"Krztalizer" wrote in message
...
His Huey landed right on top of them--not a darned
thing he could do about it. It still kind of bothered him those many
years
later. Maybe that's why he concentrated on telling me the funny stories
as I
grew up.

Sounds about right - I have to pick and choose what I tell my kids,
because
they REMEMBER!

"Dad, isn't that a Crashhawk flying over there?"

"Uhh, yeah. Please stop calling it that."
"But, you saaaaaaid...?"

"Dammit, we didn't crash - it was just an engine fire, and everyone called
them
that! Now, just forget it."

LOL! My brother called them "Tuna Boats". One of the guys he worked with
during his couple of years was a former TF-160 (as it was then called) MH-60
driver--he delighted in teasing him about the 'hawk.


"Ok, dad." slight pause "Hey, look, a Seapig flying over there!"

sigh

Speaking of which, an SH-3H made a 500' pass over the top of my house
today -
close enough to read modex number 700 plain as day! Don't see too many
Seapi... err SeaKings any more. Sure beats watching Ghettobirds orbiting
overhead...

I get to see the VH-3's rather frequently, what with HMX-1 at Quantico being
just up the road. Along with the whopping great 53 models they have in that
glossy paint. Oddly, I rarely see the VH-60's out in this direction.

Brooks


v/r
Gordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

Donate your memories - write a note on the back and send your old photos
to a
reputable museum, don't take them with you when you're gone.