I was a PFC in Germany in 1966 and was so impressed watching these come and go that I took the test to be a Warrant officer and flight school. I passed but chickened out. I was a driver for a Captain and that was easier than going to Vietnam and flying. Kind of regret my decision but I’m 75 now and I might not have come home if I would have flown.
I was a medic in Vietnam. Decades later I was on a golf course in Ohio when a Huey flew over very low. Had NOT heard that sound since the 71st Evac Hosp, SVN. I went down on one knee and the tears just burst forth. No way to explain that to a contemporary who hadn't shown up for the dance.
When i was a kid i had a best friend whose dad was a Huey pilot in Vietnam, took shrapnel and went down. We got to go to an airshow in the boy scouts where they had a Huey, you could see his dad get emotional. He talked about how he loved that distinctive Huey sound because it meant help was on the way.
I have a friend that the sound has the opposite affect. We were at a highschool football game and for.some reason they flew their police helicoptor in.. My friend could not stop shaking. He said that sound made him think he was going back into combat.
Was in the Army Reserves back in 89. Spent my two weeks in Honduras. Big storm hit Soto Cano Air Base. I was in communications and had to set up a back up antenna. They flew me from base on one of these. Greatest feeling in the world. My dad was in Nam and flew in one of these. I felt a little like I was there too. On the way back the pilot needed more time so he flew us around. The best part was when he flew over a river. Doors open! Will never ever forget!
Career (and still serving/flying) Army Aviator here. I had the honor and distinct privilege to get to work on these fine machines in the 90s, at my first unit in Heidelberg, Germany. I was originally a 68B (turned 15B), Engine technician, then later went to Warrant Officer school to fly Chinooks. Nothing like being 20 years old again, laying on the engine deck of Huey at idle, adjusting the fuel control with a screwdriver. The Chinook as definitely become the modern day iconic military helicopter, especially since it has shown it's worth during the past 20 years of desert combat... but the Huey will forever rein as king of the rotors. The "wap wap" of those blades and whine of the tail rotor, should bring a tear to the eye and puff of the chest to any Veteran out there. Thanks to the ladies and gentlemen that keep these wonderful machines and piece of history, alive and flying!!
I was a 68B also. Served in Hanau from 1972-74 with 3rd Armor, F Co. 122 Maint. Bn. We flew out of Fliegerhorst Kaserne. Worked on Hueys, Cobras and OH-58s.
I am sorry for your loss somewhere in heaven your dad is looking down at you with a smile may god bless his courage to serve and all the troops serving today -regards Corporal Ikram USMC
Im sorry for you losing your Dad, like you, im a PROUD Son of a Vietnam Vet, i to lost my Dad back in 1993, (suicide unfortunately)..my Dad, Spc4 Jimmy Pruitt was a doorgunner for the 1st Cav's 2nd Battalion/20th Aerial Rocket Artillary from Dec65 to Jan67 Pleiku, Bong Son, PleiMe and his base was in AnKhe....like yourself, i miss him dearly, especially now that im fighting stage 4 Melanoma, its gotten worse in the past year...
God bless your Dad for his service may he R.I.P. I know in my heart your family is very proud of him. My Father was Navy in WWll Pacific campaign they are both heroes
Love when the pilot increases the throttle and that classic wup wup wup sound. Then as he brings up the collective and eases off the skids. Still the best sounding Bird.
I knew a Vietnam combat vet. Years later on the rare occasion he heard a Huey flying near by he told me, it really gave him the chills! The whump whump whump gave him some scary flashbacks.
@@DeathToTyrants24I think the Boomers were trying to survive being sent to Vietnam, not busy creating war debt for later generations. Credit for that goes to the warhawks in Congress who justified killing 50,000 plus young citizens in the name of “stopping communism”.
@@DeathToTyrants24 Why did you come here to argue about the national debt in the comments section of a video about a helicopter? You’re wasting your time. Not to mention, if you wanna talk about that, go to a different video’s comment section dedicated to the topic and talk about it there.
The design of the original Bell UH-1 from the mid 1950s is almost 70 years old. Amazing what engineers were able to design that long ago that is still functional today.
I started flying the UH-1 in 1973 until transitioning into the CH-47. (Uh-1 for 10 years). Never in my wildest dreams would I hover taxi an aircraft with persons that close unless in a combat situation.
