Kevin Brooks wrote:
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
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What about Apaches?


Don't have IR/T *nav* systems AFAIK; they do have such for weapons targeting
use, though.

They sure do have an IR nav system. There are two separate sensor
turrets in the Apache's nose. The big one is the Target Acquisition and
Designation Sight (TADS) that you're thinking of, but there is a
smaller ball mounted above that called the Pilot Night Vision Sensor
(PNVS). The PNVS is a FLIR intended specifically for navigation rather
than targeting. The systems are nicely illustrated he

http://members.aol.com/ah64info/tadspnvs.htm

And while I think the gunner does have basic flight controls at
his seat, and is a rated pilot, I don't think it as likely that the pilot
would have to be telling him that he has"got it" and basically to keep his
cotton-pickin' mitts off the controls. I guess it is a possible, but the way
I heard the cross-talk in the video made it sound a bit less likely. I'd be
guessing something more along the lines of MH-60, but again, just a guess.

If Ed Rasimus' post is correct, the guy flying was an instructor pilot.
It's apparently not unusual for the IP to fly from the front
(co-pilot/gunner) seat in an Apache.

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