[jdsl1998]

Just heard and saw a helicopter. Big one, two sets of blades... long, pointy thing coming out of the front. No markings, flying low? Any ideas what that is all about? Just color me curious....

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by jdsl1998

Just heard and saw a helicopter. Big one, two sets of blades... long, pointy thing coming out of the front. No markings, flying low? Any ideas what that is all about? Just color me curious....

I believe I am correct in saying that the Developer has one or more helicopters. I know at one time President Bush was flown in on one of their helicopters.

If I am wrong, someone please correct me.

[Chatbrat]

National guard- the long thing is a refueling probe

[golf2140]

Made in Delaware County Pennsylvania by Boeing.

[John_W]

That must of been a Chinook, the tandem rotor blades would be a dead giveaway. I didn't know they could refuel in flight. When I was in the Army at Ft. Rucker, Alabama at ATC school I use to go and study at a lake. It was quiet and they had benches and nobody would be around on a weekday to bother you. Here's a bit of Army training inside info. I had a lot of incentive because if you flunk out of ATC school, you go to door gunner school. It's the physical, we had a class II and door gunner's have a class III, so we qualify. Just like helicopter pilots who have a class I physical and flunk out, usually because they can't solo in 16 hours, they then go to ATC School. As it turned out, I was honor graduate in a class of 24 and made grade E-4.

I'm sitting on this bench and the world is quiet and suddently a Chinook helicopter, in the Army they are a CH-47, lands in the lake. He made touch and go landings all morning in that lake, I would of never believed it. I found out if they had a certain amount of fuel and had the back ramp door closed, they can land on water.

[jsw14]

I'm glad too see the Air Force in the Air. They may be on Train'in time, just to get the Hours in the Air. Patrick Air Force Base in Melbourne does it All the time......

[jdsl1998]

John W., That is the helicopter that I saw today! Thank you...

[samhass]

It was a Chinook.

[upstate]

They are being used in Texas for evacuation.

[bmarlo767]

If he was president at the time, He would not have flown on a private aircraft.