"macanamera" (macanamera)
06/04/2014 at 16:45 • Filed to: None
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"macanamera" (macanamera)
06/04/2014 at 16:45 • Filed to: None | 5
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Was stuck in traffic on 495 when I noticed the entire world was thumping, looked around stupidly for a second and then looked up. Two incredibly huge and badass twin-rotor Chinook helicopters passed over us really low! I was too slow on the camera to get both in the pic but here's the second one. Never seen them in the air so close before. Awesome.
McMike
> macanamera
06/04/2014 at 16:46 |
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Ha, I was on the 14th street bridge when they flew over me.
FJ80WaitinForaLSV8
> macanamera
06/04/2014 at 16:51 |
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So cool! Probably my favorite heli.
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macanamera
> McMike
06/04/2014 at 16:53 |
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So they went that way, eh? Were they still as low?
MonkeePuzzle
> macanamera
06/04/2014 at 16:53 |
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von! von chinooks!
very cool though. I grew up behind an australian air force base and training ground, hearing chinooks ALWAYS take me right back to my youth
Viggen
> macanamera
06/04/2014 at 16:58 |
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Oh they're awesome alright. Until you have to maintain them. I have the biggest love/hate relation with these birds. Can't really tell from the picture, but they look like CH-47Ds, and if 495 is the 495 I'm thinking of, they're from the NY or CT National Guard.
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McMike
> macanamera
06/04/2014 at 17:01 |
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Yeah, the rear doors were open, and there were soldiers standing there, enjoying the view.
(No photos, phone was in pocket, butt was on motorcycle)
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macanamera
> McMike
06/04/2014 at 17:04 |
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Very cool. Small world. Big helis.
Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
> macanamera
06/04/2014 at 17:05 |
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And it's quite a good picture, if I may add...
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macanamera
> Viggen
06/04/2014 at 17:05 |
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Right outside Washington DC actually. Mad restricted airspace.
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Viggen
> McMike
06/04/2014 at 17:06 |
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May come as a surprise, but the Flight Engineer's position on the Chinook is the ramp.
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macanamera
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
06/04/2014 at 17:07 |
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Thanks. If I had been a little quicker on the iPotato draw i would have got both in the picture...
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Viggen
> macanamera
06/04/2014 at 17:11 |
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Ah. I was thinking 495 in Mass. Still, you did manage to see the best helicopter in the Army today.
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> macanamera
06/04/2014 at 17:12 |
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But, the most important question:
Did it go soi soi soi soi soi soi soi soi soi?
sefeing, actually bought an E46
> macanamera
06/04/2014 at 17:15 |
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495? Like… the L.I.E? Aka, Long Island's parking lot?
edit: sometimes I actually read before I post. This was not one of these times.
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macanamera
> sefeing, actually bought an E46
06/04/2014 at 17:18 |
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No, I-495. DC's parking lot.
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Viggen
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/04/2014 at 17:20 |
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Chinooks don't go soi. Helicopters like the Chinook and Huey, pretty much any helicopter that has large blades go whop. And yes, I know the video.
William Byrd
> macanamera
06/05/2014 at 08:11 |
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Nice, I've seen some neat stuff driving around DC. I saw a flock of Osprey flying over the tidal basin, have seen some Chinooks, but the best is when the Blue Angels are in town. I had them come over Suitland Parkway (Andrews) at an obscenely low altitude with two upside down, one right side up just as I drove through. Scared the crap out of me, talk about goosebumps. They came in for Annapolis graduation the other day in tight formation right over my house. Fat Albert plodded by about 20 minutes later. Too bad they don't do the JATO take off anymore.