Kit Comment It's amazing what's on the internet! If you build one, get the blades turning in the correct direction, unlike the reviewer in t...
Hurricane Damage / Museum My source is a friend who is the Flag Secretary to COMNAVAIRLANT: Pensacola took a major hit. They are scrambling...
Ashau Rescue Incredible. So, was the MOH awarded?
Name Change I think we should step lightly and slowly. Don't just "ready, fire, aim." As I watch my father-in-law's legacy change, I see lo...
That's It! Joe: You've almost got it! Sixty degrees nose up to slow down works fine. When your airspeed drops below 70 knots and you lose ...
How it's done On a no hover approach to a spot, the pilot should lower the ramp using his or her left hand. By holding the spring loaded ramp do...
It's the right seat.. because in a single pilot helo, it is easier to remove one's left hand from the collective to operate the switches. Th...
General McCutcheon I recall taking LtGen McCutcheon to Baldy to check out their tower. This would have been probably spring of 1970. I was his ...
Bennie Mann What a great CO! I recall flying with Lt Col Mann in Nov / Dec "70 with HMM 161. He put me in the right seat and let me "lead" ...
Great Article... ...except for this quote. "We'd seen how the Marines had to make do with old or insufficient gear, some of it dating to the...
Combat Damage I flew an H46 back to Marble w/ 28 hits and one engine out. It looks like this one has more, though.