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MH-60R Sleds

Speaking of heavy lift helos, I was surprised to hear an MH-53E flying into Mayport this morning. Made my otherwise boring preflight more interesting to see that behemoth flare and taxi over to the transient line. I could even hear it over at the gas station on the other side of the base.
 
Grapes? We have civvie contractors who make our PC's run 1/4 mile to the pits, and then run back to the line. Wouldn't want to touch a helo, ya know.
 
Yeah, I was just making a funny. Although I did have an ABH recover me in the T-34 and get me fuel at the T-line. Not so much in the -60.
 
I think some funding was identified for Sikorsky to look at a possible AMCM mission / Navy heavy lift mission for this new helo. It has been high on the MH-53E OAG (operational advisory group) "top ten" for the last 2 years. I don't recall on where (or if) it broke out on the All Helo top ten requirements list.

With program costs totalling over $20k per flight hour (MH-53) the bean counters seem to want to divest and look at other programs/platforms that could possibly do the mission (to some standard...maybe the good enough standard).

Who knows, though. The current airframes are being extended and there is a move afoot to get glass cockpits. Someone is looking out for Navy heavy lift.

We'll enjoy the airframe while we have it.
 
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