As an old 47 Delta crew chief/ flight engineer it's so cool to go through that run up and remember 97% of everything... and I've been out now 26 years. Thanks for awesome video.
We had the easy part: sit on the sling seats, watch the ground through the little portholes and keep an eye on the door gunners. As long as they were cool, and we were level, all was good. Thanks for the cockpit view.
Makes me miss Chinooks but my back started hurting listening to the video. I'm a former 47 flight engineer then field mechanic in Peru on 234's for Columbia Helicopters now I fly R44's and small airplanes lol. love your videos glad to see your still flying.
@@LifeOnTheSkids mainly out directly west of Iquitos near Ecuador border. two places one named sargento puno was a small military base another one was Naranja but I’m pretty sure the jungle has taken that back over as it was just a staging camp and that was 10 years ago. also down at Nuevo Italia near pucallpa. Helicopter is no more left just a few months before the tragedy
So many great memories on these awesome beasts machines. Got some flight time on D and F Models (about 1000 total) with the US Army in the US, Germany, Afghanistan, and Central America. Proven workhorse machines. This makes me miss them very much. Thanks for sharing this great video.
seen chinooks in pakistan 2005 since a hude fan,we would know that they coming just listening to the unique sound of this machine.very thankful to the crews that helped us in difficult times..
Load map to K-Mart - Check, Preparing to start car engine, Check, area clear, Check, Starting car engine, Preparing to select drive gear lever clear? gear lever clear check, moving to position drive - gear lever in drive check, ready to remove parking brake check, area infront of car clear check, removing park brake, park brake removed check - Parking brake dashboard light is off, confirmed parking brake is off, ready to apply accelerator to initiate forward motion from the carport check...
Billings MT resident, just wanted to thank you for this video. Love seeing this bad boy fly low over Billings and always doing training over the river. Great work
Excellent video, very demanding pre-flight protocol, what kind of protocol awaits us on future extraterrestrial flights, obviously these are just fairy tales for more many years to come. 🤔🙃🖖
Had a Billings Chinook come over and dump on our fire up here in Northern Michigan a few weeks ago, very impressive and efficient work. Thanks for saving our bacon, friends!
Imagine affording your own chinook.... You could take your car or truck, WITH a trailer, your bike, your quad, a bunch of gas/diesel and food supplies, and you could live One HELL of an outdoor life!!
Affording the chopper and learning to fly it would be the easy part: you'll still need a co-pilot + flight engineer/loadmaster on every trip (especially if you've got tons of crap strapped down in the back), plus a maintenance hangar somewhere with several mechanics who are certified to work on Chinooks. You'd also have to pre-position large amounts of fuel wherever you went, since nobody's going to fly you out 1000+ gallons of gas in the middle of the wilderness and you can't carry enough for all 3 vehicles. By the time you're done, a simple trip with the helo-truck-boat would be a massive undertaking involving coordinated, pre-planned efforts between a dozen or more people. But yeah, the idea itself is cool.
Now imagine having to do all that under war conditions, under heavy enemy fire, somewhere in the desert and probably in the dark as well. No visibility and many lives as stake. Sobering.
@@alexabadi7458 I’m actually into aviation. I know that much. But I’m into fixed wings. So this is new . But who could resist a start up of the goddess CH-47. I’m sure a lot of rotorwing enthusiast would watch the Start up of a 747. Which I would say is the equivalent to a CH-47 in their perspective categories
As always... amazing video! It’s an awesome machine, the start up procedure seems complicated but super fascinating! Your channel is so interesting and inspirational! You are flying the most beautiful helicopters that a pilot can dream to fly ! It’s always a pleasure to see your videos, every time high quality content ! Thanks for sharing with us your experiences! 😊😊👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
intrigued by the necessity for attention to detail; imagine if this was the requirement to start a car! would have loved to been a pilot, but, I chose electrical engineer instead.
That 'stache was on point, he likes acronyms too... And your checklists are alarmingly too short. Perhaps a overhead projector and doing the Chinese fire drill is in order...?
