Transcript:
Jeff: So why you going to Kandahar? Melissa: Installing a new guidance system in a Chinook! Jeff: Cool! Well, I'm... Melissa: I assume your mission is classified, no? Jeff: Doh... right! Thanks, that was close! Melissa: Are you like an intern?
Alabama Al over 14 years ago
I swear, you could cut Jeff’s head off and I don’t think he’d be any dumber.
And after he delivers that message, we may find out.
pbarnrob over 14 years ago
A little concerned about the Whumpa-Whumps… Whup-whup-whup is one thing, if there’s a heavy load (like water tanks).
Pretty amazing just how smooth rotor sounds can be made with the right sanding and finishing, almost ‘stealth’. But I hear it’s a fine, almost lost, art.
We’re close enough to an LA County Fire Camp and the PD’s eyrie that we hear quite a few of them.
This little trip could become an adventure in a heartbeat.
antburman over 14 years ago
Cute. Are the geek and the goofball supposed to be falling in love?
Takiniteasy over 14 years ago
I was crew chief on a Chinook, Joe, only we didn’t call ‘em “Chinooks”, if you know what I mean.
Brer_Rabbit10 over 14 years ago
Predict the helicopter will not make it to Kandahar and she’ll have to rescue his worthless behind.
Durak Premium Member over 14 years ago
I’m with pbandrob. That’s a UH-60 Blackhawk they’re in and they don’t sound like that unless something is wrong. I was in a EH-60 (no typo) Blackhawk crew in West Germany and Bosnia. Bill Case might be right!
And relax, I know you can ride in a Blackhawk and talk about Chinooks. Not saying anyone was wrong.
WaitingMan over 14 years ago
Oxford English Dictionary spells it d’oh. (True, it was added 2 years ago.)
lunatics_fringe Premium Member over 14 years ago
You know, just because there’s a WHUMP WHUMP sound effect doesn’t mean anything’s wrong. Maybe that’s just GT’s rendering of blade noise.
Chrisnp over 14 years ago
Nice catch on the sound effects - that isn’t quite the right sound, although I’m not convinced it was intentional. I certainly hope there is no romance about to happen. The last thing she needs is another jerk in her life. I wouldn’t mind seeing her save his hide though.
Chinooks - First time I rode in one, I pointed out that hydrolic fluid leaking all over the place. Crew chief smiled and told me I only needed to worry when it stopped leaking.
Dmajor over 14 years ago
I thought they were supposed to sit *on* their helmets, no?
Durak Premium Member over 14 years ago
First time I rode in a Chinook was to jump out of one, at about 6,000 feet. Much nicer than jumping out of a C-130. You don’t have to fly around and wait as long to do the jump.
efergus3 over 14 years ago
Dmajor: Only if you didn’t have a flack vest to sit on.
PaddyJaye over 14 years ago
I first jumped from an H21 at 2500 feet. Pre Huey.
Durak Premium Member over 14 years ago
P.J. Liggett - Now that’s doing it old school! The old flying banana! My mothers husband knew Frank Piasecki during WWII. Really great engineer.
FriscoLou over 14 years ago
Doty’s right when Jeff screws up, he screws up good. I’m doing to be the first to predict that he screws this up right, and all you Jeff haters can choke on your bile.
jpozenel over 14 years ago
That’s really interesting. Can you tell us more?
chuck399 over 14 years ago
i’m more familiar with CH-46’s and 53’s, they make all kinds of great noises and they leak all kinds of hydraulic fluid. You don’t run out the back hatch, you slide out!
PappyFiddle over 14 years ago
After reading this three times, I finally got it.