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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:21:41 PM EDT
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It's not military. It's not USCG. It's a private helo. The USCG were sent in to rescue the crew.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:22:22 PM EDT
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Good point. The only time I've seen only 2 coasties in a chopper, they were riders in an Air Logistics chopper coming to do inspections. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:24:25 PM EDT
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LOL. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:27:03 PM EDT
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I think you may be right. i haven't rode either of those in a while. It does remind me of a Super Puma that I'm more familiar with so I'd say regular Puma, maybe. The color still has me wondering though. Maybe just got out of Earl Scheib's?  |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:28:05 PM EDT
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It is definately NOT a CG helo................even the ice breaker helos have the stripe and the landing gea ris wrong.........but it is NOT a CG helo for sure...................Glad I could look at the pic !!.........I am not familiar with a Cougar or Puma
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:34:53 PM EDT
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I've heard PUMA more than once.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:37:20 PM EDT
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Puma helo
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:38:26 PM EDT
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Better shot of the undercarriage
 ETA: Wrecked helo  ETA: Cougar. Nacells for the landing gear look more correct. 
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:38:44 PM EDT
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My speculation: Looks like the kind of bird the oil companies use to get to their drilling rigs. Way too large to be a newsie or an air ambulance.
Alpine ETA - Looks like the one in qualityhardware's post above is doing just that. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 8:18:28 PM EDT
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When you look at the close ups of the chopper, it has a civilian registration number, starts with an N.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 8:20:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/4/2005 8:22:09 PM EDT
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Appears from the nose that it is the Cougar, from the pics you posted. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 8:34:10 PM EDT
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Blackwater USA sent a Puma down there to help out. I doubt Blackwater would paint one of their aircraft orange though.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 8:41:50 PM EDT
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Been searching for a photo clear enough to read the FAA registration number, haven't found any yet.
Anyone else? BD |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 8:45:44 PM EDT
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+10^500. Several days ago I heard there was a 3" shark swimming around. Maybe.............. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 8:49:47 PM EDT
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I'm sure DU has an explanation as to how Bush caused it...
Righteous Men sleep peacefully in their beds each night, because rough men stand ready to do violence in their behalf....George Orwell |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 8:52:51 PM EDT
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But I thought the expiration of the AWB now allowed RPGs to be sold through the ice cream trucks? 
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Posted: 9/4/2005 9:08:41 PM EDT
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Oh, but remember that movie where they.... On another note, how many glocks & gats does it take to drop a helo? |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 5:29:55 AM EDT
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Have we figured out what it is yet??
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Posted: 9/5/2005 5:44:31 AM EDT
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Nope. Ain't oilfield. I'm curious too, anyone know who's it is yet? |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 6:17:54 AM EDT
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*cough*UN 
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Posted: 9/5/2005 6:28:55 AM EDT
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What ever it's make is, it is fu@king a exspensive heap of trash now.
 
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Posted: 9/5/2005 6:44:25 AM EDT
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Bush personally shot it down with an RPG that Dick Cheney sold to him from the back of a Haliburton ice cream truck. |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 6:50:39 AM EDT
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Was it a white helicopter or a black helicopter ?
....it matters you know. |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 6:52:50 AM EDT
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The crashed helo is a Puma of some sort.
Blackwater's Puma is white, at least the one I saw was. I saw it a Baton Rouge a couple days ago. I've been down there helping with the medical evacuation. Flyer |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 8:09:41 AM EDT
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They are saying now it was an animal rescue helicopter.
 Yes, lets use a currently limited resource, helicopter, to rescue animals instead of people. |
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:11:47 AM EDT
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Saw a fly-around of the helicopter this morning and caught the registration number.
Registration is N330CC Manufacturer: Aerospatiale Model: SA330J Year built: 1979 Registration Type: Corporation Owner: Sky Cats Puma Corp Address: Po Box 653 Lakeview, OR 97630-0025 US Region: Northwest Mountain Also listed here, presumably for fire fightging work. Billings Flying Service, Inc. is listed as the operator at the USFS's site. Inspector: Holwick, Jeff Inspection Date: 6/24/2005 Expiration Date: 5/31/2006 Contract: AG-024B-C-05-9085 Total Airframe Time: 10781 AC Annual: 5/15/2005 |
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