If I live to be 100, I’ll never forget that sound or whirring of the Huey. That chopper was incredible. And the crews who flew them were the best. Our guardian Angels. They came no matter what. 1st Cav 68-70 PS: if your Dad or uncle served on a Huey crew, thank them for me. And know that they were heroes
There’s one around here in southern Illinois that does crop spraying. I can’t drive past it without stopping to watch for a while. Seeing and hearing that bird. It’s a beautiful thing.
I remember flying back in a Huey at Basic Training at Fort Jackson - from the rifle range after getting my expert marksman. Everyone else had to hoof it back. 40 years ago! What a great Helicopter!
I got a shock when I saw this flight. A very good friend of mine, Andy Perry flew this very machine while serving in Vietnam with the 135th EMU flight. It was flown by US Army and Royal Australian Navy pilots. Andy was awarded the Silver Star for operations in Vietnam and is in the process of being nominated for the Victoria Cross. He is in America at this time so that he can fly this machine again. He loves it. Cheers: Bob McDermott, ex Sar Diver RAN.
I flew Hueys in the Jamaica Defence Force between 1989 and 1998. I've flown many other types of helicopters, before and since, but the Huey remains my favorite. Absolute workhorse! Real machine! I miss those days.
The skill of that pilot reminded me of W.C. Wood, the now deceased but fondly remembered, Arkansas National Guard father of an old girlfriend of mine who worked on Hueys and told me about watching his pilots compete with each other hovering over an empty 50 gallon fuel drum stood on end , placing the tip of a skid on the end of the drum and rotating around the drum so deftly that they didn’t push it over or hit the ground with the tips of their rotor blades! I would have liked to have seen that. God bless all those who designed, built, piloted, flew in, repaired and maintained those beautiful, living machines. Tim Page, the legendary VietNam war photographer, who was anti-war, when asked about the tendency of humans to glorify and romanticize war responded “You can’t take the romance out of a Huey. It’s not possible.” Crew Chief to pilot, “Coming through hot, sir!” Page wrote that when he was down in the steamy delta he couldn’t wait to hitch a ride on one, up, up into the cool and when he was on one he couldn’t wait to get off the terrifying thing, back to the “safety” of the ground. I imagine many a hot, exhausted and scared, young soldier or marine experienced the same feelings of exhilaration and terror.
As a former crew chief/door gunner on UH1 d model and OH-58 loach during the "police action" in South Viet Nam the sight and sound of that old bird brings back lots of memories. Some of them are good. HHC 3rd Brigade 9th Infantry Division, Tan An airfield, Nov 68/69.
Love that chopper for over 51 years now! Like I have to have a shot of it now and then! UA-cam provides the sounds of yesterday memories ! God Bless the American soldier!
That was a "spit and polished" Huey. Nice sound. Thanks for sharing. I served with an Aviation unit in 1969 out of the Nha Trang Airbase on the coast of the South China Sea.
Respectfully, you cannot graduate from U.S. Army rotary wing flight school if you can't successfully hover a helicopter sideways up an incline. In all honesty, I saw nothing out of the ordinary about this pilot's skills. In fact, what I did see was a completely unsafe operation by this pilot and his crew.
Most reliable helicopter ever, during Vietnam War, Huey was hit more than 100 rounds from enemy fire, had so many holes and it still survived and back to the base.
They had a firefighter Huey where I lived, and when they received it from Nam, they had to patch nearly 200 bullet holes out of the frame before it was firefighting worthy, but the engine ran like new.
@@dioniciothomas6755 You'd have to understand how swashplate works. Then you will understand. Cyclic causes to do that. without any collective applied, cyclic will tilt in a direction based on where the stick is resting. Once you apply collective it will lift off and try to fly in that direction. As you see, the pilot applied collective and corrected the cyclic position so the main prop wasn't tilted forward anymore.
Never saw such a maneuver before! Looks like the one guy pushes the 🚁 a bit while hovering & the other guy's stance so close to the tail rotor. Seems like they trust more than 100% into this awesome machine!. Yep, 👍🏼 I’m very impressed!!!.
My dad was in the USMC in WW II and fought in a number islands in the South Pacific. We would watch the news, back in the day, and see what the helicoptors were doing getting guys out. I clearly recall my dad saying with with quite a bit of emotion "I sure wish we had those things...we could have saved a lot a guys."
My father was a Huey pilot in Nam. Rattler 22 was his call sign. This was the last video the he & I watched together the day he passed way. I watch this video and think about him. I’m a very proud son of my Army father who was also a Deputy Sheriff. He served. Bless all of the those who served there country in the military and those who served the community in law enforcement. I say Thank you.
