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ProfessorGAC

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3. Most Choppers Are Designed For...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 15, 2024, 12:59 PM

Sep 2024

...2.5 hours flight time with a reserve for getting back.
A family friend flew for MediVac for a whole.
Later he flew corporate jets for Sears. I don't know what happened to him after those executives drove the company into a ditch.
We went over Lake Michigan with him once. That thing was faster than I thought it was going to be.. We were flying 130 something mph, and that was about 40 years ago! Makes sense, I guess, as they are emergency vehicles.

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PG County PD has a helicopter flying in circles near FedEx Field. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 OP

Commanders game? RuralUrbanite Sep 2024 #1

Okay, that makes sense. I don't keep up with that stuff. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 #2

Most Choppers Are Designed For... ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #3