On 7/25/2014 10:15 PM, Earl wrote:
True North wrote:
On Thursday, 24 July 2014 14:15:19 UTC-3, Wayne. B wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:37:52 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:
Way back in the 60's the Canadian Navy developed the 'Bear Trap'
system to help land the old Sea Kings on our destroyer escorts.
Helicopter lowered a cable that was attached to a winch in the
middle of the flight deck and the helo was slowly reeled in.
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Interesting. Did they lose any 'copters while perfecting the system?
Don't recall if any Sea Kings were lost that way, although over the
long 50 year service life many dropped out of the sky or were grounded
because of various mechanical problems.
One was flying over my house for a couple of hours yesterday.
We have a base a few blocks away that is used for landings.
http://readyayeready.com/timeline/19...trap/index.htm
Did it fly low enough to blow the trash away?
snerk