absence of patent realisation in form of real aircraft have nothing to do with plausibility of movie prop design concept, IMOTomS said:If there was a real black aircraft in a Switchblade configuration,
the company would never have been allowed to wrk with a filmmaker on an aircraft of similar configuration.
flateric said:absence of patent realisation in form of real aircraft have nothing to do with plausibility of movie prop design concept, IMO
DonaldM said:We just won't know how close the film makers were, or the Dragon Models model kit is, until the "Stealth Hawk" is debuted to the general public. In the meantime, there is really no point in arguing the credibility of the helicopter prop from Zero Minus Thirty unless we have quotes from the production designer that it was created from Department of Defense photographs or contractor drawings and/or plans.
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or an EC145 / UH-72 LakotaStingray™ said:until I saw the BK.117 in the end.
TomS said:Lakotas don't go to combat zones -- they're intended for medical and logistical support in the US and other safe locations (there are a couple in Germany, for example).
*Sigh* They always are... aren't they?Dynoman said:Granted, its very poor quality...
TomS said:Lakotas don't go to combat zones -- they're intended for medical and logistical support in the US and other safe locations (there are a couple in Germany, for example).
TomS said:Lakotas don't go to combat zones -- they're intended for medical and logistical support in the US and other safe locations (there are a couple in Germany, for example).
piko1 said:i have one question can we assume that the real designation of the "Stealth Hawk" is UH-69
piko1 said:TomS said:Lakotas don't go to combat zones -- they're intended for medical and logistical support in the US and other safe locations (there are a couple in Germany, for example).
lol and that's why many Lacota's are with CSAR equipment strange this statement is like say'n that Kaiowa's never got deployed ;D
piko1 said:plus EC145 in germany are owned by ADAC they have nothing to do with GAF you mean France's Sécurité Civile ( Direction de la Défense de la Sécurité Civile (Department of Civil Defence and Emergency Preparedness) )
quellish said:piko1 said:i have one question can we assume that the real designation of the "Stealth Hawk" is UH-69
No.
piko1 said:sorry i just write C in front of SAR because i was sleepy and i was reading like some EC145's in Germany and just pointed out that you mean France not Germany because Sécurité Civile is like the national guard in some ways SAR i mean
quellish said:piko1 said:i have one question can we assume that the real designation of the "Stealth Hawk" is UH-69
No.
quellish said:piko1 said:i have one question can we assume that the real designation of the "Stealth Hawk" is UH-69
No.
TomS said:Deep black aircraft tend not to be assigned numbers in the official sequences at all
TomS said:or just kept their code names (TACIT BLUE)
TomS said:a bunch of unused suffixes.
Stargazer2006 said:connotations" (a story that was downright ridiculous, if only because there have been B-69 Neptunes, C-69 Constellations, or M-69 SRAMs before).
Abraham Gubler said:obviously our society and in particular our military society is so driven by superstition and numerology we just couldn’t accept such an ‘in-auspicious’ number.
Stargazer2006 said:Wow. Talk about an edifying and informative answer... Only reasons I can see for anyone to come up with such an interesting response is:
Or perhaps the problem resided in the word "assume"? Indeed it is a little bit strong. We can't "assume" that the Stealth Hawk is the H-69 but we can certainly speculate so. Indeed, it would make perfect sense that such a modified type would be granted a separate designation, and that given its level of secrecy, that designation would have to be kept secret itself, hence the cover-up story.
- They have bought the official story that "H-69" was skipped because of "sexual connotations" (a story that was downright ridiculous, if only because there have been B-69 Neptunes, C-69 Constellations, or M-69 SRAMs before).
- They know something we don't.
Unless of course quellish knows better... in which case he said too much already. And therefore too little...
piko1 said:i have one question can we assume that the real designation of the "Stealth Hawk" is UH-69
Stargazer2006 said:Or perhaps the problem resided in the word "assume"? Indeed it is a little bit strong. We can't "assume" that the Stealth Hawk is the H-69 but we can certainly speculate so. Indeed, it would make perfect sense that such a modified type would be granted a separate designation, and that given its level of secrecy, that designation would have to be kept secret itself, hence the cover-up story.
Unless of course quellish knows better... in which case he said too much already. And therefore too little...
Dynoman said:Researching the landing site for the approaching helicopter in the video was a great idea as previously mentioned. I looked at the words on the 'ramp' and started playing with different words such as FOB T1 ES ECHO, FORT 1ES ECHO, and FORTIES ECHO. After doing a search on the internet I found the North Atlantic oil platform with the helipad marked FORTIES ECHO.
The video seems to match when looking at the orientation of the containers around the building and the shape of the ramp near the building (although its in the dark).
Dynoman said:Video of 'Stealth Hawk' helicopters returning from Bin Laden raid. There is about 2 seconds of video between 00:35 and 00:37 that you can make out the basic shape of the helicopter. Granted, its very poor quality, but it does show that its not your typical Blackhawk.
Dynoman said:Researching the landing site for the approaching helicopter in the video was a great idea as previously mentioned. I looked at the words on the 'ramp' and started playing with different words such as FOB T1 ES ECHO, FORT 1ES ECHO, and FORTIES ECHO. After doing a search on the internet I found the North Atlantic oil platform with the helipad marked FORTIES ECHO.
The video seems to match when looking at the orientation of the containers around the building and the shape of the ramp near the building (although its in the dark).
Mr London 24/7 said:What I really want to know is: the crash wreckage came back, and went to..........?