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Post by nikeajax on Jul 27, 2021 19:03:40 GMT -8
AWWWWW-JEEEEZE!  SIGH!  JB
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Post by SeaRat on Jul 27, 2021 21:42:12 GMT -8
I was in my ol’ hometown of Roseburg, Oregon yesterday and today, seeing old friends. I also made contact with a workmate that I hadn’t talked to in 20 plus years. He gold me that my beloved North Umpqua River was badly burned last fall, and now a new fire, the Jack Fire, is burning upstream on the North Umpqua River, burning areas that were unburied last fall. The North Umpqua is a jewel of Oregon rivers, and this is really sad. www.fireweatheravalanche.org/fire/state/oregonJohn |
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Post by nikeajax on Aug 18, 2021 16:14:29 GMT -8
John, I just got off the phone with my oldest brother. He was telling me about a chopper called a K-Max: www.kaman.com/aerosystems/solutions/air-vehicles-mro/k-maxI thought it looked like a "Cobra" had a bad allergic reaction   Yeah, I know, it's waaaay bigger, but still. Anyway... check out that rotor config, does it remind you of something:  What is way super cool is that it can be used... REMOTELY! It doesn't need a pilot!!!!!!!!!!!!! We've got a couple more big fires now, near Placerville and Lake County--SIGH! JB |
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Post by SeaRat on Aug 21, 2021 13:33:01 GMT -8
Yes, the K-Max does remind me of something:  Huskie of sunrise, Kunsan 1969 by John Ratliff, on Flickr The HH-43B Huskie helicopter As you know, I crewed this helicopter in Korea throughout 1968, and had some memorable missions with it too. I had not heard that the K-Max was now being used as a drone. That is interesting. Thanks, and I don’t know why I didn’t see this earlier. John |
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