I might be corrected on this but - a chopper pilot explained to me why an approaching Huey makes the loud ''wop-wop" sound and yet when flying away this decreases a lot. Supposedly it is due to "leading edge" vortex... each blade 'collides' with the vortex of the last blade and the sound travels forward for most part. Seemed to make sense as I had always wondered.
Worked for a reforestation company years ago , they’d run a 212 external payload to us out in bf nowhere ... seeing (hearing) it come in through a misty low ceiling northern Ontario morning kinda gave ya chills.
Nothing like the sound of the hueys. Served 2 tours in Vietnam as door gunner with 1st Air Cavalry. I'm 75 years old now, hard to believe that was almost 54 years ago. Hueys have a distinct sound. Like no other. God bless all my brother who made it back and God bless all who gave it all
As a mechanic that works on the new models of these aircraft, the venom, my anxiety levels were through the roof while that guy was standing right next to tail rotor on startup. The crew on this aircraft break so many mannerisms that your supposed to uphold due to safety and it's terrifying.
Wow. My Uncle Ray was buried there in 2012. He flew that bird in Nam and his brother, Todd, was the doorgunner. Then they figured out they were brothers and separated them. Uncle Ray was at the air show that evacuated casualties to a hospital in the Huey he had flown there. RIP Uncle and dad.
It never ceases to amaze me about two things ...first is in movies or TV shows someone can drive a car without crashing while talking face to face with the passenger for lengthy periods ..Also in this regard how they come rushing out and get an aircraft , especially a helicopter and get it off the ground in seconds ...These beauties take at least several minutes before flight is remotely possible and safety checklists are carried out for every single flight ..These beautiful birds are a very special piece of kit and this video is fascinating Thank you ...
Thank you I had a good time recording this event. I fly in a helicopter almost every day and even when I get in my car I sometimes find myself running a checklist. And by the way when you see in a movie people driving cars, the cars are usually on a trailer being towed behind a camera vehicle
I love hueys what a beautiful piece of machinery my uncle brad did two tours in Vietnam so his brother wouldn't have to enlist. I have more respect for old vets over these lazy veterans we have today in our military.
Some of my favorite aviation sounds in no particular order. Huey H1 approaching to land, P 51 Mustang in a dive at a full throttle air show center, any radial engine start up and Blue Angle F 18 high speed fly byes for the raw sound of speed 👍🏻
My favorite aircraft sounds are: The P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, and Hurricane. Merlin engine. 1200 HP, twelve cylinders of glorious noise. The F-104 Starfighter. That howl is so distinctive from all other jet fighters. Wicked. The UH-1 Iroquois (Huey), the sound that defined the 60s and the 70s. The B-1B Lancer (Bone) and the F-111 Aardvark (pigs that fly). THE sounds of freedom. The KC-135A Stratotanker with the J-57 engine. Roughly 2 minutes of water injection on initial takeoff was a crowd pleaser! The KC-135R with the CFM-56. Double your thrust, double your fun. In thrust we trust, as I flew this airframe for 29 years.
My ARNG unit in the early 1990s was still using UH-1H Huey choppers until 1992. As infantryman, we hopped rides in both Hueys and Black Hawks, whatever was available at the time -- as we were perhaps the last generation to use and cycle through both aircraft when they were operational. There's nothing like the stability and the sound of twin turbines on a Black Hawk that exudes nothing but raw power that can turn on a dime. But all truth be told, the whop-whop of the Hueys and the raw torque you feel on the floorboards is incomparable as well. The half dozen times we rode on Hueys were unforgettable.
May 29, 2023 is when I first caught it’s return of the Bell Huey UH-1. This was a nostalgic helicopter. I remember back from the first time I went to the lone tree cemetery in Fairview Ave, Hayward, CA, there were originally two helicopters in the ground. One being the Bell Huey and the other being bell 47-G. I watched them takeoff. It was amazing. Now there’s only one helicopter for Memorial Day. And over the years, I kept seeing Bell Huey on the graveyard from 2013?-2019. On 2019, this is the last time I’ve seen him before the pandemic started in 2020. From 2020-2022 there was no sign of the Bell Huey UH-1 anywhere due to Covid Storm. That is until 2023, when I heard a distinguish sound from my room and have to go outside and see what’s that sound. And then I remembered, that sound. The beast. Bell Huey UH-1 has arrived at the lone tree cemetery. This helicopter has now returned to the Memorial Day program. I’ve caught this helicopter flying around over my house before it landed on the cemetery. I have got extremely hyped about this and want it to go see it. I’ve took a look at this helicopter and it looks really beautiful and gives me the chills. And then I’ve watched it startup and takeoff from the cemetery. But that’s not all, I’ve see it overflying above me. This helicopter is one of the best helicopters not just the us but all over the world. Without Bell Huey, not only lone tree cemetery, but Memorial Day won’t be the same.
