Aviation Blog :: Aviation Diary » The Great Helicopter Race http://www.airwon.com/blog Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:33:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion’s Great Helicopter Race During The Vietnam War http://www.airwon.com/blog/the-227th-assault-helicopter-battalions-great-helicopter-race-during-the-vietnam-war/ http://www.airwon.com/blog/the-227th-assault-helicopter-battalions-great-helicopter-race-during-the-vietnam-war/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 08:59:06 +0000 Anne Harvester http://www.airwon.com/blog/?p=17 Anyone who has been to Vietnam, or any war for that matter, does not need to be told that war and combat is a serious business that wears and grinds on both the body and the mind. However, I suppose like everything else, it has its moments of humor, relief and counterpoint which can be sorely needed moments.

One of those such moments was The Great Helicopter Race, held while Lieutenant Colonel Jack Cranford, a master Army aviator, was commanding the 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion. The race happened in mid-March of 1966.

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