I love those helicopters! Since I was a very young I always was amazed and curious on how those rotors wouldn't crash each other!! It's crazy to see how those Chinooks work! I pass by this small airport near Middletown DE I believe it's called Summit Aviation where they have dozens of Chinooks parts everywhere! Once I parked my 18 wheeler and watched them put the back end on one.those guys are the best fixing and assembling Chinooks! I've seen some with fire damage and all banged up and 1 week later it's all looking new! I seen some from Canada being fixed there.if you own a Chinook,you need to visit those guys at Summit Aviation in middletown DE
Well, the CH47 would make for a poor getaway vehicle. *killer coming after me and my co-pilot with a gun and a knife* Me: “Hold on for 14 minutes; have to go through this checklist and spool up the enginesl
This is just the first start of the day including removing blocks from the upper dual boost actuators. Continued starts and through flights we can be in the air in about 4-5 min no problem.
Earl, on startup, you cut away from the rotors. We love seeing them speed up more and more and more. Love to see the strobe effect on such acceleration on the rotors. Kinda wonder why you not thought of this. Anyway, gave my opinion and my advice. ....................................., ok, editing this post. I realize now it is just a procedure video. I can appreciate that, and was excellant. I'm sorry. But the start up would be cool. Ty for the video. Excellent. 🙂
Geez… FLY IT ALREADY!😂 I know it takes a bit to do the CL. I just didn’t know it took that long . When I was in the Army the chinook was like flying in a passenger jet that felt like riding in an elevator. Loved it
We are 100% civilian pilots. Not any longline vertical reference pilots in the military. We do everything ourselves with no crew chief so there are civilians flying these. And thanks for the comments on the video. Glad you enjoyed it.
If I wanted a personal camper, maybe I'd get a CH-46/47,,,,, or I could get a nice Sikorsky S55/58T. Or,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I could just get a Lake Buccaneer and a bologna sammich, and go fishin 👍'
That's crazy how they engineered the propellers to not hit each other! (Amazing to me because, I know nothing about this helicopter / plane...whatever it is)
What are the laws on flying helicopters? Do you need a designated airport or can you put them down anywhere theres room? Just had the thought of turning one of them into a touring vehicle. Fit out the back as caravan with enough room for 4wd.😋
Im super late to the party, but I thought people couldn't just buy Chinooks? Like they had to be stripped down first or something. I have no actual idea, I've done no research.
Ummmmmmm ,,,, ummmm I have a CHECK ENGINE light on MEE 1991 Subaru Impreza Outback 🤔🤔 should I shut shut her down 🤔🤔 NO NO TOWER in OUT OUT OUT TOWER GOD Bless n Goodbye ✌️🙃 👽🛸
When I see how many items a pilot has to check before the engines are even started and then more before departure, it never ceases to amaze me just how many cars I encounter on the road where the operator has failed to put on their headlights at night! If they were all flying it would be raining aircraft!!
The aircraft commander sits in the right seat, pilot in the left in American helicopters- the opposite of fixed wings. But like airliners, they switch off flying. A lot of times in the military, the AC is busy with mission tasks (coordination with ground forces, navigation, formations, etc), and has the pilot fly so he/she can do other things.
The Captain sits in the left seat for what we do with a longline. You’ll notice there is a bubble window on the left so you can lean out and see the water bucket 200’ below you. We also extend the left seat and thrust lever to the left closer to the window to help you lean out.
@@LifeOnTheSkids Thanks. As a fixed wing pilot I have always found the rotary wing pilot positions 'unusual'. Your explanation makes sense as the operations you engage in have very specific requirements. Thanks for your comments.
As a current 47F pilot, it’s awesome to see how similar the old checklist is to the current one. Great video!
Thanks buddy and thanks for your service
153D here you 154C's are nuts!!! Thank you serving brother.
Anytime I flip more than two switches at a time, I feel like a pilot.
