tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2414704869956618074..comments2024-03-28T07:55:34.307-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: A Franco-Chinese-American helicopter hybrid?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43935789737963881482019-03-09T20:19:55.807-06:002019-03-09T20:19:55.807-06:00The CH-53 (or variants) are still in production an...The CH-53 (or variants) are still in production and had its first flight in 1964.jon spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10886632644249920124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-30587103038319016092019-03-05T08:55:45.972-06:002019-03-05T08:55:45.972-06:00These were good, solid designs using new technolog...These were good, solid designs using new technology, but not really pushing the envelope - they had room to be expanded and we are seeing that now. <br />You have a good point about using tried and true material instead of pushing for the latest and greatest, or pushing to get every bit of performance and leaving no room for future expansion.Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90885818317250149142019-03-04T17:06:39.533-06:002019-03-04T17:06:39.533-06:00The last B-52 airframe left Boeing in the 60s, upd...The last B-52 airframe left Boeing in the 60s, updated engines, targeting systems, and avionics and it's still flying in front line service. Nothing else can match the payload and range of the old BUFF.Nuke Road Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122662466990452477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85390749508888111182019-03-04T13:31:20.481-06:002019-03-04T13:31:20.481-06:00CH-47 dates from 1962, is still in production, and...CH-47 dates from 1962, is still in production, and is still the best aircraft in it's class.<br />The rotor blades were originally spruce...<br />-Kle.Klebert L. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346815400693941279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-89643515415523691742019-03-04T12:56:20.462-06:002019-03-04T12:56:20.462-06:00Well, considering that they are still producing He...Well, considering that they are still producing Herky-birds, not surprising. Just look how long the Sea-Stallion series was in production and how upgraded it constantly was, or the Chinook series.<br /><br />And then, in a darker note, look how India's Mig-21s managed to shoot down Pakistan's F-16s. (And Israel has produced a next-gen mod of the venerable Mig-21 also, complete upgrade to avionics and war-fighting systems, making the -21 a very competent current-battle aircraft.)<br /><br />Older does not mean obsolete. <br /><br />Something our Navy needs to remember.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com