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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

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MIDNJAC

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Kow-aka "Spanky said:
On leave and saw this....big.
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When I was in college, I was a lineman at the local airport. We had HTSI as a tenant at the field, and they had probably a half dozen or so skycranes (as well as a couple CH-53's and super hueys.....the stretch version the Shah of Iran had ordered). I remember one socked in early Oct evening when they all had their flyoff from fire season. Sounded like the earth was about to explode as they all sequentially came down the chute and appeared over the runway. Real cool helos.
 
jmcquate

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About 11 years ago I woke up in my girlfriend’s (now wife) apartment in Boston to the sound of an Erickson Skycrane putting an HVAC unit onto a building next to her condo………….those pilots were GOOD. I think Erickson and Evergreen are the only two flying them.
 
Catmando

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jmcquate said:
About 11 years ago I woke up in my girlfriend’s (now wife) apartment in Boston to the sound of an Erickson Skycrane putting an HVAC unit onto a building next to her condo………….
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About 11 years ago I too woke up in my girlfriend's (not my wife) apartment in Boston.....

[Sorry. I couldn't help it. Even though it's not true! But it was an opening I just couldn't ignore. :D ]​
 
helolumpy

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Catmando said:
About 11 years ago I too woke up in my girlfriend's (not my wife) apartment in Boston.....

[Sorry. I couldn't help it. Even though it's not true! But it was an opening I just couldn't ignore. :D ]​
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Cat,
If you woke up with your girlfriend AND wife in your girlfriend's apartment in Boston, I would be demanded to have "Rep Points" restablished!!
 
Alpha_Echo_606

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130428-N-TC437-250 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 28, 2013) Three EA-6B Prowlers from the Wizards of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133 prepare for launch on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, consisting of John C. Stennis, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, Destroyer Squadron 21 and the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), is returning from an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Ignacio D. Perez/Released)
 
e6bflyer

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Alpha_Echo_606 said:

130428-N-TC437-250 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 28, 2013) Three EA-6B Prowlers from the Wizards of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133 prepare for launch on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, consisting of John C. Stennis, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, Destroyer Squadron 21 and the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), is returning from an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Ignacio D. Perez/Released)
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Three Prowlers all working at the same time? I call schenanigans.
 
ea6bflyr

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e6bflyer said:
Three Prowlers all working at the same time? I call schenanigans.
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Nope, but #4 has probably been cannibalized to the bones to get the other three flying.

Scratch that, all four were "operational" for the fly off. :D
 
e6bflyer

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ea6bflyr said:
Nope, but #4 has probably been cannibalized to the bones to get the other three flying.

Scratch that, all four were "operational" for the fly off. :D
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True...I felt bad for the crew that had to fly the "parts bird" home at the end of the cruise. That thing had been sitting in the hangar for 8 months. Then again, they were going home and I was riding the ship back up...something tells me they win.
 
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130429-N-XQ474-027 NORTH ARABIAN SEA (April 29, 2013) An HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Nightdippers of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 5 flies over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) at sunset. Dwight D. Eisenhower is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility promoting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Andrew Schneider/Released)
 
HeloBubba

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Saw Chuckie V make an appearance at the HSM-35 Establishment:

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A coupla ICE birds:

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jmcquate

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707guy said:
Isn't that one of them there black UN helos?
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Close.....now Homeland Security. One of those 60s buzzed my condo in Old Town Alexandia every weekend morning until the Coast Guard took over the mission. The Dolpins are much more quiet.
 
707guy

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jmcquate said:
Close.....now Homeland Security. One of those 60s buzzed my condo in Old Town Alexandia every weekend morning until the Coast Guard took over the mission. The Dolpins are much more quiet.
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Yeah I know - I was attempting some UN related one world government conspiracy theory humor. Had one of those stop on our ramp a few years ago:

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