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  1. 15th December 2009, 09:11 PM #1
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    Chinook landing in Afghanistan

    Pretty amazing.
    http://www.vvfact.org.au/wp-filez/CH...edapproach.pdf
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  2. 15th December 2009, 09:13 PM #2
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    Nice.
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    Great pics.Just like our dust storm earlier this year
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    Thats some brown out!
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    Great Pics.
    Geez imagine the wear and tear on these machines with all that dirt/sand/dust/crap.
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    The UK has just ordered an extra 20 of them today which should be in service about 2016. Think they are expecting the current ones which are up to 20 years old to be worn out by then as a result of the operating conditions.
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    Korg,

    Great photos, shows well the stark beauty that is Afghanistan.

    The CH47s are certainly wearing out quickly in what is a very challenging operational and maintenance environment:



    The altitude, ambient temperatures and the fact that CH47s are now heavier due to armament, ECCM's etc means that if one goes down, another CH47 cannot slingload and recover them.

    In early 2006 I identified the opportunity for a contract to provide a Russian Mi26 to the Dutch Military to operate between Kandahar Airfield, Tarin Kowt, and their base at Deh Rawood. I left Afghanistan in Nov 2008 but the contract still continues to this day and it has been used now, on more than one occasion, to rescue downed CH47s as per this:



    Working in optimum conditions the Mi26 can lift up to 20 tonne. The biggest load carried during my management was 18.5t of ammo. Besides their weight capacity they have a huge cargo space and more more vertical interior space to that of a C130, so we could vehicles inside them that you could only move otherwise move into Tarin Kowt by a C17:







    This a film made by the Dutch government of the runway at TK..(which I renovated and maintained) and it shows the dust cloud the Mi26 and other aircraft could throw up:

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhfozwB0EJM"]YouTube- Runway TK[/ame]
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  8. 16th December 2009, 08:05 PM #8
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    Just amazing. Some heavy landings in the video. Is that airport at high altitude?
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    Quote Originally Posted by korg20000bc View Post
    Just amazing. Some heavy landings in the video. Is that airport at high altitude?
    1342m.

    The reason for the heavy landing can be attributed to the steeply angled approaches and departures. The strip is only a 'one way' strip and within 1km there is waht is termed as the 'Green Zone' which is where the locals conduct their agriculture alongside the river where they can irrigate. It is heavily vegetated with orchards etc and could offer cover to people who like to 'chuck' things at planes.
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