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2018-07-16 -Land of the Free

Chinook pilot pulls off death-defying 'pinnacle landing' on Mount Hood

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-07-16 02:34|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 They had to risk their lives because of the egos of the climbers. Send them the bill. What part of "Don't do that ****" didn't they grasp? They believe they're entitled to put others at risk of life.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-16 07:41|| 2018-07-16 07:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Ref #1: My thoughts exactly.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-16 07:44|| 2018-07-16 07:44|| Front Page Top

#3 The Chinook is probably the only aircraft in the world that could perform this at 11,000-ft.

Then again, when our family Marine was transported by these in Iraq, every person being transported was issued either a grease gun or fire extinguisher.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-07-16 08:12|| 2018-07-16 08:12|| Front Page Top

#4 They still use these? I remember building a Revell plastic model of one when I was a kid - over 50 years ago. Shortly after my grandfather bought his Desoto.

Posted by Deadeye Jusoling1798 2018-07-16 09:55|| 2018-07-16 09:55|| Front Page Top

#5 The climbers should celebrate their rescue by touring a cave Thailand during monsoon season.

Posted by jpal 2018-07-16 09:59|| 2018-07-16 09:59|| Front Page Top

#6 New engines, new rotors, new avionics -- The Chinook still going strong because sometimes you just get it right the first time.

Posted by magpie 2018-07-16 13:49|| 2018-07-16 13:49|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 Add to the B-52. These two are more than impressive. So are the people who have trained to undergo such operations.
Definitely not Nigerian "troops".

Posted by Roger29 Palms 2018-07-16 14:14|| 2018-07-16 14:14|| Front Page Top

#8 #1 & #2:
Training.

Posted by irishrageboy 2018-07-16 22:57|| 2018-07-16 22:57|| Front Page Top

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