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    How do you fly a Chinook....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lon View Post
    [How do you fly a Chinook] With balls this big:

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    He needs the second rotor for the extra weight. Obviously.

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    All the more impressive when you remember how enormous those things are.

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    I was born in Pendleton, grew up just 30 minuets north of there. Got to see the NG unit there bring out the Chinook a few time for various events, they are a pretty dang big helicopter so that rescue is a pretty impressive piece of work.

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    As an Army NCO, I can confirm that the CW2's and CW3's you typically find behind the stick of a Chinook are absolutely crazy.

    The only ones crazier than shithook pilots are Kiowa pilots. Kiowa pilots are utterly 100% batshit crazy with zero concept of their own mortality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chance View Post
    All the more impressive when you remember how enormous those things are.

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    What rescue is that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by JRB View Post
    As an Army NCO, I can confirm that the CW2's and CW3's you typically find behind the stick of a Chinook are absolutely crazy.

    The only ones crazier than shithook pilots are Kiowa pilots. Kiowa pilots are utterly 100% batshit crazy with zero concept of their own mortality.
    Sounds a lot like the former USMC pilots that made up the bulk of our air wing along with pilots from other services.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chance View Post
    All the more impressive when you remember how enormous those things are.

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    Makes one damn proud...I'll tell ya that much. My heart and chest swell with pride just looking at that image. Awesome.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irelander View Post
    What rescue is that?
    That was from the early days of OEF, but I don't recall what the circumstances were. There's quite a few photos online of pilots performing that maneuver and a handful of YouTube videos too, I just don't have the opportunity to find them at the moment.

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