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Army Helicopters
Apr 4, 2015 09:57:23   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Off the top of your head, how many different models of helicopters do you think the army operates? Details below.



http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/in-a-spin-the-us-army39s-top-10-helicopter-types-410852/

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Apr 6, 2015 15:28:53   #
smith934 Loc: Huntsville, Alabama
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Off the top of your head, how many different models of helicopters do you think the army operates? Details below.



http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/in-a-spin-the-us-army39s-top-10-helicopter-types-410852/
Good review. Off the top of my head, I guessed 8, which if you discount the two Russian models, is correct :).

Two questions - What's the fastest chopper among the 8 that aren't Russian? How do you know an Apache pilot is in the room?

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Apr 6, 2015 16:03:31   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
smith934 wrote:
How do you know an Apache pilot is in the room?

No idea.

http://www.pbs.org/pov/regardingwar/conversations/blog-1/from-npr-female-apache-pilot-talks-about-army-training-and-combat-in-iraq-and-afghanistan.php

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Apr 6, 2015 16:05:05   #
smith934 Loc: Huntsville, Alabama
 
He or She will tell you :)

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Apr 6, 2015 16:07:07   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
smith934 wrote:
He or She will tell you :)

Now I've got to track her down. :D

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Apr 6, 2015 16:17:51   #
smith934 Loc: Huntsville, Alabama
 
BTW, the fastest one is the CH47, which seems improbable to me, but my Son, who's in the know, says it's true.

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Apr 6, 2015 18:16:27   #
willstaff Loc: Daytona Beach, Fl
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Off the top of your head, how many different models of helicopters do you think the army operates? Details below.

There was a time in the mid 60's when I was rated in every helicopter the Army had expect the AH-1 (Cobra), even managed about 40 hours in the old CH-37 Mojave and a little over 100 hours in the H/CH-21 Shawnee. Several years after retiring when someone would ask if I could still fly a helicopter my standard answer was, "sure, it is like riding a bicycle, once you learn you just never forget." Then I had a chance to climb in the cockpit of an MH-53J. I could only identify about half of the digital instruments. Now my response to the question if I can still fly a helicopter is, "well if you can start it for me I can probably fly it."


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