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Forum: Rotorheads
25th Aug 2016, 00:07
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Aviation Books.....Must Read Tomes!

"Sully" by US Air Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III (ISBN 978-0-06-192468-2, Harper Collins Publishers) original Title "Highest Duty".

Just finished this one....very serious aviation...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Jan 2010, 18:53
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Just reminds one of what a machine the old girls...

Just reminds one of what a machine the old girls are....from Vietnam....the Falklands when BN did its thing....Iraq and Afghanistan....and on till the middle of this century no doubt!

No doubt the...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2010, 02:40
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

"Not A Good Day To Die" by Sean Naylor ISBN...

"Not A Good Day To Die" by Sean Naylor ISBN 0-425-19609-7

"In The Company Of Heroes" by Michael Durant ISBN 0-451-21060-3

Both are very good accounts of helicopter warfare. Naylor's book is...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Aug 2009, 02:26
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Aser, To be an aviator.....one must know...

Aser,

To be an aviator.....one must know Gann.

He has several books about flying that are must reads for those who aspire to understand flight.

Amazon.com: Ernest Gann...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Feb 2009, 17:56
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Ramen, It proves I am four times as smart as...

Ramen,

It proves I am four times as smart as you!:oh:

A half trip cured me of ever wanting to be a Loach Pilot!:uhoh:
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Feb 2009, 21:43
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

One flight in a Loach cured me....half way...

One flight in a Loach cured me....half way through the flight!

Adrenalin takes a bit of time to wear off.....after a bit of excitement one morning I rashly offered to show the Loach and Cobra's...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Dec 2008, 12:12
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Whirlwind, Unable to PM you....hit me up and...

Whirlwind,

Unable to PM you....hit me up and I will send you the outline for the trip to Vietnam. A former doorgunner/crewchief friend and I are organizing the trip. We're trying to make it an...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Dec 2008, 17:12
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Whirlwind, Am organizing a group to head...

Whirlwind,

Am organizing a group to head back to Vietnam for a twenty one day trip departing Los Angeles about 26 June....fly into Hanoi....night train to Dong Ha...fly from Qui Nhon to...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Mar 2008, 00:17
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

That is Miss Jo, G-UHIH, Huey 509.....owned by...

That is Miss Jo, G-UHIH, Huey 509.....owned by Phil Connolly who keeps the old Lady near Blackpool.

Web site for them is www.huey.co.uk .

Phil, his wife Jo, and all the others involved deserve...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Mar 2008, 22:03
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

We had reports of some....never saw any. The...

We had reports of some....never saw any.

The Snoul airstrip was really pretty....pretty green sod...wide...long...well marked. There were two French built light airplanes there when I showed up...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Mar 2008, 12:44
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

A US Army helicopter pilot shotdown and captured...

A US Army helicopter pilot shotdown and captured by the North Vietnamese wrote a fine book on his experiences as a POW and provides an account of his extradtion to Hanoi along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Mar 2008, 23:53
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Marts, Pointless? Not at all....Runners got...

Marts,

Pointless? Not at all....Runners got you a .5 bonus, squatters (being very small targets) got you .75 bonus....and kids....very hard to hit thus a big 2.0 only topped by preggie women...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Dec 2007, 14:56
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

HPB, Memoirs? I have always considered...

HPB,

Memoirs? I have always considered doing a book but it would be titled "The People I Have Known".

Some of the folks I have had the pleasure of knowing would take more than a single...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Nov 2007, 04:19
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

That is the very book.....but my all time...

That is the very book.....but my all time favorite besides anything Gann or Bach wrote.....is "Terror in the Starboard Seat".....about WWII RAF Mozzie crew. Written in such a manner as to have you...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Nov 2007, 00:55
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Randy Zahn, who flies/flew for Bristow/UK for...

Randy Zahn, who flies/flew for Bristow/UK for years, wrote a good book as well....now if I could just remember the title!:ouch:
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Oct 2007, 14:00
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Peter, That was a very memorable...

Peter,

That was a very memorable day......what an amazing Toy Box! I loved hearing the old radial engine on the SP Howitzer! I very much appreciated the visit and the hospitality I was shown. I...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Sep 2007, 20:39
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Nick, During the Cambodia Incursion in 1970...

Nick,

During the Cambodia Incursion in 1970 we had CH-47A model Chinooks with Lycoming T-55-L7C engines......SOP external loads were limited to 8,000 pounds for us.....6,500 pounds for 1st AirCav...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Sep 2007, 13:05
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Hover Holes....places in the triple canopy jungle...

Hover Holes....places in the triple canopy jungle where one cannot hover vertically but must maneuver around limbs, tree snags, and stumps. Leafy green tree limbs cut nicely but bamboo ruins the...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Sep 2007, 13:19
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Iwo Jima....one of three Marines killed in combat...

Iwo Jima....one of three Marines killed in combat during WWII died at Iwo.

More Marines died taking Iwo than the Japanese lost defending it.

If the same casualty rate was applied to Iraq.....we...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Aug 2004, 02:26
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

The film "Blackhawk Down" was excellent...having...

The film "Blackhawk Down" was excellent...having flown in Moga...the location chosen was too close to accurate in some cases. It was very close to reality for current film makers...to the...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Aug 2004, 22:42
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Right Stuff.... I have seen the reaction of...

Right Stuff....

I have seen the reaction of several people who served with Mason in Vietnam...one of them is a very credible source having shared the cockpit with Mason. He tells me a very...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jun 2004, 06:01
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Just did a three ship formation flight...

Just did a three ship formation flight today...practice for the upcoming Air Show at Olympia, Washington. We had a UH-1H (now identified as GrandPa's bird), a UH-1K, and a very pretty AH-1P. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Jun 2003, 13:32
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Jetrangers were much cheaper.....and the US Army...

Jetrangers were much cheaper.....and the US Army senior management could have given a crap less about the lack of performance of the OH58A.....as compared to the OH6A. Lots of good men died or were...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Jun 2003, 02:53
Replies: 292
Views: 96,532
Posted By SASless

Nick being a former Cobra pilot and erstwhile...

Nick being a former Cobra pilot and erstwhile Teetotaller....I surmise the elephants were pink when observed.

The sounds of bullets hitting the aircraft seemed to vary directly with the caliber...
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