Chinooks
Wednesday, 3rd August 2005 by Alex Turnbull
Here’s a whole bunch of Chinook helicopters at Hunter Army Air Field just outside of Savannah, Georgia. The CH-47 Chinook has been flying since 1961 and its twin contra-rotating rotors and twin engines allow for massive lifting power (over 12,000 kilos) and speeds of up to 183 mph (Wikipedia entry).
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In gEarth it looks like some of these helicopters are not Chinooks because they have only one top rotor. I don’t know what they are, but I am sure some of the military guys know.
Apparently Hunter Army Airfield is quite a facility! Wikipedia claims that the runway is an alternate landing site for the shuttle and that it has a very active and interesting history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Army_Airfield,_Georgia
Ack! That link is all funny….
Wiki Link