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August 21

kor745

And the last H-3s leave the fleet

August 21

RCC

That article is not correct. It was made public “Patriot” by the Trump administration, not the Obama Administration. Obama scrapped it.

Ed. Note: Read the story again. Obama did indeed scrap the original plan to upgrade the old fleet and initiated the plan, called to replace them with the S-92. The first aircraft were rolled out during Trump’s tenure.

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August 21 ▶ RCC

svanarts

Top kek. Good fact check RCC.

August 21 ▶ RCC

romulus

You’re wrong. The author said the program was launched during Obama administration, not that Obama dubbed it Patriot or that it was made public during the Obama administration.

Unfortunately I can only post two links in 1 post, but I’m sure you can fact check the missing ones.

  1. Obama canceled the previous program in 2009
  2. Obama launched the new program in 2010: New VXX competition reveals changes for US presidential helicopter | News | Flight Global
  3. Sikorsky wins the new program in 2014 (still during Obama): https://news.usni.org/2014/05/07/sikorsky-wins-xx-billion-contract-presidential-helo
  4. First test flight is in 2017 (during Trump)
  5. Can’t find a source, but according to Wikipedia (see the VH-92 Patriot page) it was named Patriot in 2022 (which would be during Biden)
August 21

Aviatrexx

No. Apparently we don’t know who the author voted for, since the AvWeb blurb is a synopsis of an article by Stephen Losey of the Associated Press, which is not particularly known for injecting partisan politics into its reportage. You, otoh, did so quite blatantly with your ad hominem aside. We are barely a week back to having reader commentary and you are already threatening its continuation.

What I want to know is how the exhaust from the engines, mounted just below the rotor hub, is burning the grass. That must be one helluvan APU or something.

August 21 ▶ RCC

Steve_Miller

Dearest Avweb,
Why is there no way to flag posts like this or at least ignore this author? I’m tired of politics (and an apparent lack of grasp on reality) being injected into everything.

You have an entirely new conversation system, and still seemingly no way to solve the principal problems with the old one.

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August 21

Steve_Miller

I remember (albeit while I was 10) flying into “the parking lot adjacent to the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago”. Meigs field was amazing for us western suburb dwellers!

August 21 ▶ Steve_Miller

f4gary

Or you could just ignore the posts you don’t like. It’s not like any post on here affects anything, political or otherwise.

August 21

Steve_Miller

That’s fine, except the author has shown himself both to be a liar and pushing an agenda. An “ignore” button ensures in 3 months, when I’ve long since forgotten his name, I don’t see a post from him and think, “what an inciteful comment” because he happened to hide his agenda or ignorance well that time.

August 21 ▶ Steve_Miller

rniles

To flag a post click on the ellipsis next to the Reply button. A menu that includes a flag will appear and when you click on the flag it gives you options, most of which result in a red flag showing up where I can see why you thought it should be flagged. Then I can edit the offending post, delete it or a few other things. What’s important to note is the system keeps track of flagged posts and repeat offenders become known within the community.