• Agent641@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Yeah but you need 18000 feet of bullshit to land it, I wait patiently for my Sikorsky winnebago kit to come in the mail

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      4 hours ago

      The Marine Corps and Navy have already retired their H-53Ds and the big Es are on their way out. A lot more shoulder room in one of those compared to the H-34s.

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        3 hours ago

        Unfortunately, contrary to popular belief, military helicopters don’t actually run on kerosene or avgas

        They run on snow-shovels of cash flung into the intakes as fast as you can manage