Showing posts with label Humvee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humvee. Show all posts

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Stuffing a Humvee into a Chinook Helicopter

A Chinook helicopter looks huge inside and out compared to any other helicopter in the Army inventory--until you try to fit a Humvee inside of it.  Then the very big Chinook helicopter looks a lot smaller when you see a Humvee backing into it.  The Humvee is just a couple of inches narrower than the cargo area of the Chinook.  It also fits within just a few inches on top.

But it fits.  Here are some photos:









My Never-Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette OpEd

I wrote this article at the request of David Mills of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  It was never published.  I wrote the article after readi...