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Big Waves....
Posted: 05 Apr 2009, 14:31
by Techy111
Wow....scary stuff..... :o Did that Chopper on the Bow need a wash...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccn3ieux ... re=related
Tony
Re: Big Waves....
Posted: 05 Apr 2009, 14:56
by Garry Russell
Hmmm :o
A little bit choppy out there :roll:
I would have though quite a bit of work needed on that chopper before further flight and not much better for the fighter either :think:
Cheers for the link Tony
Garry
Re: Big Waves....
Posted: 05 Apr 2009, 18:26
by DaveB
Ah.. the memories
Check out the film on the same page.. rough seas iceland. Now that really IS a bumpy bit of oggin
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Re: Big Waves....
Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 05:53
by Chris Trott
I met an ex-Helicopter Crew Captain who served aboard the "Sh*tty Kitty". They always parked one of the helos out there on the end of the deck (it was an SH-3 Sea King when he was in). They went through a typhoon (standard US Navy procedure- everyone but the Carrier goes around) and the problem wasn't that the helicopter was out there, it was the fact that he and 2 other crewmen had to go out every 2-3 hours and check the tiedowns. They rigged a rope from one of the tiedowns to the aft superstructure hatch (the only hatch they were allowed to use) and literally climbed the rope to the helicopter.