Piasecki Helicopter

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    Sitting in this stuffed helicopter with nothing but the sound of these self proclaimed “badasses for hire” brag about their tech the entire ride, almost makes me pray for a anti-air cannon to take us down. It doesn’t help that our employer is so damn secretive that he had us drive to the middle of no where in order to get picked up and won't even tell us where we're going. A Piasecki h-21b Work horse a dinosaur among helicopters even if we didn’t get taken down this fossil could give out on us at

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    created and the Army was no longer legally allowed to conduct missions in the same manner as it did in World War II (WWII). It was in WWII that the Army saw the potential of Vertical Lift, however it was too late to make any effect on the war. The helicopter saw its first combat in the mountains and valleys of Korea. It was here that the Army was able see a significant change in combat due to this new piece of technology. U.S. Commanders were able to get real time updates to the

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    With the Army due to field the Boeing Vertol CH-47A Chinook heavy cargo helicopter to Vietnam in 1965, Boeing submitted a proposal for an experimental Chinook that would be modified into a heavy gunship. Many airframes were looked at to fill this heavy gunship role including the Sikorsky S-61 Sea King and Kaman UH-2A Sea Sprite

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