Chinook flew over my house this morning

philp

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From: USA

Chinook flew over my house this morning

Posted by philp on Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:55 AM

Heard this loud thumping noise and the house shook a little. Rushed out back to see a Ch-47 going over. Local Army Guard base is within 2 miles. They have Apaches and a few Blackhawks but first time I was that close to a Chinook flying.
Ran down there after work but it was no where to be seen. Must of just dropped off a load and left.
I can't wait to start my British Desert Storm bird. Need to find some PE for it though.

Phil Peterson IPMS #8739 Join the Map http://www.frappr.com/finescalemodeler

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:47 PM

Phil, what city do you live in?

Chris Ish

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philp

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From: USA

Posted by philp on Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:59 PM

Kearns (Salt Lake City), UT
The guard unit usually has an open house each year. Took a bunch of pics of the Apache's and Blackhawks that I need to find and load on my site.
Can't wait to do that British night scheme (no, really).

Phil Peterson IPMS #8739 Join the Map http://www.frappr.com/finescalemodeler

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 15, 2005 4:59 PM

Phil, you lucky to have attack helo's and the boring blackhawk. We in Kansas have UH 60A'sw/the 108th Aviation BN and OH58A's w/135 Aviation 35 Infantry and UH60H's w/82 Med Ft Riley. the 135th traded their UH1S's for the Kiowas several years ago. We also have Ch47D's w/a Army Reserve unit in Olathe
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yardbird78

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January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Saturday, July 16, 2005 1:46 PM

It is nice to live close to a military facility, especially if they host the aircraft or armor types that you are interested in making models. I live close to Scott AFB in Illinois, but all they have out there are C-21 Lear jets, a couple of old C-9 Medivac and some KC-135E tankers. They used to have an Army helo unit with UH-1 Hueys that switched to Blackhawks and then disbanded.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

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The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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roadkill_275

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September 2003
From: North East Texas

Posted by roadkill_275 on Saturday, July 16, 2005 1:52 PM

Darwin, you're going to want to get as many pics of the Nightingales as soon as you can. If you have access to the end of the runway or the vicinity thereof you can get some decent pics of them. The reason I'm saying this is because the C-9 is on its way out of the service and their days are definately numbered. I read somewhere that they would be gone by the middle of 06.

Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain

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albymoore

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December 2002
From: Tip O' da Mitt (Northern Michigan)

Posted by albymoore on Saturday, July 16, 2005 3:28 PM

Had a Michigan National Guard UH-1H fly by on Wednesday. It was a nice site to see, seeing as the Huey in Army NG service is becoming a rarity itself.

Cheers,

"I know what it wants now...the void has swallowed the light and the machine wants my soul"

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dninness

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From: Concord, NH

Posted by dninness on Monday, July 18, 2005 12:13 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by albymoore

Had a Michigan National Guard UH-1H fly by on Wednesday. It was a nice site to see, seeing as the Huey in Army NG service is becoming a rarity itself.

Cheers,

Alby

Depending on where you are in the Northern LP, I'm going to guess that was one of the two OH ARNG UH-1s that were at the Alpena CRTC this past week... Not that I saw, sat in, or shot the breeze with the crewmembers at all....
Wink [;)]

(Ah, the benefits of being on the military side of the airfield..)

Darin Ninness 213th Avn Co, ROK 86-89 CH-47C, 67-18500 "The Pride of Texas"

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albymoore

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From: Tip O' da Mitt (Northern Michigan)

Posted by albymoore on Monday, July 18, 2005 4:32 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by dninness

QUOTE: Originally posted by albymoore

Had a Michigan National Guard UH-1H fly by on Wednesday. It was a nice site to see, seeing as the Huey in Army NG service is becoming a rarity itself.

Cheers,

Alby

Depending on where you are in the Northern LP, I'm going to guess that was one of the two OH ARNG UH-1s that were at the Alpena CRTC this past week... Not that I saw, sat in, or shot the breeze with the crewmembers at all....

(Ah, the benefits of being on the military side of the airfield..)

Ah, thank you for the clarification. I am located on the west side of the Northern LP. They were headed north/northwest (towards Pellston) when they went by. I'm about an hour and a half west of the CRTC, in fact I make food deliveries to the main mess hall every once in a while.

Thanks again for the info on where the Hueys were from.

Cheers,

"I know what it wants now...the void has swallowed the light and the machine wants my soul"

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grandadjohn

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February 2003
From: phoenix

Posted by grandadjohn on Monday, July 18, 2005 6:51 PM

Miss the days I could wonder the flightline at Buckley ANG(now AF)Base and see all the different a/c that came through, talk with the crews and take pictures