ED Team Groove Posted April 21, 2008 ED Team Posted April 21, 2008 German-Czech border, 1989 - AH-1s intercepted by Mi-24s. Pictures taken by Mi-24 crew: Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
Vekkinho Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 Wow, cool find Groove! I guess those Cobra chaps had one helluva experience seeing the armed Hind this close. Can U please tell more about it, is it Czech or Soviet Hind? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
ED Team Groove Posted April 21, 2008 Author ED Team Posted April 21, 2008 Thanks Vekkinho, but the credits for finding this "diamonds" goes to John Cool, a guy from a polish forum. My guess is that this is a czech Mi-24, but well, its just a guess... Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
Phantom_Mark Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 Damn those hinds look almost like they could be alien ships from Crysis or Half-life2 on that front profile lol :D
Feuerfalke Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 Damn those hinds look almost like they could be alien ships from Crysis or Half-life2 on that front profile lol :D The D-Version looked a lot cooler than the modern patched up versions IMHO. MSI X670E Gaming Plus | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 64 GB DDR4 | AMD RX 6900 XT | LG 55" @ 4K | Cougar 1000 W | CreativeX G6 | TIR5 | CH HOTAS (with BU0836X-12 Bit) + Crosswind Pedals | Win11 64 HP | StreamDeck XL | 3x TM MFD
Vekkinho Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 Yeah I once saw Croatian Mi-24 in the evening coming at me from the sun, I was a teenager back then I was coming home on a motorbike from fishing on river Kupa near town of Duga Resa on a road across the wide field when I heard some noise coming from behind. At first I thought some truck, bus or something of that size was catching up on me ready to overtake but I couldn't see anything in my rear view mirrors coming down the road. Then I turned my head and saw this spooky glimpse of The Hind some 80 - 100 meters behind me at 15 - 20 m AGL slowly gaining up one me. I almost fell off my bike as I tried to look at it but then I pulled over and watched it as it flew over my head raising dust from the field. Hind wasn't flying fast, perhaps some 120 Km/h or so and I suppose those guys in there we're laughing at me while adjusting pipper. As soon as it passed me pilot raised a nose a bit and climbed to a more safe altitude and went out of my sight. I must tell you it was one experience I'll never forget, it was mid '96, a year after military operations Flash and Storm and now as I think of it I had a fishing rod in my back pack that could be easily mistaken for a rifle especially with me wearing old military pants and jacket. But man that Hind looked great! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Vekkinho Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 Croatia had V version IIRC. Unfortunatelly all Croatian Hinds were put up for sale and haven't been flown for over a 4 years now! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Boberro Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 Really cool guys, the Mi-24 shape is amazing, it looks so threatly, dangerous, strong :D Reminder: Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make... HISTORY! :D | Also to be remembered: FRENCH TANKS HAVE ONE GEAR FORWARD AND FIVE BACKWARD :D ಠ_ಠ ツ
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