Neither the film or the book explains why except that there was probably a control manoeuvre initiated by the pilot causing Todd Blackburn to miss the rope thus falling 70 feet .
the black hawk manuvered the RPG as blackburn was grabbing the rope so he jerked and missed it and funny enough i dont know what happened to him once he got back to base
'Blue Thunder' (1983). 'Apocalypse Now' (1979). 'Black Hawk Down' (2001). There is an anachronistic helicopter shown being used by the Germans in the WW2 movie 'Where Eagles Dare' (1968)
R. i think.
R. i think.
KesA possibility:"My Side of the Mountain" was a 1969 movie about a boy named Sam surviving in the wilderness. Sam hand-raises a peregrine falcon chick that he names Frightful.
That would be Mike Durant .
The Black Hawk is faster. Black Hawk is about 220 mph, while the Chinook is about 190. But, I have ridden in Ch47 Chinooks with a full complement of Marines, that had to slow down for the Black Hawk and Cobras to keep up. They are different aircraft for different jobs. All great aircraft.
The UH-60 Black hawk was named after the leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, Black Hawk.
A black-hawk helicopter can hold 15 people 2 chiefs, 2 pilots and 11 troops
uh 60 Blackhawks & mh6 little birds
Black Hawk was a helicopter in the movie Transformers. The helicopter was destroyed.
It was the Sikorski design team
180 ktas
Igor Sikorsky co. did.
184 mph
Battle Stations - 2000 Black Hawk Helicopter 4-4 was released on: USA: 2004
not so much
The ISBN-13 for the book "Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden is 9780871137388.