Daimo B
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Im not sure what they are called.. The ones that came over a few years ago and couldn't fly in cloud cover sky  ...
Anyway, I saw 2 of the buggers yesterday..
And another 2 tonight.
WTF they doing here, send the £70million fuckers over to Afghanistan and help our troops dammit!!!!!
Still, epic machines those bad boys. Are they actually like Apaches where both eyes have to do seperate functions in the chopper?
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Hammer
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Puma's? I read in the paper there were a load coming over to England from Ireland today for refits before being flown out to Afghanistan.
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Daimo B
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Im down in Kent, they were both heading towards Portsmouth (although thats an hours drive for me, prob 20 min flight though)...
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andy1868
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apaches are ace, saw one at southport air show last year
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Daimo B
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Looked very similar to that yeah.
But I know they "arn't" Apaches, just similar.
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andy1868
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the army website calls them an apache 
http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/aircraft/1531.aspx
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Mad Moe
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UK Apache is pretty much identical to the US one just built under license in the UK by AgustaWestland
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AlexSXI
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Definately Apaches that keep flying from Colchester Garrison over my house, noisy buggers!
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lostboy
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Best helicopter EVAR!
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Daimo B
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I'd recommend the film Apache then.
Like Top Gun, but not as cool, and with Helicopters. 80's cheese 
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chrex
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yea, the UK forces got the 'Longbow' AH-64D. They are basicly the top spec version of the Apache helo's, and the longbow system is the radar that sits atop the rotor mast, and the electronics related to it throughout the aircraft. It just means the aircraft can hover at a range beyond visual distance behind a hill, and put that radar just up over a hill, and from there, guide missles and tactics for both themselves and other aircraft. It detects up to 130 targets, prioritises the 16 most dangerous and transmits this across the battlefield network, whatever the weather, day or night. Really clever system, and hugely effective.
We lost a few to telegraph lines in the early stages of the iraq war because they are able to fly that low and fast, it was about the only thing that was actually able to get them. So they had to set a minimum altitude for pilots, especially at night so as to avoid this.
they are ugly buggers, but massively effective and something that the enemy knows is a kick-ass piece of kit!
[Edited on 18-11-2009 by chrex]
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CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
I'd recommend the film Apache then.
Like Top Gun, but not as cool, and with Helicopters. 80's cheese
Do you mean Wings of the Apache starring Tommy Lee Jones and Nicolas Cage? That film is epic.
"Oooops, you blewww it..." 
Oh and it was 1990 I think, so not 80s cheese 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OdM4ZkZaeg
[Edited on 18-11-2009 by CorsAsh]
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chrex
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yea...legend of a film! 
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Beato
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Apache Longbows. The reason they are not in Afgan at the moment is there are not enough people to keep them in the air, so they can only take a restricted amount on cabs at one time. The ones over here will be used for training etc.
The pilots do train both eyes to function individualy yes, as they have a monocle over one eye.
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SVM 286
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I'm really rather surprised that no one has posted a picture of UK Apache.
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Beato
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
I'm really rather surprised that no one has posted a picture of UK Apache.
Andy numbers has
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SVM 286
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I meant the idiot responsible for awful 'music'
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Do you mean Wings of the Apache starring Tommy Lee Jones and Nicolas Cage? That film is epic.
2 big stars, yet the film never really made it.
Suprising. Still was in the shadow of Top Gun. If it had been 5 years later it would have been a hit.
Sex scene was just as lame as TG though
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andy1868
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my dad was telling me he once saw an ace bit of footage during the Gulf War of a long line of iraqi POWs being led away by an apache, they know the score i need to find that, fo sho
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DaveyLC
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The Pilot training for flying the Apache is insane! They have to be able to use both eyes independantly 
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LukeS
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how can you do that, that must be very fucking hard
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andy1868
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be worth it though down the local pub. not only can you impress the ladies by telling them you're an apache pilot, but you can eye up 2 at once 
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Daimo B
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You lot really need to watch the above film. It covers the twin eye thing.
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LukeS
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Will it be in Blockbuster?
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Robbo
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Used to see attack helicopters all the time when I worke din Kingston bagpuize (near Abingdon and RAF Dalton, I big helicopte rbase) and they sued to practice manouevres right across from our office and I ahve to say... if I was an Arab/Afghan etc and saw one with me in its sights... Id shit myself on the spot... they are the most immense scary looking fuckers ive ever seen!!!!!!! Goes for Sikorskys too!
Anyone ever seen Charlies War with TOm Hanks? The real life Sikorsky clips from the russian-afghan war are immense!
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