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cheddar cheese said:
Nice pics 8) Damn, Blackhawks look good.
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Very true, I love the aircraft. I will get some more tomorrow. I have another training flight. Will get some inflight pics too.

FLYBOYJ said:
I like the Huey. I got photos of Thai army Hueys with a similar camouflage scheme. I'll try to post them.
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I love Hueys too. The Mama of the Blackhawk! These ones were used by our OPFOR to simulate Russian aircraft and then whatever enemy we were facing at the time. They even had red stars painted on the doors.
 
I'm not a SAR type so I couldn't really say, but I've seen both methods used by both our Navy and the US Navy. Nine times out of ten, we'll go for the strop or horse collar. It's easier to control while winching up.
 
The British use a man going down on the winch so the injured or stricken person doesn't have to use his/her own strength to do anything. The man on the winch does it all, and you're out of there quicker.

My dad served with 22 Sqd. SAR at RAF Leuchars from 1983 - 1987 then served with SAR Wing HQ - RAF Finningley from 1989 - 1994.

My dad has more helicopters under his belt than fixed wing aircraft.

11 Sqd. Lightning.
33 Sqd. Puma
Chinook Aircraft Servicing Flight - Also served with Chinooks in Falklands and Gulf.
22 Sqd. SAR - Wessex.
SAR HQ - Wessex, Whirlwind, Sea King.
 
plan_D said:
The British use a man going down on the winch so the injured or stricken person doesn't have to use his/her own strength to do anything. The man on the winch does it all, and you're out of there quicker.
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Same with us. Or a diver who'll jump in first and have the thing lowered to him.

That's quite an assortment your dad has worked on.
 
After he left the RAF he worked for SHORTs fixing Dominies for the RAF at RAF Finningley, while it was still open as a air crew training base.
 

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Cool! I wonder where they were flying out of. Chino had their show this past weekend. For once, I'm glad I missed it. It was 108 degrees F out there on Saturday. One of our pilots reported that during run-up, the cockpit temp was 135 degrees!
 
Well here are some pictures from my flight yesterday. Man it was beautiful. The weather was great. We did and IFR instrument flight at 6000ft around Germany and then when we were done we just cruised around at 500ft AGL sight seeing.
 

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Here are some more that I took in Kosovo, Iraq, and Germany.

More to come soon.
 

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