tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post4145574469025269746..comments2024-03-28T21:31:47.191-04:00Comments on The Abode of McThag: Blackhawk ReplacementAngus McThaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-58260467782609575802022-12-08T14:09:26.540-05:002022-12-08T14:09:26.540-05:00The Leonardo, formerly AgustaWestland, AW609, form...The Leonardo, formerly AgustaWestland, AW609, formerly the Bell/Agusta BA609 is, finally, expected to enter service next year just 20 years since first flight. GUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552288485507081634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-43442696638364372262022-12-07T17:23:09.967-05:002022-12-07T17:23:09.967-05:00Don't pay him too much mind about vertical ins...Don't pay him too much mind about vertical insertions and the size of the birds. I feel like every time he pontificates on such matters I hear from others who were in the same area contradicting his wisdom. Infantry officers from the Rhodesian diaspora most especially.<br /><br />The Army and USMC have been using much larger choppers than anything South Africa has ever owned in jungles for decades.<br /><br />The CH-47 takes up a LOT more space than the V-280 will.<br /><br />The V-280 is barely more than the Blackhawk's foot print amazingly enough.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-79904722805274967532022-12-06T23:47:07.243-05:002022-12-06T23:47:07.243-05:00This tickles a memory from Bayou Renaissance Man I...This tickles a memory from Bayou Renaissance Man IIRR-<br />He was talking about another tilt rotor and how they need more open space (in the jungle) than a normal chopper needs and in his African experience, it makes a difference.<br /><br />There's room for both, but the way the .GOV likes to go all in on the newest Shiny Thing, I'd bet the helo is on it's way out as a mainstream weapons platform.KurtPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205267944616413162noreply@blogger.com