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Piasecki H-21 Shawnee (Read 771 times)

Nov 12^th, 2009 at 7:30pm

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This thing is soooooo cool! The only one that still flies is here in San Diego, California. What's your worthless opinion on it? Grin

Let me guess: "It's just a flying banana, what's the big deal?" or "It's the ugliest thing on the face of the Earth." Roll Eyes

Only one flying: (1957 H-21B)

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PS: If it was a flying banana, it would look like this:

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Reply #1 - Nov 14^th, 2009 at 9:04pm

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Didn't it just crash?

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Never mind, that was an H-25.

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Reply #2 - Nov 14^th, 2009 at 10:16pm

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The H-25 belonged to the same museum that owns the Shawnee. Three died in the crash. Cry

EDIT: OK, who voted it is the ugliest thing on the face of the Earth?! Angry

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Reply #3 - Nov 15^th, 2009 at 10:21am

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I can think of 10 planes uglier than that off the top of my head.

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Reply #4 - Nov 15^th, 2009 at 1:51pm

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It's definitely a unique helicopter that was designed to perform acceptably until more advanced aircraft came about. Piasecki seems to have a number of arguably unconventional designs, but if it works well, it doesn't need to be fixed for aesthetics.

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Reply #5 - Nov 25^th, 2009 at 6:04pm

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Great picture. I worked on those in the late 50s in Hawaii ... and off the island of Hawaii. We drug targets around so they could tune up one of the satellite tracking antennas. Noisy chopper .... carried 19 troops.

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Reply #6 - Nov 25^th, 2009 at 8:05pm

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Thanks for the replies! Ok, 5 people have voted "It's the ugliest thing on the face of the Earth!" Quit voting for that! Grin

The Airbus A380 is the ugliest thing on the face of the earth! Well, that and the Airbus A300ST. Tongue

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Reply #7 - Nov 25^th, 2009 at 11:18pm

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I prefer the Blackhawks in the background, but that's just me, my dad didn't crew chief one or anything... Grin

I think it is actually a pretty cool aircraft. It has a spunk to it, like, it has it's own style. I would take it any day. Grin

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