Thats how it was back in my EMS days - we had the very first IFR Garmin GPS - the old GPS 155. We were trained not to use a kneeboard and pencil - our training dept was very big about entering scene coordinates as you were receiving them from Dispatch. I got pretty good at spinning those knobs! (IFR panel but no AP on the BK117)
Still on the market. And under $1 million! Last CH-46E released by the Corps.
I don't know much about Phrogs (except hating riding in the back of one, and that the synch shaft is important), but no thanks. 😁
Purge and replace all the fluids, fresh gas, pump up the APU start accumulator and charge the battery - I bet that thing fires right up!. Get a Restricted or Experimental certificate on that beast - then its a matter of finding someone that would actually sign off on an Annual Inspection. Doable.
I’d put it under an Experimental Exhibition and display it as a warbird at air shows. Say….is this a get rich quick scheme?
There aren’t many 53’s on the open market.
It's bc they're tightly held assets Griz...😆
It's a guaranteed get rich plan, as long as you start out ultra rich. In no time, you will have drifted down to rich.
TBH, I don't know what they did with the 53-D's. I assume they were put in the boneyard. Israel and Germany fly a version of the light twin 53, but have no clue if those birds were cannibalized for FMS.
1200 LBS / Hour = 185 ish gallons per hour!
Griz, you're discounting the bennies that comes with the purchase of a workhorse like this. I mean if you pull up thirsty at Imperial, you're getting a few pizzas and some Gatorades. It brings down the cost of doing business. 😆
Many were broken down and used by NADEP (formerly NARF) Pensacola to support the AF H-53 fleet.
I love an optimist.
