Ft Rucker, AL - Hey Joasis - What's The Story Behind This Beast.

wallmaxx

I visited Ft. Rucker once when I was an E-3 at Ft. Benning. I saw a very bizarre helicopter there that I had a hard time explaining to people.

I finally ran across a female blackhawk pilot who told me it was a one-time creation from Boeing. Maybe Joasis can fill in some details. I would try to explain how much bigger than a chinook it was. But a picture says it best.

I didn't take the pic....

SLSTech

http://www.helis.com/70s/h_h62.php - as I recall originally designed so a cargo container could be basically attached instead of left hanging

Edit - appears to be a better article on hitory - http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...craft/h-62.htm

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PA woodbutcher

Not sure about the OP Wall, but when I was Alaska we used one of these occasionally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-54_Tarhe

When the temps drop to -35 -40 and one of these things come in, you want to make sure you have ALL your buttons, buttoned

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