ABarnes Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) Posted this in training since I took them while training....well, before or after of course. Since we've got cheaper fuel than some of the other airports in the area and we're in Class G airspace, we get visitors from time to time A Coast Guard Eurocopter Dauphin stopped by one day during a day of training. And the Blackhawk photo I thought was funny as it shows (sortof) the size difference between the MH-60 and an R22. To be fair the R22 is parked about 30 feet further back. Edited February 25, 2010 by ABarnes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Holy. Profanity. Those are beautiful!!! My two most favorite helos in the whole world: the Dauphin and the Blackhawk. Just have a Huey there and I'd probably pass out. EDIT: Wait a minute...that's an Army Hawk with a refueling rod.... MH-60/160th SOAR?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjl2001 Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Nice pictures, especially the 160th bird. Makes the R22 look pretty small though. What airport is this at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABarnes Posted February 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) MMV in McMinnville, OR. The MH-60 tail number looks like it's 26380. Possibly 26360. 26380 comes up as a bird w/ the 160th that was damaged during a hard landing in 2001. Looks like it was working fine now Edited February 25, 2010 by ABarnes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABarnes Posted February 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Holy. Profanity. Those are beautiful!!! My two most favorite helos in the whole world: the Dauphin and the Blackhawk. Just have a Huey there and I'd probably pass out. EDIT: Wait a minute...that's an Army Hawk with a refueling rod.... MH-60/160th SOAR?! Only Huey I have is the static display at the museum across the road. It's seen better days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67november Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 THUD I do beleive she has fainted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 THUD I do beleive she has fainted! :o I would have replied earlier but I just woke up from passing out! And oh god, MH-60....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RagMan Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 The Mh-60 must be out of Washington. They've got a 160th detachment based up there. Nice photos BTW. I as well am a huge Dauphin fan, and I recently came from crewing 60s in the Army. One awesome bird with so many capabilities. Both of those machines are. Do share more photos of aircraft as they fly into McMinnville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-filer Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 The R-22 looks like Jerry Trimble's one, doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IjustWant2fly Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Oooooo! Purty! I do love Dauphin's. There's something beautiful about a chopper with retractable landing gear. They look so graceful in flight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 ABarnes - do you have any more pictures of the Hawk? I really want to use a close-up one for my desktop wallpaper. I'll go with the Dauphin for now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkyMtnHI Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 ABarnes - do you have any more pictures of the Hawk? I really want to use a close-up one for my desktop wallpaper. I'll go with the Dauphin for now! Hey Lindsey, there might be some here: http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm243/R.../Other%20helos/ let me know if you want higher res.. dp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Hey Lindsey, there might be some here: http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm243/R.../Other%20helos/ let me know if you want higher res.. dp Too Cool!! I especially like Images 4419 and 4455. Neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBuzzkill Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 I see 952AL in that album, I used to fuel that bird every once in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABarnes Posted February 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 The R-22 looks like Jerry Trimble's one, doesn't it? 8403L it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABarnes Posted February 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) ABarnes - do you have any more pictures of the Hawk? I really want to use a close-up one for my desktop wallpaper. I'll go with the Dauphin for now! I do have some more if you wanted that MH-60 specifically. If you just want a 'hawk in general, some of those shots RMH posted are much better. My only good lens is my 50mm and I didn't want to get super close to them and cause problems These are all from the parking lot with my bigger but lower quality lens. I can usually do much better with the 50mm Throwing 03L in there as well for the heck of it. And maybe a few older ones from when I lived in VA. And the last one was a VA State Police Helicopter that was stuck on the roof of the hospital for three days. They had dropped off a patient and when they went to leave they had some sort of indicator come on and they had to leave it up there. I was told it was a TR chip indicator but I never really found out for sure. They brought in a blackhawk to airlift it off. It was a pretty impressive operation given the circumstances. Edited February 28, 2010 by ABarnes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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