Grind Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 I've noticed that we don't have a flying video thread? Baseops has one, so I figured you guys have some videos to share... I'll start it off with one that just got posted in BO.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FguAOoUg3ZY 6 Quote
akscott60 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 Yea, that maneuver was ate up from the ground up. Just thinking about doing a half assed RTT (pitch back turn) in high DA, with armament, and doing it to the LEFT, is fail. They are lucky they lived, but damn that FEB is going to sting. 2 Quote
aeroscout Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 Yea, that maneuver was ate up from the ground up. Just thinking about doing a half assed RTT (pitch back turn) in high DA, with armament, and doing it to the LEFT, is fail. They are lucky they lived, but damn that FEB is going to sting. Their wings are gone. They will be lucky to remain on duty at all. A prison sentence isn't out of the realm of possibility. 1 Quote
akscott60 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 CPG is a fully qualified aviator. Even if he was off the controls he should have said... "Sir, I dont think we have the power for this maneuver. Or, its too risky... Or, this isn't a good idea..." 1 Quote
Grind Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Posted March 21, 2012 I was just about to ask that. Wouldn't it come down to who was actually at the controls? Or are they both liable? 1 Quote
akscott60 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 The apache has all kinds of recordings for both comms and flight data. The brass will know exactly what they did and what they talked about before they did it. 1 Quote
Grind Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Posted March 21, 2012 Kind of reminds me of the Apache video where the pilot asks the co-pilot as they were flying in between some trees at a very low altitude "think we'll make it?" to which the CPG responds, "nope". Then they hit the trees. The video also goes to show how durable that piece of machinery is since both pilots are alive. That tumble at the end looked f*cking scary. 1 Quote
aeroscout Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 Even the front seater?I think so, whoever wasn't flying should have been adamantly objecting enough to stop the guy who was flying, maybe even declaring that he is taking control of the helicopter, even if he was junior. 1 Quote
gary-mike Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 Seems to me it was all staged, but not planned... Video rolling, low flyover... Oops SH@ WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER FOR THIS! Of course by planned i mean the fly over for video ops and not the complete scene (the crash). Something I may have been stupid enough to try when I was 21 but, now that I am 33 I am too mature to even get in the seat. Lesson learned, don't put your dreams off or they will pass you by. 1 Quote
SBuzzkill Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 All the video means is that they were screwing around long enough for someone to get out a camera. 2 Quote
UnitedWeStand111 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Posted March 24, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYExH8hpgXI 1 Quote
Grind Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Posted March 25, 2012 It gets cool about 1:15 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y24Ly0gBNg8 3 Quote
Hotdogs Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 Some extra flavor to this thread aside from the nauseating Apache crap. http://youtu.be/o6aoditiYKU 2 Quote
SBuzzkill Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Edit, in the back. Edited May 25, 2013 by SBuzzkill 4 Quote
SBuzzkill Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Edit, end of the thread. Edited May 25, 2013 by SBuzzkill 7 Quote
t.o.n.y Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 This is my fav that guy uploaded. I'm all about the prank wars 4 Quote
Hotdogs Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Holy sh*t, do you guys really have all that M4 brass going everywhere in the cockpit like that? Is that a big FOD issue? Edited March 28, 2012 by Hotdogs 1 Quote
akscott60 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 Brass goes everywhere. The crew chiefs love it. Hahaha 1 Quote
Lindsey Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 Damn, these make me want to fly scouts. 1 Quote
t.o.n.y Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 Kiowa gets the most flight time in the sand box, has the highest readiness percentage and certainly looks like it's the most fun. When I'm at Lewis in a few weeks I'm hoping to get a look at them up close when visiting the 4/6 guys. Quote
UnitedWeStand111 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 I kind of want to fly Kiowas now too. More flight time per maintenance hour than Apache's, fly doors off, has guns, and I hear its like driving an old mugen sports car. 1 Quote
Hotdogs Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 I kind of want to fly Kiowas now too. More flight time per maintenance hour than Apache's, fly doors off, has guns, and I hear its like driving an old mugen sports car. Some food for thought. More Kiowas have been shot down from hostile fire than any other aircraft in the US or ISAF inventory in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. Think about that for a second and tell me you like flying that slow with your doors off again. Not a dig at the Kiowa dudes here but that's the reality. Quote
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