And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The old Tarhe helo. I remember seeing one in flight for the first time at Ft. Benning many, many moons ago and just silently saying, "WTF?" Pretty remarkable aircraft.
Saw one of these with some kind of water spray rig to fight range fires in SoCal. Used to refill from a pond behind our house at the north end of Etiwanda Ave.
Erickson Aircrane, inventor of their 2,650 US gal fixed retardant tank that is capable of refilling in 45 seconds from a water source 18 inches deep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erickson_Inc.
Early 80, was assigned the USMC Yuma, AZ...we would see them coming from eastern Arizona, a boneyard, slinging F4s on their was way San Diego...just a stop for gas in Yuma.
The Fascinating Story of the S-64 Air Crane® Helicopter https://ericksoninc.com/erickson-edge/50th-anniversary/the-fascinating-story-of-the-air-crane-helicopter/
It's a shame Wikipedia doesn't have a page on Jack Erickson. His is an amazing story. He's still alive and living in Oregon, where his collection is located. https://www.ericksoncollection.com/
His granddaughter is very interested in her family's history and is always asking Jack about his life. I hope she writes a book about him and his father Axel, who is every bit as interesting as Jack. That would be a great read.
Needed a Sky Crane in RVN to lift a NVA cargo truck out of the jungle. It wound up in the museum at Fort Campbell along with an artillery piece we found at the same equipment cache.
Reminds me of the King Arthur statue at Tintagel, Cornwall, England.
ReplyDeleteThe old Tarhe helo. I remember seeing one in flight for the first time at Ft. Benning many, many moons ago and just silently saying, "WTF?" Pretty remarkable aircraft.
ReplyDeleteSaw one of these with some kind of water spray rig to fight range fires in SoCal. Used to refill from a pond behind our house at the north end of Etiwanda Ave.
ReplyDeleteThat'd be rigs like this:
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Erickson Aircrane, inventor of their 2,650 US gal fixed retardant tank that is capable of refilling in 45 seconds from a water source 18 inches deep.
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erickson_Inc.
reminds me of a dragonfly
ReplyDeleteThat's just what I thought the first time I saw one.
DeleteI always enjoyed my time flying the crane. OR just riding in the cockpit 3rd seat which had the clear floor under your feet so you could see the load.
ReplyDeleteSky hook.
ReplyDeleteEarly 80, was assigned the USMC Yuma, AZ...we would see them coming from eastern Arizona, a boneyard, slinging F4s on their was way San Diego...just a stop for gas in Yuma.
ReplyDeleteThe Fascinating Story of the S-64 Air Crane® Helicopter
ReplyDeletehttps://ericksoninc.com/erickson-edge/50th-anniversary/the-fascinating-story-of-the-air-crane-helicopter/
It's a shame Wikipedia doesn't have a page on Jack Erickson. His is an amazing story.
DeleteHe's still alive and living in Oregon, where his collection is located.
https://www.ericksoncollection.com/
His granddaughter is very interested in her family's history and is always asking Jack about his life. I hope she writes a book about him and his father Axel, who is every bit as interesting as Jack. That would be a great read.
Needed a Sky Crane in RVN to lift a NVA cargo truck out of the jungle. It wound up in the museum at Fort Campbell along with an artillery piece we found at the same equipment cache.
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