Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

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

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"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,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
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, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Your Sunday Morning Rotor Noise

8 comments:

OldAFSarge said...: Weird looking, but rather cool at the same time.; 2/03/2019 3:10 PM
Comrade Misfit said...: Didn't the AF use early-model Kamans for airport rescue and fire-fighting at SAC bases?; 2/03/2019 4:23 PM
Ten Bears said...: Looks like this one is rigged for logging. Pretty stable little helo, though not a lot of lift.; 2/03/2019 4:25 PM
montag said...: IIRC it was the side by side dual rotor configuration that earned the early helicopters the 'eggbeater' nickname.; 2/03/2019 6:27 PM
Chuck Pergiel said...: It can lift more than its own weight.; 2/03/2019 6:31 PM
CenterPuke88 said...: HH-43 Huskie was used by USAF, USN and USMC for firefighting and base rescue, and later saw use in Vietnam for rescue duties. Not sure if it was SAC exclusive within USAF.; 2/03/2019 7:13 PM
Old NFO said...: CenterPuke beat me to it. Odd configuration, but it works, even if it does sound weird...; 2/03/2019 11:13 PM
J4rh34d said...: The Marines used two of them in Afghanistan as drone cargo haulers. They hauled over a million pounds on their trial there.

Fun trivia: Both the HH-43 and the K-Max rotors use a single wooden spar for fatigue and damage resistance.; 2/04/2019 1:06 AM