User talk:BillCJ/Sandbox/Advanced Attack Helicopter
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[edit] Background
Bill, does the AAFSS and 1972 AH-56/S-72/Bell 309 competitions need to be mentioned as background leading up to the AAH? -Fnlayson 02:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well that's already covered. I guess I was looking for that to be in a Background section. -Fnlayson 02:19, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
- Jeff, I just used Greg Goebel's site info to start since it's PD. I'm sure we'll find other info to add, including from your Cobra book, as we go along. Feel free to rearrange this in any order you want, but try to keep each paragraph sourced so we know were it came from int he future. Since it's PD, we don't have to worry about rewriting every setnece completely. You know how Greg writes - it's a bit informal at times, but he does good work. - BillCJ 02:59, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
OK, that's fine. Looks like the development after selection should be moved to the AH-64 article. Is that what you want to do? I could go ahead and copy some of that over.. -Fnlayson 03:41, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] AAH
Bill, two available Army references, discuss the reasons for abandoning Cheyenne:
- Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (1973). "An Abridged History of the Army Attack Helicopter Program" (pdf). . Department of the Army
- Bonin, John A., MAJ, USA (1986). "Towards the Third Dimension in Combined Arms: The Evolution of Armed Helicopters into Air Maneuver Units in Vietnam" (pdf). . Command and General Staff College
Both files (pdf) are over 1MB to download. There is also a GAO Staff Study on the AAH from 1974 that gives a good background on the information at the time. I don't have a link for it right now. --Born2flie 08:05, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Bill, the Apache PM home page has some photos you might be interested in. There is also some text available discussing the initial T-Tail design of the YAH-64. Let me know if you want it.--The Founders Intent 14:32, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
- That'd certainty be worth looking at. What's the link to the Apache PM? I can't seem to find it on the Army.mil domain. Thanks. -Fnlayson 16:40, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article organization
Bill, any idea on how this article should be organized? Do you want to keep separate Bell 409/YAH-63 and YAH-64 sections? Thanks. -Fnlayson (talk) 00:15, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
