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AH-64 Apache
This one was cool they had all the "doors" open so you could see the guts of the bird.
SOA(R) 160th MH-6 Little Bird
One of my favorites from the show....this is a "Little Bird" that belongs to the 160th Night Stalkers....Think Special Operations for Army helicopters. These guys provide oversight for Seals, Delta etc etc....
S-97 SkyRaider
Sikorsky's Skyraider Demonstrator. Pretty cool looking aircraft.
Bell Helicopter's V-280 Valor
Bell Helicopter's answer to Boeing's V-22 Osprey...Hadn't seen this one in person before. This was a non flying model but still pretty awesome to see in person.
Dillon Aero's MH-6 Little Bird
Dillon brought their own Little Bird this year...this was a bad mamma jamma. If you're not familiar with Dillon Aero check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYvEFATaRMY for a video of the guns they make.
CH-47F Chinook
looks big and bulky and we often call it "the flying school bus" don't let that fool you, it's the fastest helicopter in the US Army topping out around 200mph.
Front end of the CH-47F
HH-60M Medivac
my displays go in this bird as well.
Blackhawk cockpit
This was one of the reasons I went to the convention this year. The Multi-Function-Displays (MFDs) i.e. smart monitors you seen in the picture (there are 4 of them) is what I work on and it's always cool to see your product in the field!
OLD SCHOOL AH-1 Cobra
This is a flying helicopter that saw time in Vietnam....the pilot was great and talked to us for a good 15 minutes about it.
XXXDOCXXX
Cool post. Thanks. OP
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chillmike
I didn't feel like taking my DSLR because I've been to this a few other years and wanted to see certain things that effect my job..
MarkRizznHopkins
That's a lot of freedom waiting to happen.
chillmike
and so much more I didn't capture. In a building with billions of dollars worth of tech is pretty impressive.
CoolSnackChris
That's cool and all but good luck putting those machines up against the might of the New Zealand Air Force http://imgur.com/meGvWA9
VagabondEngineer
RUN GO GET TO DE CHOPPA!
chillmike
I don't have time to bleed
MAC6DADDY
The rotors on these things spin me right round, baby right round.
chillmike
like a record baby?
MAC6DADDY
You know it, toots
nipplenips
guns-guns-guns
StevoRTR
Murica
chillmike
fug yeah
Whatswrongwiththispicture
I was on the AH-64 program at Hughes Helicopters in Culver City, CA. The 300 and 500 model production lines were in the Spuce Goose hanger
chillmike
Fucking nice man! I worked at Boeing at the Long Beach plant! Small world!
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chillmike
really depends on which aircraft you're talking about, Chinook looks A LOT bigger in person, sky raider looks a lot smaller...
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chillmike
I like your opinion..but you need to see the G model, it's pretty intimidating.. http://m2.i.pbase.com/g1/45/719545/2/130297872.XDdZyRVD.jpg
IknowalittleIcanguesstherest
Love the AH-64. So badass.
chillmike
I do too!