Ok so we just got done w/FEXII. During the helo ride out to the training area it was raining pretty hard, so looking out the back of the bird I couldn't really tell if we were over the LZ (cielings were pretty low) Then all the sudden I notice we are like 50 feet over what turned out to be the Patomic River. Kinda a freaky feeling. A few moments later we land at HMX1 in a rolling fashion (not straight down like in the LZ) So we run out the back and drop our packs in a hanger, and minute later the pilots come over and were like " yeah we lost an engine and LZ ops wouldn't have been safe. So everyone was like "Holy Crap" we lost an engine.....whooooa!!! But it turns out the 53 has three engines (thank goodness) so it wasn't really that big a deal, but something noteworthy i think.
It turns out that the pilots were actually Cobra pilots originally and got to transition to the 53 and also the blackhawk. I thought that was pretty cool the Marines allow that. I guess HMX1 would be a sweet duty station as a Marine Helo pilot.
It turns out that the pilots were actually Cobra pilots originally and got to transition to the 53 and also the blackhawk. I thought that was pretty cool the Marines allow that. I guess HMX1 would be a sweet duty station as a Marine Helo pilot.