Apache angles .

[Splitpin]

Ive just read a great book(Apache) by Ed Macy a British Apache pilot ...great read .
What an awesome weapon , and tough. On one op(Operation Herrick) they flew 2 guys on the "wings" into a combat zone , that would have been a ride and a half.
The electronics on those things is just amazing, like the 127x magnification tv camera...nowhere to hide.










Alphasim, default Edwards Air Force base scenery.

[Adrian Brausch]

great piccies Marty shes a very cool and devastating machine

[wildmanfiveone]

Apache is a great read, Ed Macy's 2nd book (hellfire) is even better. Great pics

[Ian Warren]

Great screens alright ... these thing really do not sound the mean looking machine either ... like having Sly Stallone body with Toni Marsh's voice

[zkcav]

Anther really good read is Apache Dawn By Damien Lewis, The book opens with the story of the Apache rescue at Jugroom Fort, and then goes on to tell the story of a Tour by a flight of 4 brave aircrew.

[Splitpin]

Thanks guys ... 2 more books to look for .

QUOTE (Adrian Brausch @ Nov 11 2012,5:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

great piccies Marty shes a very cool and devastating machine

Cheers AB .

[AlisterC]

I have read the Ed Macy book too, it's an excellent read. "Sweating the Metal" is another good one by a British Chinook pilot about his time in Afghanistan. Amazing chopper that Apache, and one of the best to look at. Thanks for the pics again. Shot 4 is my preferred angle. That one might as well be a photograph it's so good.

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (AlisterC @ Nov 11 2012,10:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have read the Ed Macy book too, it's an excellent read. "Sweating the Metal" is another good one by a British Chinook pilot about his time in Afghanistan. Amazing chopper that Apache, and one of the best to look at. Thanks for the pics again. Shot 4 is my preferred angle. That one might as well be a photograph it's so good.

Al , thanks for the comments and the heads up on the Chinook book......tracking down a copy now.

[hasegawa]

WAH 64D "Longbow Apache", this one is from Area51. It is flyable at Night.

[Ian Warren]

Sweet Screens Andreas , really looks the part with your UK scenery .

@ Paul , Anther really good read is Apache Dawn By Damien Lewis, ... the author ... Is this the same chap who plays the part in the 'Band of Brothers' as Captain Winters ? .

[Splitpin]

Andreas, you took the thread one step ahead.

Normally i get a bit pissed off with screens added to my posts , but this time it adds to the subject.... the interior shots are great

[hasegawa]

I know, it was not very "gentlemenlike"... good, that You like the screens... Meanwhile I have flown a leg under extreme conditions in really bad weather. Yes, it was more "peacetime-flying, not going under 300 ft, bad fog may a very unhappy thing... Some screens in a separete thread follow...

[Ian Warren]

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@ Paul , Anther really good read is Apache Dawn By Damien Lewis, ... the author ... Is this the same chap who plays the part in the 'Band of Brothers' as Captain Winters ? .[/quote]

Strange coincidence but I don't think so Lewis

Damien Lewis has spent twenty years reporting from war, disaster and conflict zones around the world, chiefly as a TV journalist but also writing for the quality press. He has written a dozen non-fiction and fictional books, topping bestseller lists worldwide, and is published in some thirty languages. He was recently chosen as one of Britain’s ‘twenty favourite authors’ for the Government’s World Book Day, and his books have won a number of prestigious awards. Two of his books are being made into feature films, with a number of others presently under development, and one of his books is being produced as a stage play.

[Ian Warren]

Thanks for the link Paul , never heard of the artist/author , i'll keep this name on my must check search list .

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (hasegawa @ Nov 14 2012,9:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I know, it was not very "gentlemenlike"... good, that You like the screens... Meanwhile I have flown a leg under extreme conditions in really bad weather. Yes, it was more "peacetime-flying, not going under 300 ft, bad fog may a very unhappy thing... Some screens in a separete thread follow...

