatbelts? Scary!

SASless

16th Aug 2018 12:06

No seatbelts required....each Bench has three Trailer Hitch Balls in lieu of seatbelts.

Lyneham Lad

16th Aug 2018 16:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by chopper2004 (Post 10224903)

I'm sure it will be an interesting read - but all I get when I click on the link is:-

Quote:

No Access

The web page you were trying to visit is not accessible in your country.

An early Brex** effect? ;)

Geordie_Expat

16th Aug 2018 17:00

An early Brex** effect?

Pathetic......................

Lyneham Lad

16th Aug 2018 17:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geordie_Expat (Post 10225654)

An early Brex** effect?

Pathetic......................

Someone has lost their sense of humour? Note the 'smilie'. Or is it not permitted to add a touch of levity to a post now?

OldLurker

16th Aug 2018 17:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lyneham Lad (Post 10225653)

I'm sure it will be an interesting read - but all I get when I click on the link is:-
The web page you were trying to visit is not accessible in your country.
An early Brex** effect? ;)

No, not the B-word! I'm in the UK, and I get it.

Lyneham Lad

16th Aug 2018 17:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldLurker (Post 10225676)

No, not the B-word! I'm in the UK, and I get it.

Thanks - maybe it is something to do with the settings on Safari (iMac). Will have a fiddle with things.

PS - it works on my iPad Mini. Now to have a read of it.

OvertHawk

16th Aug 2018 19:07

It's probably the new European GDPR regulations. A lot of non EU sites have elected to block EU IP addresses rather than comply with the GDPR regulations.

glad rag

16th Aug 2018 20:00

So it's actually the :mad:ing EU. OK.

tartare

17th Aug 2018 00:05

Jeez - that pitch down and translation to forward flight in the embedded Little Bird demo video is something else.
My all time favourite chopper; what an amazing machine.
Only thing you can fault it on is being thirsty.
First thing I'll do when I win the Lottery is go out and buy an MD500E with tall gear...

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