USA: ARMY'S CHEYENNE HELICOPTER DEMONSTRATES PRECISION FIREPOWER, FLIGHT PERFORMANCE

Record ID: 1081107

  • Title: USA: ARMY'S CHEYENNE HELICOPTER DEMONSTRATES PRECISION FIREPOWER, FLIGHT PERFORMANCE
  • Date: 15th October 1970
  • Summary: Two helicopters in flight 0.13 Cheyenne in high-speed, low level "nap of the earth" evasive maneuvers 0.36 High speed low level flight, rapid climb out 0.51 Armed Cheyenne sites and fires rockets at target vehicles 1.24 Firing 30 mm canon, computer-aimed, at offset angle, from belly turret at tank target 1.37 off-set firing, both 30 mm canon and 40 mm grenade launcher simultaneously at target vehicles 1.50 Cheyenne masks escape behind hill 1.54 TOW missiles firing at distant tank target; terrain used to mask repeat attack 2.34 Flight, climb to altitude 2.46 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th October 1970 13:00
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  • Location: Arizona
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA5GJC2SVT2F3XUDBM6WAJRY7Y3
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