pic: Austin Butler Driving Blackhawk H-60

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

I was one of those kids that while growing up was fascinated by every aircraft especially military aircraft and for me particularly helicopters. it clearly does have an effect on me because at the moment i do design and drafting at Pratt&Whitney's test facility In West Palm Beach where we test Engines like the F100-(F-16 FALCON / F-15 EAGLE) F119-(F22 RAPTOR) F135-(F-35 JSF) Also on site is Sikorsky The producers of the UH-60 and its variants. so coming or going from work i often see a BlackHawk or two as I'm driving to my building good thing the road is straight there or o wouldn't be able to pay as much attention to the helicopters.

Hey cool, We're testing the F119 Turbine now at work. I'm working at the Turbine Research Facility in the Air Force Research Labs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The stupid thing's bein' a jerk right now. It's vibrating our rotor to high heaven. We just had to go get it balanced.