14-09-20 Monday Flight Night (helicopter Club)

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14-09-20 Monday Flight Night (helicopter Club)

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14-09-20 Monday Flight Night (helicopter Club)

Take Off 19.30
Debrief 21:30
Meet on TS 60 SQN

We will follow on from the previous sessions with some practice circuits before heading out for some formation combat assaults.

If you have not flown with us before you are very welcome to tag along at the rear.

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Hopefully, I will make this one.
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I’m in
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If you've not read the book, it's well worth it.

But just to get you in the mood for Monday.

https://youtu.be/SuuDWd8SL7A

We need some slicks and a couple gunships for a vietnam style mission.
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Snakes on a huey... Wouldn't be good!
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Iv learned on escort missions it the gunships who run the mission once airborne. The term herding cats springs to mind lol
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Pour a mug of coffee, turn up the volume some and listen to the radio track[/b]


Last sentence of this track......... we lost 17 aircraft, that one day, that was March 30th 1069


















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Tonight's mission will be to insert a blocking force west of a town, then insert on the east to push forces in to the blocking force.

Gunships will clear LZ's west and east and hunt for enemy along power line cut out.

Briefing at 7.30pm Take off at 7.45pm.
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