It seemed fair game yesterday to report that the tail rotor of the crashed helicopter leaning against the wall of the unregrettably late-Osama bin Laden's compound belonged to a former MH-60, as we (ahem, blush) did.But new photos of the aircraft's remains have appeared in this morning's Daily Mail, and it clearly shows this helicopter is no standard MH-60. It may not even be a member of the Black Hawk family at all.
Therein lies the mystery. No helicopter I can think of looks like this. It's a tail rotor that sort of resembles the main rotor of the Sikorsky X2. It may be a heavily modified MH-60 for the 160th special operations aviation regiment, or perhaps a helicopter we've never seen before.
Clearly, there are times when discussions about aircraft crashes should be limited to only the facts as we know them and nothing else -- and this is most definitely NOT one of those times. No, indeed, this is time to start wildly speculating. Who knows? You might get lucky.
There are already some great discussions underway at militaryphotos and Secret Projects. Check those out, and tell me what you think.
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