John, I think I heard them say it was 1400 gal. day, for the six Black
Hawks, but I have no idea of the time they spent in the training mission
before arriving here.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Seen At the Airport Today
>I was wondering how many gallons of gas it takes to fill all the fuel tanks
> and how many gallons to the mile are consumed during flight.
>
> Does anyone know ?
>
> jh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Beckrich" <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Seen At the Airport Today
>
>
>> Nice set of shots, Jim.
>>
>> Those choppers really are big suckers, aren't they?
>>
>> I never rode in anything bigger than a Huey.
>>
>> *Can you hear the Boss singing "Glory Days" in the background? ;o)
>> *
>> Rick
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Chris.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>>> "LUG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 3:18 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Seen At the Airport Today
>>>
>>>
>>> > >
>>> >> On today's visit to the local airport, I spotted a colorful visitor,
>>> >> a Lake LA-4 Amphibian that is based on a nearby lake.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > You can't find much to compete with the good loks and clean lines
>>> > of
>>> > a
>>> > Lake.
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Then I was told that an Army training flight of six helicopters was
>>> >> being refueled during a lunch break for the flyers. I decided to see
>>> >> what they looked like.
>>> >>
>>> >> This is the type of chopper in use. I will not attempt to ID the
>>> >> type.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > It's a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, a pretty versatile machine that's
>>> > been
>>> > fitted out for all sorts of uses.
>>> >
>>> > Chris
>>> >
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