7thsfsniper

Alouette, yes. What specific model?

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dave lukins

model: SE3130-01

at the time it held the Altidude record of 8,209mts

7thsfsniper

Your on the right track. HINT: Current record holder.

dave lukins

A Lama SA 315B set a record at 12,442mts

7thsfsniper

Right on! 40,820 ft was very imperssive for a heli I thought. Wonder why it hasn't been broken since "72? I also wonder if they did any mods to get it up that high, however it does say it was a production model.

Your pick Dave.

RustyBattleship

Just a note here. I know you are talking about helicopters. But several years ago, while I was still working for the Navy, we had to fly back east to Norfolk, VA to check some ships for swapping out their 3"/50's for CIWS.

Jim Hardiman from the Weapons design section and I from the Structural design section had adjoining seats. As the Boeing 747 was climbing out of LAX Jim gets out his portable chess set so we could play some games to pass the time. About then, the Captain announced, "Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to United Flight (no.). We are now cruising at 43,000 feet and doing ------."

Don't remember what else the pilot said. Jim and I just looked at each and then out the window. I remarked, "Isn't that something like EIGHT MILES UP?"

Jim and I didn't talk too much on that flight and just concentrated on our chess games.

PS: He beat me every time as well.

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Tin Man

No, but I can identify a speedy ban

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dave lukins

In 1964 the Federal Aviation Agency launches "Operation Bongo Mk2"
What was it used for?

dave lukins

[QUOTE=7thsfsniper;489679]Right on! 40,820 ft was very imperssive for a heli I thought. Wonder why it hasn't been broken since "72? I also wonder if they did any mods to get it up that high, however it does say it was a production model.[/QUOTE

These seem to be very sturdy machines

In 1973... Daniel Bouchart and Didier Potelle land 19,568 feet up on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in an SA 319 B Alouette II helicopter.

dave lukins

Times up Guys...The effects of supersonic flight

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dave lukins

I looked it up in "Aviation Facts"


Q. Who was the 1st person to cross the US in an Airplane?

GAU-8

1911 Sep 17
Cigar-smoking Calbraith Perry Rodgers (1879-1912) set off from Sheepshead Bay, New York, on the first flight across America. Rodgers, sponsored by the Vin Fiz grape drink company, flew the fragile Wright B biplane in pursuit of a $50,000 prize offered to the first person to make a transcontinental flight in 30 days or less. Rodgers failed to win the prize because his 4,321-mile flight took 84 days—of which only 3 days, 10 hours and 4 minutes was actual flying time! His average speed was 51.56 miles per hour. By the time he landed at Long Beach, California, on November 5, Rodgers had made 70 crash landings, suffered numerous minor injuries and had rebuilt his Vin Fiz so completely that only one strut and the rudder were its original equipment.
Links: USA, California, New York, Aviation

1912 Apr 3
Calbraith Perry Rodgers (b.1879), American pioneer aviator, crashed and was killed while flying over the ocean near Long Beach, Ca.

Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz Wright model "B" racer of 1911

dave lukins

Yes, that's the crazy Guy alright..70 crash landingsthank god he's not flying these days

GAU-8

What do these two vehicles have in common?