Jolly Green Giant

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A large coastguard helicopter found by the survivors
Coast Guard HH-3 Pelican in flight
Coast Guard HH-3 Pelican in flight

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How She flies




Appearances:
  • Chapter 21 - Discovered on the Tarmac at LAX by Burt and Saul.
  • Chapter 22 - Datu, Kalani, Pegs and Victor come down to see it. Datu and Kalani work on fixing it, while Pegs starts learning how to fly it.
  • Chapter 23 - The Jolly Green Giant is left under the care of Victor, Pegs and Datu.
  • Chapter 24 - Datu finishes fixing the chopper. Pegs and Datu fly to the second landing pad, picking up Michael, Kelly, Tanya, Hope and Riley (and Lady). Pegs attempts to land on the roof of the tower to rescue Angel, but is unable to get him. They then fly off into the distance, presumably towards Fort Irwin.


The Jolly Green Giant is codenamed "Rooster".


General Info:
  • Crew: 3
  • Capacity: 28
  • Length: 73 ft.
  • Rotor diameter: 62 ft.
  • Height: 18 ft.
  • Empty weight: 13,341 lb
  • Max takeoff weight: 22,050 lb
  • Rotor system: 5 Blades


Performance
  • Maximum speed:165 mph
  • Range:779 mi

  • Commonly called the "Jolly Green Giant" by the US Air Force Marines and Army, and "Sea King" by the US Navy, the US Coast Guard variant was called the "Pelican".
    "Sea Kings" operated by the United States Marine Corps are used as one of the official helicopters of the President of the United States, since the early 70's.


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