4 Mar 2023 8:54 pm
Yes...Monderegal » 04 Mar 2023, 1:56 pm » wrote: ↑ Much less fly one? I heard from a pilot my mom was dating when I was a kid that most pilots think they are death traps. I've heard even worse things about ospreys. Whoever did that contract work shouldn't be anywhere near another government contract.
An Army Chinook, and a Blackhawk while serving at Palmerola AB (Camp Blackjack) Honduras 1985 as part of a Liaison team between the US Army in the Field, and Howard AB Panama while in the USAF... The Chinook we used to bring personnel & Supplies to some Marines at small Island off the coast, close to Nicaragua named Tiger Island ... The BlackHawk as quick transport to Tegucigalpa.. Both were outstanding craft and I felt safe in both... Year later when I got out, I flew with a buddy who was a Helicopter instructor in a Civilian Helicopter -- obviously it was much smaller and I didn't care for it all.. It felt unstable, and shook and seemed to tilt back & forth when winds would hit it..