TomKatz wrote:Don't forget, Fly out of trim. The locals often lead off the nose not the direction of travel. AH-1F and UH-1, but too young for Vietnam.

contactflying wrote:Out of trim. That's also how you dogleg rockets into nearly abeam targets you have gotten too close to. Don't cover friendlies with that shot, however.

WWhunter wrote:Bill,
I want to thank you for your service!

A very good friend of mine has spent most of his career in Special Operation as an HH-53 Pave-Low driver. I can try and give him a call this weekend and see what he has to say. My guess though would be an add on to what Mr. Bill R. said....in SE Asia they had a lot of vegetation that enabled them to 'hide' until they were nearly on top of their LZ. Whereas in the sandbox it is just that, a sandbox with nothing to shield your approach. A close and slow moving object is easier to hit with ground fire than one that is several thousand meters away. Just conjecture, but an RPG is a short range weapon that is readily available to insurgents and they can wreak havoc on a whirly bird. My thinking is distance is your friend.

Keith

DonC wrote:It was fast and low for us up north unless over water. Get to high and the SAMS can get u Come on u guys u want me to start this thing for u....



Worked most of the time but not always

DonC wrote:It was fast and low for us up north unless over water. Get to high and the SAMS can get u Come on u guys u want me to start this thing for u....

DonC wrote:I dam sure would have GB but it wasn't my day to fly Sometimes the recovery on the destroyer was as scary as the rescue Here is a video of a similar operation but a different time and ship but the same problem. He had a bigger deck then we did. Three foot clearance with rotor blades and missile launcher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC2XIGMI2kM