US Marine CH-53E Super Stallion Largest Helicopter

 On Tuesday, December 5, 2017  

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US Marine CH-53E Super Stallion Largest Helicopter

US Marine Corps with Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion while carrying a heavy weapons, M777 Howitzer into landing area. The photo taken by Corporal Olivia McDonald in a beautiful scene, while at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. This is part of exercise that synchronizing ground handling and aircraft's crew member.

The Super Stallion is the heaviest and largest helicopter in US Military, widely used as military transport and utility purpose. The CH-53E has 42 tonnes MTOW (maximum takeoff weight), thanks to third engine additional as well as more blade on its rotor and tail rotor section.

Currently, Sikorsky developing even bigger helicopter rather than CH-53E, they will be called CH-53K. The CH-53K plans to be the largest and heaviest helicopter ever built with MTOW more than 60 tonnes. At the moment the heaviest helicopter belong to Russian Mil Mi-26.

US Marine CH-53E Super Stallion Largest Helicopter 4.5 5 Unknown Tuesday, December 5, 2017 US Marine CH-53E Super Stallion Largest Helicopter US Marine Corps with Sikorsky CH-53 E Super Stallion while carrying a heavy weapons, M7...


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