As an old 47 Delta crew chief/ flight engineer it's so cool to go through that run up and remember 97% of everything... and I've been out now 26 years. Thanks for awesome video.
Glad you enjoyed it! Funny how the brain never forgets
We had the easy part: sit on the sling seats, watch the ground through the little portholes and keep an eye on the door gunners. As long as they were cool, and we were level, all was good. Thanks for the cockpit view.
Makes me miss Chinooks but my back started hurting listening to the video. I'm a former 47 flight engineer then field mechanic in Peru on 234's for Columbia Helicopters now I fly R44's and small airplanes lol. love your videos glad to see your still flying.
Nuevo mundo? Malvinas? I did the jungle in Peru also! 👍
Niiiice
@@LifeOnTheSkids mainly out directly west of Iquitos near Ecuador border. two places one named sargento puno was a small military base another one was Naranja but I’m pretty sure the jungle has taken that back over as it was just a staging camp and that was 10 years ago. also down at Nuevo Italia near pucallpa. Helicopter is no more left just a few months before the tragedy
Danr_657 I was in Nuevo Mundo when you lost Oprah!
Sad day.
So many great memories on these awesome beasts machines. Got some flight time on D and F Models (about 1000 total) with the US Army in the US, Germany, Afghanistan, and Central America. Proven workhorse machines. This makes me miss them very much. Thanks for sharing this great video.
seen chinooks in pakistan 2005 since a hude fan,we would know that they coming just listening to the unique sound of this machine.very thankful to the crews that helped us in difficult times..
Very precise pre flight checks Earl. Loved it. Hope you and the family are staying safe during these difficult times. :)
IRISHROVER thanks Amigo you too!
Earl is one of the best helicopter pilots in the world. He’s an asset to the community.
Well thank you.
Is he in Arizona?
Funny, I use the same check list in my car, the wife hates me when we go shopping.😳😮🙄😁
Ha ha ha. I bet she does
Load map to K-Mart - Check, Preparing to start car engine, Check, area clear, Check, Starting car engine, Preparing to select drive gear lever clear? gear lever clear check, moving to position drive - gear lever in drive check, ready to remove parking brake check, area infront of car clear check, removing park brake, park brake removed check - Parking brake dashboard light is off, confirmed parking brake is off, ready to apply accelerator to initiate forward motion from the carport check...
I only understood half of what was going on, but it was quite apparent that this is a crew of pros.
Billings MT resident, just wanted to thank you for this video. Love seeing this bad boy fly low over Billings and always doing training over the river. Great work
You’re welcome. Yep we train every year over the Yellowstone River!👍.
Excellent video, very demanding pre-flight protocol, what kind of protocol awaits us on future extraterrestrial flights,
obviously these are just fairy tales for more many years to come. 🤔🙃🖖
It's all about the checklist and doing each item in order every time. Obvious that these guys have time in the machine and with each other.
Had a Billings Chinook come over and dump on our fire up here in Northern Michigan a few weeks ago, very impressive and efficient work. Thanks for saving our bacon, friends!
That’s 562AJ one of my sister ships. Cool.
Imagine affording your own chinook....
You could take your car or truck, WITH a trailer, your bike, your quad, a bunch of gas/diesel and food supplies, and you could live One HELL of an outdoor life!!
Affording the chopper and learning to fly it would be the easy part: you'll still need a co-pilot + flight engineer/loadmaster on every trip (especially if you've got tons of crap strapped down in the back), plus a maintenance hangar somewhere with several mechanics who are certified to work on Chinooks. You'd also have to pre-position large amounts of fuel wherever you went, since nobody's going to fly you out 1000+ gallons of gas in the middle of the wilderness and you can't carry enough for all 3 vehicles.
By the time you're done, a simple trip with the helo-truck-boat would be a massive undertaking involving coordinated, pre-planned efforts between a dozen or more people.
But yeah, the idea itself is cool.
@@jasoncarswell7458 That... really puts it in perspective. I think I'll stick to my idea of taking a KitFox camping somewhere!