No problem ..... if it adds to the original subject , thats good. Its all the non related stuff that pops up, that i dont like.
Add as much as you want ...... as long as its Apache

[hasegawa]

Some peacetime flying with the WAH 64D, the version of the "Longbow-Apache" build by Westland in UK. This flight in the early morning is from RAF Valley (Wales) to RAF Shawbury, the famous Helicopter Flying School.

It is one of these days you wake up and have a look in to the darkness. Only somewhere out ther you can see a smal dot of the new day...



Your rotorcraft is a WAH 64D and is waiting in the flightline in RAF Valley. In the background you can see some BAe "Hawk" T. Mk. 1/2 from the the Squadrons 4 and 208, the No. 4 Flying Training School based there. Further wie have the SARDU here, Valley is also home to C Flight of 22 Sqn with Sea King helicopters. These are busy in the Search and Rescue role, rescuing people from ships in the Irish Sea, from the mountains of nearby Snowdonia and elsewhere. The mountain rescue work in Snowdonia is coordinated with the North Wales Mountain Rescue Association. The base is also home to SARTU Search and Rescue Training Unit), part of the Defence Helicopter Flying School, using AW139 and Griffin helicopters, and newly home to the relocated headquarters elements of both 22 and 202 Squadrons.

(wikipedia)





O.k., it´s showtime. We are underway.



Flying at home in peacetime, with all the lights on...



It is no longer sommer... the wheater-conditions are not the best. Rain and fog are around you and you have to be on alert.



peacetime-flying... As you can see at the IHADS we are in 395 ft, in war times you fly with this seldom over 150 ft.



Hidden behind some trees you are not so visible... but the loud engines relativate this.





Fog!



In peacetime it is easy... stay above the fog. But in wartime you have maby not the chance to do this. Under fire it is not an option. You must fly on... and the risk to fly into something or lost orientation is evident.



We are lucky, left the fog behind us and flying into the valley.





In the valley and covered...





The last two shoots are not bad, are they? No. they are not realistic. Why? In this helicopter you have not a "classic HUD" ... no, you have a helmet mounted display, In reality you have always the "HUD"-style informations in sight in front of you. But, this feature you may not have in FSX...







The daylight sun in front of you... this makes flying easier. But in wartime it is different story.





Fog! And no time to stay above.



Out of the dark.. and nearly got some trees...



Nowit is safe flying. We can see...



Not to fast and good idea to avoid it, to fly over villages...



We reach RAF Shawbury.



Flying in to the special approach for helicopters.



Okay, got the position, a "Squirrel" is next to us.







The job is done.


This flight was a little bit different as so many flights. Flying helicopters in bad weather is sometimes a bit tricky. But the used WAH 64D made by Area 51 is more for "fun flying". If You want flying a Helo under real harsh conditions in a simulation look at this:

http://www.simhq.com/_air14/air_504a.html

Menwhile the Russians gave up the single-seater. It was to hard to fly and to fight without assistence. The more conventional Mi 28N is now the main new helicopter of the russian Army´. The Navy has the Kamov Ka 52 Aligator in use, a stretched "Black shark" for two. The problem with this helicopter is now known froim Chechnya. The rebbels avoid to meet them, because he has another sound as all the other helicopters in russian inventory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtGb57qaKD4...player_embedded

[Ian Warren]

Great Screens Andreas , had Marty stop here couple days back , going thru the startup procedure for the CH-53 , all done and fixed guess we are going to see a lotta Stallion screens shortly

[Splitpin]

Yes indeed ...... great post Andreas

[hasegawa]

Think, this over ORBX UK may be of some intersest ... if someone used it... The difference is, that with autogen you have more the feeling flying low. And fotografic sceneries are good at greater hights, here flying as low as 200... 300 ft, it´s a compromise and if you make some screens you must see, what is around you...

[Ian Warren]

Many of the reads military flying inthe UK , RAF /Army napp of earth flight .. under the powerlines watch for the cows