I was lucky enough to have grown up about 30 miles from Ft. Rucker which is the Army rotor wing training center. How many times I have heard and seen this particular type helo. Matter of fact name a model regularly used in their inventory and it has flown around here. Great place to visit is the staging fields where they do hover, fly around and auto rotation practice. It's even cooler when they do it at night.
Funny how a clip a couple years old pops up to view. Now certain helicopters have very distinctive sounds (Hawks, Dolphins, Cobras and a Chinook), but one that’s tops is a Huey. Maybe I’m partial to a Huey for my reasons, but it’s got the best sound of a flying helicopter. Now the sound of a Cobra or Apache sending steel downrange is awesome too.
I must have watched this video about 10x the person who took video is good those guys flew that bird in war time they went thru hell lost a lot of friends and they made it back respect goes out to all of our service men and women again respect and thanks for protecting us
I love this helicopter. I'm not a Vietnam veteran. I was actually born during the war.I love the thud sound the blades make when it passes over you.incredible machine. took a lot of AK 47 hits and kept on going.
When I was a kid, there was a lot of military aircraft flying their path over me. I'd run out the house when I heard one, to see what it was. That was decades ago. A year ago I was out of town shopping and leaving the store, and I heard a helicopter and couldn't contain myself. "That's a F--king HUEY!!!!!" I said out loud, in front of a bunch of random shoppers coming in and going out, looking at me with quizzical faces. It was still about a mile out and not in sight, but there is nothing like the sound of an inbound Huey.
I know an old Nam vet, Pete, who was a Marine back then. He will occasionally comment that these old Hueys "...saved my ass more than once. I'll always remember that sound, when they were coming in fast to pick me out of a bad situation. I'll always love those old Hueys".
It's not a machine, it's a soundtrack to an era.
Love the sound...makes an old guys heart beat just a little faster
I agree.
Me too sir💟
I was a PFC in Germany in 1966 and was so impressed watching these come and go that I took the test to be a Warrant officer and flight school. I passed but chickened out. I was a driver for a Captain and that was easier than going to Vietnam and flying. Kind of regret my decision but I’m 75 now and I might not have come home if I would have flown.
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i could smell the kerosene burning through my screen lol. just imagining:)
I don't think there will ever be a more iconic helicopter than the huey
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MIL Mi-8 is more iconic , more sold , more produced than Huyi . But it is the second best and produced heli @ no doubt. Thanks
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Thats wht the productions stat says ! Show me then. Ha ha .:-D
@@nyph933 ,
How many conflicts, the Huye was involved ! Mi8 had more than 30, now in Syria 🇸🇾 too. Thts how it is more iconic n popular .
@@nyph933 ,
Not saying Huye bad or put it down, however but Mil Mi8 is used most of the countries of the world.
I was a medic in Vietnam. Decades later I was on a golf course in Ohio when a Huey flew over very low. Had NOT heard that sound since the 71st Evac Hosp, SVN. I went down on one knee and the tears just burst forth. No way to explain that to a contemporary who hadn't shown up for the dance.
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Thank you for your service..
Thank you for your service
@@alholdway2003 ,
You guys didn't get the respect you deserved when you got back to the states. People should've brought it out on the politicians not the soldiers.
When i was a kid i had a best friend whose dad was a Huey pilot in Vietnam, took shrapnel and went down. We got to go to an airshow in the boy scouts where they had a Huey, you could see his dad get emotional. He talked about how he loved that distinctive Huey sound because it meant help was on the way.
"Bird's on the way". Was the common terminology.
I have a friend that the sound has the opposite affect. We were at a highschool football game and for.some reason they flew their police helicoptor in.. My friend could not stop shaking. He said that sound made him think he was going back into combat.
@@stone8597 weak af
@@AK4SHGaming”weak af” - 🤓🤓
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Was in the Army Reserves back in 89. Spent my two weeks in Honduras. Big storm hit Soto Cano Air Base. I was in communications and had to set up a back up antenna. They flew me from base on one of these.
Greatest feeling in the world. My dad was in Nam and flew in one of these. I felt a little like I was there too. On the way back the pilot needed more time so he flew us around. The best part was when he flew over a river. Doors open! Will never ever forget!
