Helicopter over Tidal Basin

Washington, Washington, DC (DC), US

Helicopters - In Flight
By: AlbinoFlea

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John Paul Jones Memorial

Comments

kjfitz

@ 2007-11-30 18:34:59

I think you caught the smaller of the president's helicopters. It is definitely a Blackhawk variant and the only on I know of painted that way is the Whitehawk, i.e. marine One:

Sure looks like Marine One to me!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:VH-60_Marine_One.jpg

AlbinoFlea

@ 2007-11-30 18:56:35

Ha... and here I just went looking for paddle boats...

There's another view of it almost out of frame here:
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qgdk9g8kd5j9&style=o&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=180834&encType=1

Parabellum

@ 2007-11-30 19:04:14

I agree, but it's not called Marine One unless the POTUS is aboard. There's also more than one VH-60 with this paint scheme.

More info in the comments here: http://www.aero-web.org/specs/sikorsky/vh-60n.htm