There he was... GONE ! I forgot to tell you... about 8 years ago, I was on top of our barn in western Maine when 3 Stallions flew by in the valley. I remember I could hear them coming for 10-15 minutes... sounded like a freight train coming thru the woods. Cool sight and glad we weren't flying our little "windshield bug" ultralights at the time... We had A-10s and F-16s playing around there in the MOA quite a bit.
That's it... the long low rumble of the 53.... Unmistakable... What were we talking about? A Craiglist Sugar Maple score? Ah well, we already beat that dead horse.
"Then the big green monster ordered me back to the CH-53E" Went down to see your former boss's cabin on the water yesterday. It's a little small, but I'm sure they've figured out a way to get by...