FINALLY, someone on UA-cam that knows how to shoot a quality video! Thanks for posting.
MARK MALASICS
And no gay music to ruin it either
Exactly and we didn’t have to listen to someone talking just to hear themselves
Career (and still serving/flying) Army Aviator here. I had the honor and distinct privilege to get to work on these fine machines in the 90s, at my first unit in Heidelberg, Germany. I was originally a 68B (turned 15B), Engine technician, then later went to Warrant Officer school to fly Chinooks. Nothing like being 20 years old again, laying on the engine deck of Huey at idle, adjusting the fuel control with a screwdriver. The Chinook as definitely become the modern day iconic military helicopter, especially since it has shown it's worth during the past 20 years of desert combat... but the Huey will forever rein as king of the rotors. The "wap wap" of those blades and whine of the tail rotor, should bring a tear to the eye and puff of the chest to any Veteran out there. Thanks to the ladies and gentlemen that keep these wonderful machines and piece of history, alive and flying!!
I was a 68B also. Served in Hanau from 1972-74 with 3rd Armor, F Co. 122 Maint. Bn. We flew out of Fliegerhorst Kaserne. Worked on Hueys, Cobras and OH-58s.
I frequently see UH-1N models flying throughout Maryland! Ah the good old reliable Huey an oldie but always a goody!
My dad was a Huey pilot in nam. This was the last video he watched before he passed away in 2016. I watch this when I miss him.
I am sorry for your loss somewhere in heaven your dad is looking down at you with a smile may god bless his courage to serve and all the troops serving today -regards Corporal Ikram USMC
Sorry to hear bout ur dad man prayers for u and him ppl lile him paved way for us. (Latter generations)
I might don't know who your dad is but for you and your people he is a a hero I hope he rest in peace
Im sorry for you losing your Dad, like you, im a PROUD Son of a Vietnam Vet, i to lost my Dad back in 1993, (suicide unfortunately)..my Dad, Spc4 Jimmy Pruitt was a doorgunner for the 1st Cav's 2nd Battalion/20th Aerial Rocket Artillary from Dec65 to Jan67 Pleiku, Bong Son, PleiMe and his base was in AnKhe....like yourself, i miss him dearly, especially now that im fighting stage 4 Melanoma, its gotten worse in the past year...
God bless your Dad for his service may he R.I.P. I know in my heart your family is very proud of him. My Father was Navy in WWll Pacific campaign they are both heroes
Love when the pilot increases the throttle and that classic wup wup wup sound. Then as he brings up the collective and eases off the skids. Still the best sounding Bird.
Wup wup wup is on par with the A10's BRRRRT
I knew a Vietnam combat vet. Years later on the rare occasion he heard a Huey flying near by he told me, it really gave him the chills! The whump whump whump gave him some scary flashbacks.
So much respect for the men who jumped on and off these beasts in combat. On behalf of the younger generation, we are forever in your debt.
Forever in their debt. Literally. About what, 32 trillion? Thanks boomers.
@@DeathToTyrants24I think the Boomers were trying to survive being sent to Vietnam, not busy creating war debt for later generations. Credit for that goes to the warhawks in Congress who justified killing 50,000 plus young citizens in the name of “stopping communism”.
@@DeathToTyrants24 Why did you come here to argue about the national debt in the comments section of a video about a helicopter? You’re wasting your time. Not to mention, if you wanna talk about that, go to a different video’s comment section dedicated to the topic and talk about it there.
God Bless the Dust Off crews! Saved many an injured soldier!
Saved my ass in 91.and it was a medevac huey
The design of the original Bell UH-1 from the mid 1950s is almost 70 years old. Amazing what engineers were able to design that long ago that is still functional today.
And she is still a workhorse in the rescue service. Here in germany too. I love the Bell!
If the question come, i'm a firefighter.
The best sound of all choppers!!
Exactly
I love the chop chop sound
That beautiful distinctive sound that only the huey makes, such a workhorse of a machine
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Taking your pet huey for a walk.
Best UH-1 footage I've seen.
indyjons321 😂🤣🤣
The huey literally looks like it's got a face saying "oooooh I wanna go on a walk"
Awsome control Now days I suppose it’s a health n safety issue
I started flying the UH-1 in 1973 until transitioning into the CH-47. (Uh-1 for 10 years). Never in my wildest dreams would I hover taxi an aircraft with persons that close unless in a combat situation.
I am in 100% agreement with you.
