by Admin | Jun 12, 2023 | Army Aircraft
Brian Lugg, former instructor on the Black Hawk, takes us on a tour of this important army helicopter.
by Admin | Jan 27, 2022 | 12SQN, Army Aircraft, Series 3 RAAF Aircraft
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its primary roles are troop movement, artillery placement and battlefield resupply. It has a wide loading ramp at the rear of the fuselage and three external-cargo hooks. With a...
by Admin | Jun 12, 2023 | Army Aircraft
Brian Lugg talks us through the transition of the RAAF Chinook to the Australian Army and some of his experiences in both services.
by Admin | Apr 24, 2023 | 9SQN, Army Aircraft
On 13 July 1973 an Australian Army Sioux helicopter, A1-726, was recovered from a swamp ‘well west’ of Cooktown near the west coast of the Cape York peninsula – probably somewhere between Edward River, Pormpuraaw, and Kowanyama. The recovery aircraft was...
by Admin | Jan 27, 2022 | 9SQN, Army Aircraft, Series 3 RAAF Aircraft
The Sikorsky S-70 is an American medium transport/utility helicopter family manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. It was developed for the United States Army in the 1970s, winning a competition to be designated the UH-60 Black Hawk and spawning a large family in U.S....