tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post5871319728568825525..comments2024-03-28T21:31:33.544-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Your Sunday Morning Rotor NoiseComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-455348523454216912017-08-06T13:47:24.053-04:002017-08-06T13:47:24.053-04:00A bad ass helo!
Nice!A bad ass helo!<br /><br />Nice!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-107455660994129722017-08-06T10:33:11.756-04:002017-08-06T10:33:11.756-04:00Do not mistake my observations on its appearance f...Do not mistake my observations on its appearance for a lack of admiration, the MI24 Hind was quite possibly the best helo ever built. The Soviets were serious.<br /><br />Though not the only ones to overload with ordinance. One on the few pictures of me (period) from those days is running along side a UH47 skipping down the runaway burning off the necessary buck forty-five for me to get on. Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-50557006833360690032017-08-06T08:26:28.093-04:002017-08-06T08:26:28.093-04:00damn things are workhorses even if they ain't ...damn things are workhorses even if they ain't pretty... overall, the Ruskies have an odd idea of battle-ready gear... I recall seeing some film clips of one of their recent heavy weight fighter bombers operating off a soggy grass field - when it was standing still it'd sunk in about half-way up to the tire's axle - and landing again... another clip showed the same beast running up its engine while a guy was shoveling gravel into the intake, and some of that gravel was goose-egg and softball size stuffhanshttp://hanshowe.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-63677334186207122972017-08-06T07:21:42.252-04:002017-08-06T07:21:42.252-04:00Ungainly beast. Just plain ugly.Ungainly beast. Just plain ugly.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.com