Chopper-lovers, please advise...

[Omag 2.0]

Does anyone recognise this chopper? It flew remarkably high and almost made a jetlike sound, not the usual thumping of the rotors... Sorry about the quality. It flew in the direction of the sun and there is a haze present...



I was thinking about a Mil, but the blades on the tailrotor don't match...

Cheers,

Omag

[matt2190]

Looks like an MH-53 Pave Low

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0932875/L/

[C]

Looks like an MH-53 Pave Low

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0932875/L/

Not a Pave Low I think, but something of the (Sea) Stallion family - perhaps of the Luftwaffe? We sometimes get the Luftwaffe Sea Stallions in the UK (often carrying an aeroplane underneath! - the Duxford He (CASA) 111 came all they way from Spain underneath one... )

[Sir_Jon]

As soon as I saw that pic, I thought Pavelow or Sea Stallion. I think it might be a Sea Stallion as it appears to have the large torpedo tubes on the sides, but I'm not very sure.

[gottoflynow]

I think its a pave low...those "torpedo tubes" I think are external fuel tanks on the "wing" pylons.

-gottoflynow

[BAW0343]

The pave low also has a refueling boom on the front, this doesnt  ;D

[Tweek]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-53_Sea_Stallion

I would agree with Charlie, and say a Luftwaffe CH-53 Sea Stallion. The Pave Low is also part of the H-53 family.