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Ray Norton
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http://avstop.com/news_august_2010/sikorsky_ch-53k_helicopter_program_achieves_critical_design_review.htm

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Posted : 2010-08-29 18:51
JoeReed
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Wow!

88,000 lbs groos weight with external load!! Unbelievable! The added capacity from the CH-53E to the "K" is more than a UH-34 or a CH-46A/D would haul, internally or externally, during the Viet Nam conflict! Heck on an aircraft!

 
Posted : 2010-08-30 11:36
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