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Marine Light Attack Helicopter
Training Squadron 303
HMLA/T-303 "Atlas"
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Photographs by Nancy Wingo
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MAJ Chris "Chewie" Chown is an instructor pilot for the UH-1Y seen above
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Nancy and I rang the doorbell at HMLAT-303 a little before our 10:30 arrival estimate
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Our first stop was the equipment
room to pick up our "cranials"
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"Maverick" is good to go
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Roger that for "Goose"
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Skip Fry and Chewie
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The rest of the "Yankee"
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The tail rotor is the one that makes all the noise, according to Major Chown
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Folding the rotors on a 4-bladed
prop is a complicated proposition
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The AH-1Z "Venom"
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Another view of the Venom
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And another view
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Atlas CO LTCOL Mark Sojourner joined
Major Chown for a "photo op"
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