@@jasoncarswell7458 well I have one thing on your list of things! tons of crap. I guess it will be a while until I live the epic outdoor life!
Blimey.......14 minutes to get this thing up in the air. One things for sure, nobody is going to bother stealing it!
Hey I worked with that bird on the Bighorn Fire last year!
Damn, the Shuttle takes less time to start up :)
Lol
@@SarcasticTruth77 I was joking :)
Now imagine having to do all that under war conditions, under heavy enemy fire, somewhere in the desert and probably in the dark as well. No visibility and many lives as stake. Sobering.
I don’t have a clue what either of them are saying, but I love how raw this is.
For each letter there is a word, A=alpha, B=bravo, C=charlie, D=delta, etc...
@@alexabadi7458 I’m actually into aviation. I know that much. But I’m into fixed wings. So this is new . But who could resist a start up of the goddess CH-47. I’m sure a lot of rotorwing enthusiast would watch the Start up of a 747. Which I would say is the equivalent to a CH-47 in their perspective categories
Great to see the CH-47 with two well trained pilots that flew in the military and I love the Preflight before starting checklist read out as required
As always... amazing video! It’s an awesome machine, the start up procedure seems complicated but super fascinating! Your channel is so interesting and inspirational! You are flying the most beautiful helicopters that a pilot can dream to fly ! It’s always a pleasure to see your videos, every time high quality content ! Thanks for sharing with us your experiences! 😊😊👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Stefano Semisa thanks Amigo much appreciated 👍👍
For when you have been out drinking and partying at the lake and your wife says “you better FUCKING NOT miss my cousin’s wedding Saturday afternoon.“
Earl...Is Brian on this trip?? See he posted your Two were eating Armadillo eggs in NM....
No he’s on 561AJ
And the eggs were tasty lol
@@LifeOnTheSkids Ya need to talk him into starting up his own YT channel..!!
What a positively regal mustache!
Ha ha ha. Thank you.
Excellent video Earl. Only takes a couple switches and checks and 2 mins later your up in air LOL
Jerrod Corey it’s not this bad after the first flight of the day. The first start of the day has all the checks.
Can’t wait for some POV video Earl! Super excited to see this one. Keep up the good work
The good old days of pumping that accumulator by hand. I don't miss that.
We have the EPUSHA now. Not much pumping anymore. EPUSHA stands for Electric Pump for the Utility System Hydraulic Accumulator
@@LifeOnTheSkids Thanks Earl. I was a 68 Foxtrot (Aircraft Electrician). I loved working on the shit hook.
vicpinto1970 thank for your service Amigo.
@@vicpinto1970 damn you were an aviation OG, 68F is now 15F.
@@TheCardinalSpear Yes. Did my AIT at Fort Eustis, VA back in 1995. It was a glorious time.
Cool 😎 I got this beautiful helicopter in my Combat Simulator.
awesome!
Oh man. I think I'd honestly rather pilot that than a space ship. This is awesome!
Another Great video from my fav helo pilot. Fly Safe, can't wait for the next one!
MacTonight50 thanks Amigo. Thought I’d change it up a bit
Yes, Heli's are great. Build me a Helipad.
intrigued by the necessity for attention to detail; imagine if this was the requirement to start a car! would have loved to been a pilot, but, I chose electrical engineer instead.
Maybe it's not too late! Maybe, you could use your education to get a foot in the door. If not as pilot, then maybe flight engineer??
@@Pow3llMorgan Flight engineers are pretty much obsolete these days, with the technology now available.
wow, amazing chinook video
Thank you
I have a nice photo of this bird working the Catherine fire near Basalt. Y’all want a copy?
Yes that would be great thanks
That 'stache was on point, he likes acronyms too... And your checklists are alarmingly too short. Perhaps a overhead projector and doing the Chinese fire drill is in order...?
