Yeah, I hear you. It’s kinda sad how we don’t seem to push the limits like Hughes did back in his day.

That Chinook should be in “Fast & Furious 8.”

Oh yeah that thing flew alright. Then it saw its reflection in a lake one day, and it never flew again after that.

I can imagine. I’d be gawking around just staring at it, too. Yeah, it’s probably hell to maintain. I mean, LOOK AT IT. It’s mind-bedding that something that BIG has MOVING PARTS that BIG moving at that SPEED. It’s almost like a cartoon come to life. It probably drinks a quart of oil per minute it’s flying.

You’ve pretty much got the same political intelligence as Bruce Jenner. When she was 2 years old.

Dang. Looks like a Hind and that Mi-28 could more than fit in there. And to think the Mi-26 is in the distance. Sheesh.

Crew chief plastered against inside of rear ramp: “Motherfuckers@@! You did that on purpose!!”

I can just imagine the two pilots laughing their asses off while the crew chief and engineer try to extricate themselves from the rear ramp ....

The -53 is indeed gigantic. I can’t even comprehend though how the Mi-26 is even bigger than it. It’s mind-boggling engineering. I just love big choppers, no matter the brand.

Exactly. I prefer the CH-53E’s more traditional extended fuel tanks. Looks dirty good. The new CH-53 looks hideous since it’s adopted the Sea Dragon’s pontoon-look. Ugh :P

“Yeah, the Chinook is soooo big. It’s really kinda cute.” -Mi-26

It’s Russia —- not India.

99.9% of these idiots haven’t been on the giving and receiving sides of death and mayhem, that’s why they’re so blithe about it. It’s a distant abstraction for them, and they’ve got nothing to ground their so-called principles and values on. See it and live through it, and you just want the killing to STOP. Unless…

What gives us the fucking right? Slaughtering a million Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Name one group that’s fighting for a “free Syria” that isn’t jihadist.

I feel ya. Watching it, all I could think of was,

Robert deNiro in a trailer for another bank heist movie.

“I love listening to that mishka Taylor Swift while working.”

Terrific photos! This one in particular gives you a clear idea of how big the cockpit platform really is. Yeah, looks like a bunk, a john and a small kitchen could fit in there. And probably still be cheaper than a Manhattan studio apartment!