SGT. GREIGO'S FLAK JACKET

"Gord Beaman" ) wrote:

Of course...I would expect nothing less either. So, why didn't
you admit it when you were wrong about the Crusader then?, many
very credible posters agreed with me against you...

Huh?

His Huey landed right on top of them--not a darned
thing he could do about it. It still kind of bothered him those many years
later. Maybe that's why he concentrated on telling me the funny stories as I
grew up.

Sounds about right - I have to pick and choose what I tell my kids, because
they REMEMBER!

"Dad, isn't that a Crashhawk flying over there?"

"Uhh, yeah. Please stop calling it that."
"But, you saaaaaaid...?"

"Dammit, we didn't crash - it was just an engine fire, and everyone called them
that! Now, just forget it."

"Ok, dad." slight pause "Hey, look, a Seapig flying over there!"

sigh

Speaking of which, an SH-3H made a 500' pass over the top of my house today -
close enough to read modex number 700 plain as day! Don't see too many
Seapi... err SeaKings any more. Sure beats watching Ghettobirds orbiting
overhead...

v/r
Gordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

Donate your memories - write a note on the back and send your old photos to a
reputable museum, don't take them with you when you're gone.

Speaking of which, an SH-3H made a 500' pass over the top of my house today -
close enough to read modex number 700 plain as day! Don't see too many
Seapi... err SeaKings any more. Sure beats watching Ghettobirds orbiting
overhead...

v/r
Gordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

I have some video this summer from Montana of some Seakings doing bucket drops
on a forest fire outside Missoula.


Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)

"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

It still kind of bothered him those many years
later. Maybe that's why he concentrated on telling me the funny stories as I
grew up.

Brooks


N'other'n...thanks.
--

-Gord.

Mike Marron wrote:

"Gord Beaman" ) wrote:

Of course...I would expect nothing less either. So, why didn't
you admit it when you were wrong about the Crusader then?, many
very credible posters agreed with me against you...

Huh?

Whadda ya mean 'huh', huh?
--

-Gord.

I have some video this summer from Montana of some Seakings doing bucket
drops
on a forest fire outside Missoula.

I had no idea they were using H-3s for that - I saw a Skycrane working the
fires, but I guess if they can, so can a Seaking.

G

"Krztalizer" wrote in message
...
His Huey landed right on top of them--not a darned
thing he could do about it. It still kind of bothered him those many
years
later. Maybe that's why he concentrated on telling me the funny stories
as I
grew up.

Sounds about right - I have to pick and choose what I tell my kids,
because
they REMEMBER!

"Dad, isn't that a Crashhawk flying over there?"

"Uhh, yeah. Please stop calling it that."
"But, you saaaaaaid...?"

"Dammit, we didn't crash - it was just an engine fire, and everyone called
them
that! Now, just forget it."

LOL! My brother called them "Tuna Boats". One of the guys he worked with
during his couple of years was a former TF-160 (as it was then called) MH-60
driver--he delighted in teasing him about the 'hawk.


"Ok, dad." slight pause "Hey, look, a Seapig flying over there!"

sigh

Speaking of which, an SH-3H made a 500' pass over the top of my house
today -
close enough to read modex number 700 plain as day! Don't see too many
Seapi... err SeaKings any more. Sure beats watching Ghettobirds orbiting
overhead...

I get to see the VH-3's rather frequently, what with HMX-1 at Quantico being
just up the road. Along with the whopping great 53 models they have in that
glossy paint. Oddly, I rarely see the VH-60's out in this direction.

Brooks


v/r
Gordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

Donate your memories - write a note on the back and send your old photos
to a
reputable museum, don't take them with you when you're gone.

I had no idea they were using H-3s for that - I saw a Skycrane working the
fires, but I guess if they can, so can a Seaking.

G

The Seakings were owned by a company, I think it was called Coulson.

Skycranes are turning out to very big assets on forest fires, and they are even
being made new again. Erickson bought the type certificates for them and is
manufacturing them. Italy recently purchased 4 of them.


Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)

"Gord Beaman" wrote in message
news
"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

It still kind of bothered him those many years
later. Maybe that's why he concentrated on telling me the funny stories
as I
grew up.

Brooks


N'other'n...thanks.

Sure. Can't vouch for the small details, but that last one was sort of
burned into my memory.

Brooks

--

-Gord.

"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

yawnsnip

Use a sharp knife!

G