If I live to be 100, I’ll never forget that sound or whirring of the Huey. That chopper was incredible. And the crews who flew them were the best. Our guardian Angels. They came no matter what. 1st Cav 68-70
PS: if your Dad or uncle served on a Huey crew, thank them for me. And know that they were heroes
The most beautiful helicopter ever built the sound is iconic
SLICK , HEARD BEFORE SEEN , IMAGINE A FORMATION OF MANY IN THE SKIES , THE SOUND & SIGHT OF THE " SKY SOLDIERS " .
Ever seen a CH-47? I think we could split a 12 pack and discuss the two.😉
There’s one around here in southern Illinois that does crop spraying. I can’t drive past it without stopping to watch for a while. Seeing and hearing that bird. It’s a beautiful thing.
I remember flying back in a Huey at Basic Training at Fort Jackson - from the rifle range after getting my expert marksman. Everyone else had to hoof it back. 40 years ago! What a great Helicopter!
Me to back in '86.
I don't think anything is better than the sound of an inbound Huey
absolutely, goosebumps! love it
Allan Martin except maybe an Inbound sea stallion (ch-53) but they both sound great
Allan Martin
Well, except for Charlie....
it's all about a cobra when the change rotor porch and get the loud thump when flying by
Running Target I believe the IH-1 and old cobras have the same engine transmission and rotor system. Awesome sound I agree.
4:40 - 5:00 , Just walking my Huey.
@@NochZvezd4 legend has it that they can still be found flourishing in the skies of Vietnam you must use fuel and oil to tame the legendary beast.
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That’s funny
I got a shock when I saw this flight. A very good friend of mine, Andy Perry flew this very machine while serving in Vietnam with the 135th EMU flight. It was flown by US Army and Royal Australian Navy pilots. Andy was awarded the Silver Star for operations in Vietnam and is in the process of being nominated for the Victoria Cross. He is in America at this time so that he can fly this machine again. He loves it. Cheers: Bob McDermott, ex Sar Diver RAN.
Onya Cobber, from a ex Aussie Avo. The pus did us proud.
723 Sqn. rocks from another ex Sar Diver RAN.
I flew Hueys in the Jamaica Defence Force between 1989 and 1998. I've flown many other types of helicopters, before and since, but the Huey remains my favorite. Absolute workhorse! Real machine! I miss those days.
The skill of that pilot reminded me of W.C. Wood, the now deceased but fondly remembered, Arkansas National Guard father of an old girlfriend of mine who worked on Hueys and told me about watching his pilots compete with each other hovering over an empty 50 gallon fuel drum stood on end , placing the tip of a skid on the end of the drum and rotating around the drum so deftly that they didn’t push it over or hit the ground with the tips of their rotor blades! I would have liked to have seen that. God bless all those who designed, built, piloted, flew in, repaired and maintained those beautiful, living machines. Tim Page, the legendary VietNam war photographer, who was anti-war, when asked about the tendency of humans to glorify and romanticize war responded “You can’t take the romance out of a Huey. It’s not possible.” Crew Chief to pilot, “Coming through hot, sir!” Page wrote that when he was down in the steamy delta he couldn’t wait to hitch a ride on one, up, up into the cool and when he was on one he couldn’t wait to get off the terrifying thing, back to the “safety” of the ground. I imagine many a hot, exhausted and scared, young soldier or marine experienced the same feelings of exhilaration and terror.
As a former crew chief/door gunner on UH1 d model and OH-58 loach during the "police action" in South Viet Nam the sight and sound of that old bird brings back lots of memories. Some of them are good. HHC 3rd Brigade 9th Infantry Division, Tan An airfield, Nov 68/69.
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Nothing beats the sound or sight of a chopper fly-by!! Great video!!
Danny dragon - 🖕
No kidding that was the most riveting 7 minutes of UA-cam all week for me.
The Uh-1 is a beautiful helicopter, I want it to remain operational for many decades to come, and never need to be replaced unnecessarily.
Love that chopper for over 51 years now! Like I have to have a shot of it now and then! UA-cam provides the sounds of yesterday memories ! God Bless the American soldier!
No mistaking the sound of a Huey.
There was a 206 flying past an hour ago where I am, close enough?
nah want to see a Uh-1 but I live in England so nope
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Evert time I hear the sound of a Huey give me the goosebumps Love it!!
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Silent Herbs - gives me a woodie !!!
Absolute BEST sounding helo ever! Could listen to these all day every day.
