CWAM Mi-24 Bord 120 Begins Hover Testing

Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:03 am

This evening Mi-24 Bord 120 of the Cold War Air Museum took to the skies over KLNC for the first time. She is the second Hind in the CWAM fleet.

eIMG_4257 by Andy Nixon Photography, on Flickr

Bord 120 by Andy Nixon Photography, on Flickr

Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:07 am

Now that's one spectacular looking machine! Great stuff.

Peace,

David M

Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:59 am

WOW, I'd love to see one of those fly.

Tim

Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:31 am

How many Hinds are flying in the US?

Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:41 pm

MX304 wrote:How many Hinds are flying in the US?

I believe the number is around 7, CWAM have the only 2 on public display though.

Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:51 pm

Well Done Andy. How did the rest of the open house go??

Lynn

Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:15 pm

Thanks for the pics Andy, I've always thought it was a cool looking bird. Nice to see we have another in the air.

Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:32 pm

Andy N wrote:
MX304 wrote:How many Hinds are flying in the US?

I believe the number is around 7, CWAM have the only 2 on public display though.

Hopefully I can catch it / them flying sometime. Is the museum doing anything next weekend for the Fourth?

Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:58 pm

Lynn Allen wrote:Well Done Andy. How did the rest of the open house go??

Lynn

It was a very tame crowd but the Mig-23 got a 4 sec afterburner run today, its the longest run to date and she looked ready to fly before pulling the power back. We also flew both Mi-24s and L-29 N12DN flew for the first time in 5 years today. We are trying to keep the facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Cold-War-Air-Museum-CWAM/111671408920890 so be sure to like it if you have a facebook. As far as next weekend Im not a 100% sure, but the museum will be open.

eIMG_4441 by Andy Nixon Photography, on Flickr

eIMG_4332 by Andy Nixon Photography, on Flickr

eIMG_4508 by Andy Nixon Photography, on Flickr

eIMG_4550 by Andy Nixon Photography, on Flickr