OK, so my contemporary novel has this amazing nimitz-class aircraft carrier that I invented to carry out this non-combatant evacuation operation off a remote island (how cool, huh?).
I have 50 civilians and about the same number of naval personnel on this island, plus flight crews. I've guessed six Sea Hawks might carry them all, but it's just a guess of convenience.
I can't seem to find out what a realistic carrying capacity is for a Sea Hawk on a mission like this. I realize there are different Sea Hawks (SH-60, HH-60, etc) that the carrier is likely to have. I don't care which I use, so long as it's reasonably realistic (in other words, if the max. capacity is a dozen passengers, then I'd have to have more helicopters or have existing ones ferry back and forth).
Anybody know?
I have 50 civilians and about the same number of naval personnel on this island, plus flight crews. I've guessed six Sea Hawks might carry them all, but it's just a guess of convenience.
I can't seem to find out what a realistic carrying capacity is for a Sea Hawk on a mission like this. I realize there are different Sea Hawks (SH-60, HH-60, etc) that the carrier is likely to have. I don't care which I use, so long as it's reasonably realistic (in other words, if the max. capacity is a dozen passengers, then I'd have to have more helicopters or have existing ones ferry back and forth).
Anybody know?