TonySmith Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA-airgunner Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 sweet it looks like the rear landing gear / wheel has gone through the roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock11 Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. What heroes - these guys deserve all the support we can give them - thanks for the photo. And then the politicians tell the generals who lead them that they now have to travel second class on the train, whilst Gordo and his lot - yes you guessed it - still travel first! They STILL do not get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sealine Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 What can i say, you got to hand it to those guys, Woodcock says it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Now THAT'S a get-out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Thats all well and good but what about the couple that answered the advert "quiet secluded holiday cottage with fantastic views only £56 per week" when they come back from their stroll to find a flippin big hole in their roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph5172 Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 The Pilot is Larry Murphy a reservist EMS Pilot (called out on active service) The picture was taken on Operation Mountain Resolve (by Greg Heath, 4th Public Affairs Dept) and actually depicts the loading of Afghan Fighters captured by the US 10th Mountain div Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-oXo- Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Nice flying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airgunalex Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 its amazing what you can do with these helicopters with a great pilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ped Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 (edited) Many years ago when I lived in Gosport I was sitting on the beach watching the world go by when a Chinook appears and went into a serious dive towards the sea. I thought "mmm, this doesn't look good" but about 20 feet from the water it flared out, opened it's rear door and six burly blokes dressed in black jumped out in a Zodiac boat and sped off to the shore! Cool I thought. Anyway, Chinook lifts off and flies off. circling round over towards the Isle Of White. Next thing is the Zodiac is heading back out to sea at a fair lick and the helo dives in again, flaring off at 20 feet again but this time dunking the rear of the airframe in the water. The Zodiac didn't even slow down, I swear, one of the blokes on board grabbed the out board and pulled it up just before the boat shot up inside the Chinook at about 30 knots! As soon as the boat cleared the ramp the helo was up and away, in the water for no more than about 10-15 seconds max! Coolest thing I've ever seen in the Solent!! Edited April 3, 2010 by Ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottsy boy Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 (edited) hats off to all the boys on the front line. what a great pic, and super pilot he had some balls pulling that off.. Edited April 3, 2010 by gottsy boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berettaman Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Nice photo -pity they werent loading taliban aboard then they could climb to two thousand feet an hoy the t**ts out,even better pictures then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Perhaps it isn't but the photo looks a bit fake to me. The soldiers look like models and surely the trees would be blown flat by the downdraft whereas they look very still. Also wouldn't there be a lot of dust flying about? It all looks a bit staged. Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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