I can and will not every forget the sound of those Huey's coming in over us in Nam. That sound you can tell a mile away.
Thank you sir for your service
That was a "spit and polished" Huey. Nice sound. Thanks for sharing. I served with an Aviation unit in 1969 out of the Nha Trang Airbase on the coast of the South China Sea.
Thanks for your service, hope you still kicking it👍
I rode in quite a few Huey's when I was in the infantry in the army. There AWESOME............ 🇺🇸👍
Impressive pilot! The control he has while transitioning up the hill was great.
Respectfully, you cannot graduate from U.S. Army rotary wing flight school if you can't successfully hover a helicopter sideways up an incline. In all honesty, I saw nothing out of the ordinary about this pilot's skills. In fact, what I did see was a completely unsafe operation by this pilot and his crew.
Most reliable helicopter ever, during Vietnam War, Huey was hit more than 100 rounds from enemy fire, had so many holes and it still survived and back to the base.
They had a firefighter Huey where I lived, and when they received it from Nam, they had to patch nearly 200 bullet holes out of the frame before it was firefighting worthy, but the engine ran like new.
I have question why is the uh 1 huey propeller tilt forward
Solo una questione di culo, non avevano colpito punti vitali
@@dioniciothomas6755 You'd have to understand how swashplate works. Then you will understand. Cyclic causes to do that. without any collective applied, cyclic will tilt in a direction based on where the stick is resting. Once you apply collective it will lift off and try to fly in that direction. As you see, the pilot applied collective and corrected the cyclic position so the main prop wasn't tilted forward anymore.
Xạo lồn quá ,máy bay của bọn mỹ qua vn một là làm sắt vụn ,2 là làm công cụ để đánh lại bọn mỹ khốn cướp nước Việt Nam tao
Shoulda' seen the goosebumps come up on my arms when they fired up that turbine! Thanks 4 sharing!
Never saw such a maneuver before!
Looks like the one guy pushes the 🚁 a bit while hovering & the other guy's stance so close to the tail rotor. Seems like they trust more than 100% into this awesome machine!. Yep, 👍🏼 I’m very impressed!!!.
Is it just me who also can appreciate the iconic greenish cockpit view?
My dad was in the USMC in WW II and fought in a number islands in the South Pacific. We would watch the news, back in the day, and see what the helicoptors were doing getting guys out. I clearly recall my dad saying with with quite a bit of emotion "I sure wish we had those things...we could have saved a lot a guys."
The Huey is an iconic helicopter! And some nations still use it!
You know that sound could be heard more than 6 feet down. Those who rode these in Battle and Buried there were having a Moment of pleasure.
My father was a Huey pilot in Nam. Rattler 22 was his call sign. This was the last video the he & I watched together the day he passed way. I watch this video and think about him. I’m a very proud son of my Army father who was also a Deputy Sheriff. He served. Bless all of the those who served there country in the military and those who served the community in law enforcement. I say Thank you.
Chris Grubbs may he Rest In Peace 👍🏻
I might be corrected on this but - a chopper pilot explained to me why an approaching Huey makes the loud ''wop-wop" sound and yet when flying away this decreases a lot. Supposedly it is due to "leading edge" vortex... each blade 'collides' with the vortex of the last blade and the sound travels forward for most part. Seemed to make sense as I had always wondered.
Worked for a reforestation company years ago , they’d run a 212 external payload to us out in bf nowhere ... seeing (hearing) it come in through a misty low ceiling northern Ontario morning kinda gave ya chills.
Nothing like the sound of the hueys. Served 2 tours in Vietnam as door gunner with 1st Air Cavalry. I'm 75 years old now, hard to believe that was almost 54 years ago. Hueys have a distinct sound. Like no other. God bless all my brother who made it back and God bless all who gave it all
My Father was a Huey pilot and I was his crew chief/mechanic. He also flew loaches. Miss those days
nam vets in grave “wait a sec, i know that sound”
my dad was a flyer during the vietnam war australian army and supported in the battle of long tan victory
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Who' his name i wonder ?
تؤللاع٣هقه٦بقصفزعلانين ٣من ٨
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Beautiful bird. Nothing like the sound of an inbound Huey.
love that sound! never gets old!
TobiasG Tobyzo spent 12mo as a door gunner we wear The bounty Hunters
Never ever brother, never ever.
I remember getting out onto the skids before abseiling down. Lovely view from the door.
As a mechanic that works on the new models of these aircraft, the venom, my anxiety levels were through the roof while that guy was standing right next to tail rotor on startup. The crew on this aircraft break so many mannerisms that your supposed to uphold due to safety and it's terrifying.
