Hovering with only the rear wheels touching the edge
Summary
Hovering with only the rear wheels touching the edge of a cliff, pilots from Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, perform a maneuver called a pinnacle in a CH-47F Chinook helicopter during a training flight, here, Aug. 26. The pinnacle allows the pilots to drop of ground forces in areas too dangerous or too difficult to fully land in.
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air cav reaches pinnacle during flight training exercise
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Date
26/08/2010
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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