Ha ha ha. Thanks
I love those helicopters! Since I was a very young I always was amazed and curious on how those rotors wouldn't crash each other!! It's crazy to see how those Chinooks work! I pass by this small airport near Middletown DE I believe it's called Summit Aviation where they have dozens of Chinooks parts everywhere! Once I parked my 18 wheeler and watched them put the back end on one.those guys are the best fixing and assembling Chinooks! I've seen some with fire damage and all banged up and 1 week later it's all looking new! I seen some from Canada being fixed there.if you own a Chinook,you need to visit those guys at Summit Aviation in middletown DE
And in just three short days......
Well, the CH47 would make for a poor getaway vehicle.
*killer coming after me and my co-pilot with a gun and a knife*
Me: “Hold on for 14 minutes; have to go through this checklist and spool up the enginesl
This is just the first start of the day including removing blocks from the upper dual boost actuators. Continued starts and through flights we can be in the air in about 4-5 min no problem.
We flew in the movie tenet and for one scene we were in the air in about a minute 😎
This would actually be a great getaway vehicle if it was running and ready to go. It is one of the fastest helicopters around.
Tons of respect for these pilots and crew.
Wooow nice video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Full fuel, DA 7500+ and only using 60% torque.. oh yeah, with an F150 and trailer in the back. Power!
Single engine max torque OEI Is 123. So yea we could have hovered on one engine. 👍👊🏻😎
@@LifeOnTheSkids What a beast! Awesome.
CH47.... for the pilot who Reeeeeally likes checklists and lots, and lots of switches, knobs and gages to fiddle with. ^~^
Earl, on startup, you cut away from the rotors. We love seeing them speed up more and more and more. Love to see the strobe effect on such acceleration on the rotors. Kinda wonder why you not thought of this. Anyway, gave my opinion and my advice. ....................................., ok, editing this post. I realize now it is just a procedure video. I can appreciate that, and was excellant. I'm sorry. But the start up would be cool. Ty for the video. Excellent. 🙂
sorry i know this is a dumb question. is there torque to maintain with rudders on that model?
No the front and aft rotors turn in opposite directions counter acting torque. 👍👍
very thorough checklist procedure...
On through flights it’s not as extensive as the first start of the day.
Geez… FLY IT ALREADY!😂
I know it takes a bit to do the CL. I just didn’t know it took that long . When I was in the Army the chinook was like flying in a passenger jet that felt like riding in an elevator.
Loved it
chinook is a beautiful machine
Thanks,this is what I am talking about,they are very useful,some peoples really don't understand that.
Loved this video! Is the flight crew former military? Wondering how civilians would otherwise get the training to fly these awesome machines.
We are 100% civilian pilots. Not any longline vertical reference pilots in the military. We do everything ourselves with no crew chief so there are civilians flying these. And thanks for the comments on the video. Glad you enjoyed it.
Surprisingly long checklists. (old P-3C guy).
If I wanted a personal camper, maybe I'd get a CH-46/47,,,,, or I could get a nice Sikorsky S55/58T. Or,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I could just get a Lake Buccaneer and a bologna sammich, and go fishin 👍'
That's crazy how they engineered the propellers to not hit each other! (Amazing to me because, I know nothing about this helicopter / plane...whatever it is)
I'm looking for directions on how to land? Can anyone advise? I'm stuck up here and running out of gas.
Just let go of the controls. You will land in no time.
"Start Up Procedures", Ha! No difference from a book of white blank papers.
Why does that helicopter have the name Billings? Is Billings, Montana where it's from
What are the laws on flying helicopters? Do you need a designated airport or can you put them down anywhere theres room? Just had the thought of turning one of them into a touring vehicle. Fit out the back as caravan with enough room for 4wd.😋
Im super late to the party, but I thought people couldn't just buy Chinooks? Like they had to be stripped down first or something. I have no actual idea, I've done no research.
THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE CLEAR!
This seems like less hassle than my last road trip.
Absolutely brilliant video, I only wish it was in 4k!
Big difference from the start up on our old A and B Models! Wow.
