Future Helicopters

[KevinB]

Separated by….ummm…a brain?

Well I question the brain aspect, based on some of his other comments

Also…


59??? laughs in B-52ese…
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You are much more knowledgeable on the Hook airframe life - but I would have thought that 59 years is a long time for one of them to still be flying - it sound like they are trying to divest the older ones for newer airframe off the line.

Seeing some of the "upgrades" to the BUFF fleet over the years, it seems that a lot of those airframe have been almost totally rebuilt.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Separated by….ummm…a brain?

Also…


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The difference is that the Buff wants to fly, helicopters have to be forced into the air and are way to eager to return to the ground, any way they can.

 

[Good2Golf]

The difference is that the Buff wants to fly, helicopters have to be forced into the air and are way to eager to return to the ground, any way they can.

Pretty sure that helicopters are so ugly that they are repelled by the Earth…

 

[dapaterson]

Pretty sure that helicopters are so ugly that they are repelled by the Earth…

If not helicopters, then their pilots

 

[Good2Golf]

Equally true.

 

[armrdsoul77]

Canadian Chinooks acquired in the '70's,sold to the Dutch in the '90's are continuing to fly as aerial firefighters in the states.

 

[KevinB]

And sigh…

New US Army helo engine lifts off, but may be headed for cancellation

After roughly $1.5 billion spent over two decades, the future of the U.S. Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program is in question.

www.defensenews.com

 

[Good2Golf]

And sigh…

New US Army helo engine lifts off, but may be headed for cancellation

After roughly $1.5 billion spent over two decades, the future of the U.S. Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program is in question.

www.defensenews.com

Not surprising. With FARA cancelled, the investment to re-engine the remaining 64s and 60s to their end of lives is not a very compelling business case.

I wouldn’t send the development engines to the wreckers (a la Avro Arrow of Nimrod Mk4 style), but I wouldn’t put any more money into the program for a bit. See how the no-FARA thing settles out…