🔥 Military helicopter Chinook (D-480 Boeing CH-47F) at ''Rescue Heroes'' Aviodrome (20-08-2022) 💥

I don't know how it is with you, but I got a bit of goosebumps. Isn't it beautiful? It's so close to the double weekend. 39 tons of aircraft. No, that's not all true. With this warm weather. Tons of aircraft passing by. It's going to line up to land right away. Meanwhile, Marcel is ready to receive the Chinook. There's another one! Another big one! Look at that! No, that's not all true. 11,000 kilos, or 11 tons of aircraft. It's going to land right away. Beautiful, beautiful movements. The plane is going to land where Marcel is standing. In the yellow vest. The plane is going to land later. I said earlier, especially to London. Lots of aircraft nearby. But a Chinook. So close. Sold. So far. And then it's going here. And then we're going to put it down there. A Chinook, sir, what do you think? Because there's anti-collision. Anti-collision lights. That means they always have to be on when the engines are running. And when the engines are off, the lights go out too. The moment the engines start, the lights go out too. So they always have to be on. Then we know that too. Then he goes home tonight and thinks, God, what have I heard in New Langeveld? Anti-collision lights. And then there's this 11-ton heavy aircraft. With that big catch hook at the bottom. They are used by Defense to move troops. But we also know the aircraft from the firefighting. There's a big chain hanging on the bottom. There's a bucket hanging there. It's called a bobby bucket. It's a bag of about 10,000 liters of water. On a Chinook helicopter. Have you been with the Air Force for so long? Yes, I've been with it since the beginning. And the special thing about this aircraft is that it's super flexible. Not as an aircraft itself, of course, but what we can perform on assignments. You have to imagine that we can put more than 48 people in here and take them somewhere. And that doesn't matter where. It can be high in the mountains or somewhere far in the desert. I must say that you are also used for firefighting. I just told the people a little bit about the beautiful bucket underneath. Do you have that with you? We have the bucket with us. And we can fill it up with 8,000 liters of water. And there are only a few fire engines or other helicopters in the world that can do that. I can imagine that. And what makes the Chinook so special? They say it's an aircraft that is beautiful from ugliness. Or ugliness that is beautiful. What is so special about flying? It seems to me a very low aircraft. Yes, and that's where you get the wrong idea. It is the fastest aircraft we have in the Netherlands. That's one. Two, it is super maneuverable. And yes, okay, we need a slightly longer braking distance to get into the hull. But I'm not going to find anything better than this. I think it's very beautiful. I walk around it. Just take a look. Those gigantic leaves. Yes, the big difference is actually with another helicopter. Well, we have enough examples on the field. Then you normally have one main rotor. And well, beautiful, it's going to turn around. But the disadvantage of such a main rotor is when it turns around. And you don't have a tail rotor at all. That there is a natural law that will ensure that the rotor wants to stand still. But that it will very quickly make the aircraft turn around. Yes, that was also one of the problems they encountered in the early 1900s. How can we prevent the rotor from turning and the aircraft from standing still? At one point it was a smart idea. We made a small rotor in the back. We put hooks on the aircraft. And that ensures that the aircraft will not make that turning movement. But it also ensures that you get a very maneuverable aircraft. By making that tail rotor turn slower or faster. You can also turn the aircraft around its axis. And of course up and down. But that a helicopter flies is the most difficult thing that happens to you as a pilot. Because yes, you have to multitask a bit. And whether that is so easy for men, I don't know. But you have to lift the aircraft with one lever. And with another lever you go forward. And with your feet you steer left and right. And you also have to accelerate. And then you also have to stay still in the air. Well, if you then look at the Chinook. Then you see two rotors. Rotor, rotors. Front and back. And they turn against each other. And it ensures that you don't have a tail rotor. But that you still have the effect of the helicopter. And you also see those great blades. Well, I said it a little bit this morning. These are actually wings. The same profile. Only by turning those wings around very quickly. You also make sure that those wings, blades, make sure that the aircraft comes up. And that in 1903, the very first aircraft. The airspace Coase. That was in Kitty Hawk. The Gerudo's Ride. And they flew 36 meters. 12 seconds in the air. And we are now about 120 years further. And now there are helicopters. There are drones. Everyone is in still. Very beautiful. The two Honeywell Turboshaft engines. They are silent today. Until they leave at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. But before that, they are now put in a beautiful place. The nozzle is 16 meters long. And you have to do that without rotors. The maximum flight altitude of the nozzle is 7 kilometers. And the speed that the nozzle can reach is about 315 kilometers per hour. Yes, that was actually in 1905 in the Netherlands that the first Chinook was used. With all the aircraft in between. And that was also the first Chinook. I'm sitting under the bus to see if we don't have a police helicopter in the neighborhood. And this is then the halogen type. The CA-47F. The nice thing is that it is the 298th Squadron. Which was established in 1905. And then they first flew with the old-fashioned 2 and 3 in the Bolkhof. And in 1905 they switched to the Chinook. Chinook was used for operations with the so-called Special Forces. They jumped out of the helicopter with a parachute. They were dropped by the Chinook. I just told you a little bit about those big ropes hanging on the outside. And the nice thing is... The Squadron has a very beautiful weapon saying. Which is of course in Latin. That is Nihil Novus Nimium. In other words, nothing is impossible. The Squadron, the 298th Squadron. Which is now stationed at Gielse Rijen. That's where the aircraft comes from. It has a handsome helmet. And the aircraft came in here. There were a lot of people here. Can you sit and talk? No. They have a very strong nose. The dogs are trained for... ...to create crowds. But also to find people lying in the snow. Used for film recordings. We are now at... I'm on airside. And that means you know very special rules here. You also have airsides at every airport. If you are in Schiphol, you have airside. And if you work there, you have passports and everything. I have a passport. I'm a visitor. And I follow certain rules. And then I can come here. But I can't... I can't reach them. That's something with helicopters. They say we're not leaving right away. We're going to take a little walk here. You don't have that with me. But keep in mind when that happens. Hold your hair, your ears, your hearing aids, your glasses and everything. But there is a chance that something will happen. Because it's like this. I'm a little confused about that. To put it that way. I'm not doing this to bother you. Because I would rather say so. But there are strict rules. And if you don't follow them. He was hanging outside the gate. Do you understand that?