Monday, June 18, 2012

What's he fly?

I realize that not everyone knows what I'm talking about when I tell them my husband's a pilot. So, I've prepared a short synopsis for you. 

The first helicopter Dale learned to fly was this, the TH-67. Everyone who flies for the Army starts off in this guy. After this, they move onto their advanced airframes, which is always a helicopter. 


Dale's advanced airframe was the CH-47, or the Chinook helicopter. He hasn't had the chance to fly it since he graduated flight school, but he loves it.


A month after he graduated flight school, he returned to Fort Rucker to learn to fly fixed wings. There, he got to fly multiple planes, including some stunt planes. I don't know them all, so I'm not even going to name them, or attempt to find a photo, but the end result is Dale learned to fly the C-12 Huron. 

While in Afghanistan, he'll be flying this guy. The KA 300, or King Air 300. It's kind of like a suped up version of the C-12 used for survelliance and reconnaissance. 


And last but not least, here is the plane Dale can fly privately. In fact, he took me up flying for the first time on Thursday. I have no idea what it's called, but I think it's pretty awesome. 



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