In a message dated 10/9/2001 8:48:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
pbowen@intellinetics.com writes:
> Rick, not to be nit picky - ok so I am. The Marines do not have Chinook
> Helicopters, Those are CH-47's used by the Army. The Marines use the CH-46
> Phrog. Look similar but very different. Rode in a few hundred, over the
> past few years.
>
> :)
> YLCMV - Your level of caring may vary
>
> But yeah great story.
>
> Patrick Bowen
>
Actually, in fairness to my rotorhead colleagues (I'm a fixed wing driver
myself), it is the CH-46 Sea Knight affectionately known as the "Phrog" or
"Frog" or the "Imperial Battle Phrog" with the new "glass" cockpit. Great
story!
Always wondered what driving a Spitfire with a HUD (head's up display) would
be like...
Semper Fi,
Marty Thamm
Colonel of Marines
1976 1500
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