First real navy flight

[DRKWNG]

^ Impressive, but still didn't capture the best of the best...

[MendoDave]

Looks too small to be a 47.  Is that a 46?

Funny that the 47 (used by Army) can do water landings, yet the 46 (used by Navy) needs additional mods to do such.

I have no idea what kind of helo that is, but 46's aren't the only thing that needs to be modified. Check this out.

http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/Yet-Still-Another-Embarrassing-F-35-Problem-12-12-2010.asp

[Scotzman]

46s have equipment to temporally float if there's an emergency landing in water, but that's about it as far as standard goes.

Just like the military (not just the Navy) build something and then see if it will work. When they started building the new LPDs, the welldecks were too narrow for an LCAC.

[Kopfjager]

I have no idea what kind of helo that is, but 46's aren't the only thing that needs to be modified. Check this out.

It's a CH-46 Sea Knight. Like this.


CH46 Sea Knight Helicopter Crash Lands

[Scotzman]

That was a tragic story.

[MendoDave]

That was a tragic story.

What happened?

[Punx Clever]

A whole lotta not good.

On a brighter note... I just checked back into the squadron... now to get sent to Las Cruces for better flying weather!