Yep
Payson Arizona municipal airport is where they needed up. I work not far from the there
Generators...lights...trim thing...uh...where were we? Aw, crap, gotta start over!!
I remember the o.d. green ones. Yall were and Are a literal GODSEND! BLESSINGS!
Ch-47D 타입인데 714A 엔진이 장착되었구나
I gotta have one.
get two! lol
Wow 2 hours to start this heli. Damn!🙄
Thank you for 👍👍🙃👏sharing Vid HAPPY TRAILS n FLY like 🤔🤔 JUST FLY 👋✌️👍👍🇺🇸🙃
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You’re welcome thanks
Thanks for sharing this, very cool video!
Arnaud thanks I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Nice mustache
Ha ha ha thanks
Are these the same ones that just arrived in CA for fire season?
What was the unmanned aircraft operations?
Let me know if you guys need door gunners...
Well if we do you’ll be armed with squirt guns or water cannons if you’re ok with that. Ha ha ha
@@LifeOnTheSkids - oh, that or Nerf belt fed - anything!
Jeeze that thing takes forever to get off the ground
Makes my head hurt.
Lol
And this is how you expedite
th-cam.com/video/pKMIlimV1_M/w-d-xo.html
Just subscribed Earl. I will share to subscribe for you. keep up the good work.
Thanks Amigo
Would like to see whiskey cobra or older preppin
Awesome video, thanks for sharing!
1Z Viper glad you enjoyed it
Always enjoy seeing this type of helicopter
So you guys have gotten the 714s, EPUSHA, and made those handy hand holds out of seatbelts on the ramp.
Yep
No quick response in this type bird.
IFR = I Follow Roads! 😂
"D" for diesel...
Very awesome
I ever flew CH-47 D. I recall APU start and AFCS check.
Awesome! It’s my favorite to fly!!!
very nice. how applicable is it to the F?
@@ZZacksAdventures no glass on this D model. F is glass all the main components are the same
Ummmmmmm ,,,, ummmm I have a CHECK ENGINE light on MEE 1991 Subaru Impreza Outback 🤔🤔 should I shut shut her down 🤔🤔 NO NO TOWER in OUT OUT OUT TOWER GOD Bless n Goodbye ✌️🙃
👽🛸
When I see how many items a pilot has to check before the engines are even started and then more before departure, it never ceases to amaze me just how many cars I encounter on the road where the operator has failed to put on their headlights at night! If they were all flying it would be raining aircraft!!
It looked like the pilot flying was in the left seat. Doesn't PF usually sit on right hand side in helicopter?
The aircraft commander sits in the right seat, pilot in the left in American helicopters- the opposite of fixed wings. But like airliners, they switch off flying. A lot of times in the military, the AC is busy with mission tasks (coordination with ground forces, navigation, formations, etc), and has the pilot fly so he/she can do other things.
The Captain sits in the left seat for what we do with a longline. You’ll notice there is a bubble window on the left so you can lean out and see the water bucket 200’ below you. We also extend the left seat and thrust lever to the left closer to the window to help you lean out.
Co-pilot sits in the right seat
@@LifeOnTheSkids Thanks. As a fixed wing pilot I have always found the rotary wing pilot positions 'unusual'. Your explanation makes sense as the operations you engage in have very specific requirements. Thanks for your comments.
I would love to be a crewman on this Helicopter
Thank you
That cklicking noise
1:20 - “It’s irritating.” 🤪
first time seeing this video. keep up the great work!
My 1 and only flight in a Chinook was in 1988 in Honduras w/ 8/101 AVN. hell of a flight :)
Seldom seen
They were flying really low this morning over Northern Michigan. Couldve hit it with rock, lol
Man, Helo's have a ton of pre-flight check list items. Very professional, very confident and certainly experienced and qualified.
Yes, Heli's are great. Build me a Helipad.
Anyone here have an instructor at Fort Rucker with the last name Brown? He's my cousin.
This heli is rented to Indonesian government
Actually it was N303AJ. THIS is N401AJ. Sister ship. Same company. 👍👍