Fantastic find Jeurgen! Thank you!
Steven,
You should be in one when they "yank in pitch" as you described! I bet that particular CH-47 came from the California Army National Guard, Bravo Co. 1-126th Aviation Regiment, "Delta Schooners", based out of Stockton CA.
Outside of being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, the "Schooners" have been utilized heavily in State of California Support Mission in Disaster Mitigation and Recovery, Earthquake, Flood, and Wild Fires.
Randy & Bryan,
I never got the change to fly one either, however I've spent many an hour sitting on the fold down "jump seat" in the cockpit entry way. I should sometime tell you the story of a wild flight transporting 30 civilian employers from Camp Roberts to Los Alamitos AAF.
Wayne