VH-92A causes "discoloration" of South Lawn
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From: Stagnation Point
VH-92A causes "discoloration" of South Lawn
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine....nal-capability
GAO said:
“The lawn is a highly visible, size-constrained landing zone where damage to the White House grounds needs to be minimized,” the report stated. “There is a possibility of increased cost and schedule delays if the program has to retrofit produced aircraft.”
Holy cow!
GAO said:
“The lawn is a highly visible, size-constrained landing zone where damage to the White House grounds needs to be minimized,” the report stated. “There is a possibility of increased cost and schedule delays if the program has to retrofit produced aircraft.”
Holy cow!
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From: daworld
Hmmm. I wonder how the AW101 would have faired on the Whitehouse lawn. Probably no better. But at least it had a cabin large enough to meet the specification. LOL. AW must have been laughing all the way to the bank when they got paid off when they were cancelled. And now Canada is laughing because the Presidential 101's will become Cormorants. Or at least be used as parts in a mid-life update.
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From: Den Haag
Seems odd - never known the standard S-92 APU exhaust to be an issue and I don't think this is different. Only time I was aware of it was when I parked next to a large bush once, in a hurry, but that wasn't the norm!
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From: Galway
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From: Den Haag
I note also:
Wow, what a novel idea. Why did nobody else think of that?
Additionally, the service has set future requirements for the aircraft, he noted. These include installing a fifth display in the cockpit
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From: USA
Never had the pleasure of an H3, but was around the 1st 92 production model(s) which spent a few hours on the pad each day in the beginning with the APU going. After a week or so each pad it was parked on, the grass next to the pad had a signature 92 burned spot. We wondered if it would ever cause a fire until one day there was a fire. Unfortunately, it wasn't the grass.
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From: Den Haag
Never had the pleasure of an H3, but was around the 1st 92 production model(s) which spent a few hours on the pad each day in the beginning with the APU going. After a week or so each pad it was parked on, the grass next to the pad had a signature 92 burned spot. We wondered if it would ever cause a fire until one day there was a fire. Unfortunately, it wasn't the grass.
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From: USA
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the unsurpassed ability of R22's and R44's to leave beautiful burn spots on otherwise nice lawns. No, you wags, I don't mean because of the "inevitable" crash, I mean because when sitting there doing the 3 minute cool-down routine all that cold air that the squirrel cage fan is sucking in to cool the engine is being ejected, now burning hot, straight down onto the ground. It really does do a fine job of turning green grass brown, and can actually be a fire hazard when landing in tall, dry grass.
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