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Rich
PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:09 pm 
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Its been an interesting few days. While I am used to seeing CH47's and CH53's on occasion, I had a V22 Osprey buzz the house Monday afternoon and today I saw this strange looking bird flying around with a Huey. Any idea what this thing is ? (note the fins along the aft fuselage). It appeared to have some weaponry/instrumentation attached to hardpoints. Unlike the Huey it was very thin and narrow.

Sorry about the photo quality. This happened rather quickly so I grabbed the nearest camera.

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Marine Cobra? Looks like a twin engine..

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Rich
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Wilrobnson wrote:
Blue Thunder.


No it was not a Gazelle, or an RAH-66 Comanche, or "Airwolf" (Bell 222), or an Ornithopter.

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Rich
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Sean wrote:
Marine Cobra? Looks like a twin engine..


I think you're right. The AH-1W Super Cobras I'm used to seeing don't have those funky looking "fins" that you see from the bottom side, however there appears to be a "turned exhaust" upgrade out now. Perhaps this explains the difference in appearance.

http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.PrintNewsStory&id=2771
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FlashP
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It's a Huey Cobra, AH-1.
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Definitely a Cobra. :)

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Rich
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Had another fun one today. Most outbound traffic from VNY departs south then turns east over Sherman Oaks/Beverly Hills so I faintly hear the larger aircraft. Today I heard something much louder than the usual Gulfstreams so a quick peek out the door revealed a 727. Somewhat a rare sight today as I thought the only 727 operator was FedEx and I don't remember them operating out of VNY. So on with the radio and I hear "VOODOO 1" on the departure freq. Apparently its a Raytheon rig with a fighter jet nose for testing avionics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobsjets/2210325457/

..and I set this plane gets around. And around. And around. Literally.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VOODOO1/history/20090417/1603Z/KLAX/KLAX
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