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Gunslinger
04-23-2008, 07:49 PM
hey folks, i just got back home today from a detail i Washington D.C.
My unit was tasked with flying guard for the pope when he visited this wekend. and while i dont have actual pictures of "his grace" I do have some great pictures of one of my many adventures.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1875.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1878.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1688.jpg

and for yall that dont know, this p40 airspace (which is the most restricted airspace in the country, which we had the rare honor of flying 500 feet above ground all over washington. ) sometimes my job has its perks


http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1703.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1696.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1819.jpg

i never fly anywhere without my buddy. in army aviation, its bad luck to fly without a stuffed animal
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1675.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1711.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1720.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1723.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1740.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1759.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1784.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1838.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1755.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1796.jpg


http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1799.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1801.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1717.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1715-1.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1869.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1873.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1859.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1864.jpg



and last, my attempt to modify a UH60 blackhawk helocopter



http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/gunslingerboy/DSCN1676.jpg
Hypnose Zx2
04-23-2008, 09:02 PM
thats is sweet
crazy34
04-23-2008, 09:12 PM
thats awsome.......and so is the nos on the chopper. hats off to all you do for us and everyone as well
DexterZX2
04-23-2008, 09:14 PM
Did you have a good time in Gettysburg? You were almost in my backyard.
mellowness65
04-23-2008, 09:17 PM
Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo!!
5spdzx2
04-23-2008, 09:24 PM
haha mr hanky and 'nos'. nice pictures, glad you shared them. that would be an honor to fly in that zone. i appreciate what you do.
Blue ZX2
04-23-2008, 09:33 PM
Our capitol is a pretty sweet place!
zxtwou2
04-23-2008, 11:14 PM
awesome...a lot like the helo's i used to ride around on in alaska. we had a few HH-60J Jayhawks.
Gunslinger
04-23-2008, 11:42 PM
Did you have a good time in Gettysburg? You were almost in my backyard.

that would have been nice to know, could have all got to together wit the boys for beers.
oh, and where the hell the titie bars in that place? we couldnt find them
zxtwou2
04-24-2008, 12:03 AM
there are no nude strip clubs in VA...everyone i went to "A" school with in the Coast Guard took trips to Delaware for those. they have bikini bars in VA. at least, that's how it was 5 years ago.
Mike
04-24-2008, 08:20 AM
Looked like alot of fun...
zx2loon
04-24-2008, 12:18 PM
there are no nude strip clubs in VA...everyone i went to "A" school with in the Coast Guard took trips to Delaware for those. they have bikini bars in VA. at least, that's how it was 5 years ago.

It's been like that for years......




Glad you got to do something neat "slinger"........D.C. is cool but can get old quick if your there more than week. Smithsonian Museums FTW...




Looks like those old choppers need a boost of something anyway.
Buster
04-24-2008, 12:55 PM
Our capitol is a pretty sweet place!


So is Gettysburg. I grew up about 15-20 minutes from it and went to the battlefield all of the time, some summers I was there every weekend.

Awesome pictures.
McG35
04-24-2008, 04:24 PM
I assume you are a 15T, I am a 15Y and I havta say I have never heard of the stuffed animal thing, I have heard of an american flag in the cockpit thing though. That must have been fun. I have yet to ride in a blackhawk, always got rides in chinhooks.
DexterZX2
04-24-2008, 05:00 PM
that would have been nice to know, could have all got to together wit the boys for beers.
oh, and where the hell the titie bars in that place? we couldnt find them

Well, as far as tittie bars in the G-burg area, there's only one I know of. IF you would've went a little farther west you would've found Ms. Lyndsay's. Let me tell you from past experience, it's not that great of a place. I'll never forget this one time there though, this stripper named Asia was dancing that night, and she was amazing.
DexterZX2
04-24-2008, 05:05 PM
BTW...you know that tower you were on up at Little Round Top...the one in the picture. Yea, about 2-3 summers ago some friends and myself were up there around 2am, and we felt a ghostly presence just about where you are standing.


That was a crazy night, and it wasn't the first time I've been around a spirit in that town. Before anyone says anything, we all noticed it and we were all sober/grounded, (if you know what I mean).
Gunslinger
04-24-2008, 07:57 PM
funny, we discussed the same thing while we was there
ZX2WV
04-25-2008, 01:04 AM
ive actually been to DC and gettysburg. more than once. haha. i guess thats a plus to living in the middle of the east coast. they are both nice places, but they can get old fast. lol.
gunman_sr5
04-25-2008, 02:07 AM
Nos on a 60 FTW. Even though it won't help. Anyways. Sweet pics looks like a blast flying over DC. Enlisted air crew? I use to work on Seahawks in the Navy. Foxtrot and Hotel models at HS-11. Avionics Tech
zxtwou2
04-25-2008, 02:21 AM
BTW...you know that tower you were on up at Little Round Top...the one in the picture. Yea, about 2-3 summers ago some friends and myself were up there around 2am, and we felt a ghostly presence just about where you are standing.


That was a crazy night, and it wasn't the first time I've been around a spirit in that town. Before anyone says anything, we all noticed it and we were all sober/grounded, (if you know what I mean).

when i lived in yorktown, we used to go ghost hunting all the time. usually in the old battlefields was where we'd get spooked, but there was this one place called Crawford Road, at the bridge, you could see the 3 black girls that were hung there....crazy stuff. i can't explain it!
HondaStomper
04-25-2008, 09:00 AM
Nice pics gun, I like the nos tuning on the bird... call me later