Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Your Sunday Motor Rotor Noise

Kaman HH-43:



If you believe the FAA's registry, six are in private hands.
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3 comments:

Tod Germanica said...

Had not realized it was an Anton Flettner design, who was swept up by Operation Paperclip after WWII and renditioned to the US like so many others to help the US with jets, swept wings and all things nazi and zoomy (the USSR stole German
engineers for the same purpose). Flettner designed the very early successful 'Hummingbird' nazi helicopter. I think every major usaf base in Vietnam used these for s&r and fire suppression. Per Wikipedia it accrued twice the operational hours of all other rescue types combined, though newsreels of the day always show hueys or navy type winching downed crewmen through jungle canopy. Maybe the Kamens lacked range for distant rescues. The piston engine was replaced first by a turbine and then by two- a 1st for helicopters.

6/27/2021 10:24 AM
J4rh34d said...

Intermeshing rotors are "more efficient" as far as lift goes, but that type of helicopter is always in "granny" gear.

Check out its sort-of descendant, the Kaman K-1200 K-MAX. An un-manned version moved over 1,500 tons in Afghanistan. But its never exceed speed is 100 kn clean and 80 kn with a slung load

6/27/2021 7:40 PM
Old NFO said...

Air Force firefighting and rescue choppers. Did one helluva good job over the years!

6/27/2021 10:37 PM

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