RAF Chinook!

[OnMyWay]

I saw this on FB.  I never knew these big choppers were this agile!  Amazing!  There were a couple of similar ones parked at Subic airport yesterday.

 

[Snowy79]

I loved travelling in them but had a few squeeky butt moments whilst doing it.  This photo I took from the tailgate of the one I was flying in along the Iraqi/Syrian border in 1991. 

[Mike J]

2 hours ago, Snowy79 said:

I loved travelling in them but had a few squeeky butt moments whilst doing it. 

I still remember my first ride in a Huey with no side doors.  Sitting on that narrow canvas bench with feet hanging over the edge, a super thin seat belt, and holding a M16 between my legs.  Pilot took us into a hard left that had me looking down into the ocean.  That was about 50 years ago and I still remember the fear.  

[scott h]

6 hours ago, Mike J said:

I still remember my first ride in a Huey with no side doors. 

same here,,in '77, the pilots were all vietnam vets....thought we were gonna die several times,,,,,there were tree branches on the skids when we landed....

Seat belts?

[Jack Peterson]

RAF Chinook!??????????????

 

Edited March 25, 2022 by Jack Peterson

[Dave Hounddriver]

2 hours ago, Jack Peterson said:

RAF Chinook!??????????????

 

Not sure what your comment implies, Jack.  Dunna nuffink about them but Wikipedia says:

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The Boeing Chinook is a large, tandem rotor helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). A series of variants based on the United States Army's Boeing CH-47 Chinook, the RAF Chinook fleet is the largest outside the United States.[1] RAF Chinooks have seen extensive service in the Falklands War, the Balkans, Northern Ireland, Iraq, and Afghanistan.