Yeah that was hard to watch how many times he walks back by the tail rotor, and also walking on the uphill side of the aircraft while it is moving.
I agree with you. The grade of F-minus for safety for the PIC (pilot in command) and crew. This not a combat situation.
Wow. My Uncle Ray was buried there in 2012. He flew that bird in Nam and his brother, Todd, was the doorgunner. Then they figured out they were brothers and separated them. Uncle Ray was at the air show that evacuated casualties to a hospital in the Huey he had flown there. RIP Uncle and dad.
I remember hearing these helicopters when I was a kid.
Love the sound then and still love the sound now.
It never ceases to amaze me about two things ...first is in movies or TV shows someone can drive a car without crashing while talking face to face with the passenger for lengthy periods ..Also in this regard how they come rushing out and get an aircraft , especially a helicopter and get it off the ground in seconds ...These beauties take at least several minutes before flight is remotely possible and safety checklists are carried out for every single flight ..These beautiful birds are a very special piece of kit and this video is fascinating Thank you ...
Thank you I had a good time recording this event. I fly in a helicopter almost every day and even when I get in my car I sometimes find myself running a checklist. And by the way when you see in a movie people driving cars, the cars are usually on a trailer being towed behind a camera vehicle
The Vietnam Vets buried at that cemetery were no doubt saluting those men...! God Bless our Vets , especially those who served in Vietnam..!!
Raven Leader, many thanks to those served!!! God bless y'all!!!
Amen
I bet there is gonna be someone saying that vEts arE mOnSTers. You call those people idiots.
I love hueys what a beautiful piece of machinery my uncle brad did two tours in Vietnam so his brother wouldn't have to enlist. I have more respect for old vets over these lazy veterans we have today in our military.
Looks extra badass with those M60's hanging out the doors.
Some of my favorite aviation sounds in no particular order. Huey H1 approaching to land, P 51 Mustang in a dive at a full throttle air show center, any radial engine start up and Blue Angle F 18 high speed fly byes for the raw sound of speed 👍🏻
My favorite aircraft sounds are: The P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, and Hurricane. Merlin engine. 1200 HP, twelve cylinders of glorious noise. The F-104 Starfighter. That howl is so distinctive from all other jet fighters. Wicked. The UH-1 Iroquois (Huey), the sound that defined the 60s and the 70s. The B-1B Lancer (Bone) and the F-111 Aardvark (pigs that fly). THE sounds of freedom. The KC-135A Stratotanker with the J-57 engine. Roughly 2 minutes of water injection on initial takeoff was a crowd pleaser! The KC-135R with the CFM-56. Double your thrust, double your fun. In thrust we trust, as I flew this airframe for 29 years.
My ARNG unit in the early 1990s was still using UH-1H Huey choppers until 1992. As infantryman, we hopped rides in both Hueys and Black Hawks, whatever was available at the time -- as we were perhaps the last generation to use and cycle through both aircraft when they were operational. There's nothing like the stability and the sound of twin turbines on a Black Hawk that exudes nothing but raw power that can turn on a dime. But all truth be told, the whop-whop of the Hueys and the raw torque you feel on the floorboards is incomparable as well. The half dozen times we rode on Hueys were unforgettable.
Man that sound can’t be mistaken😎 For me it was, is and will always be the best helicopter 🚁 . Great video thanks for sharing 👍
Grace flowers blown to heck! 💛🙏🏽
That's a sound I will never forget ☺️
Love these things, I used to regularly see them flying in formation when I was alot younger. You could hear them coming from miles away.
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May 29, 2023 is when I first caught it’s return of the Bell Huey UH-1. This was a nostalgic helicopter. I remember back from the first time I went to the lone tree cemetery in Fairview Ave, Hayward, CA, there were originally two helicopters in the ground. One being the Bell Huey and the other being bell 47-G. I watched them takeoff. It was amazing. Now there’s only one helicopter for Memorial Day. And over the years, I kept seeing Bell Huey on the graveyard from 2013?-2019. On 2019, this is the last time I’ve seen him before the pandemic started in 2020. From 2020-2022 there was no sign of the Bell Huey UH-1 anywhere due to Covid Storm. That is until 2023, when I heard a distinguish sound from my room and have to go outside and see what’s that sound. And then I remembered, that sound. The beast. Bell Huey UH-1 has arrived at the lone tree cemetery. This helicopter has now returned to the Memorial Day program. I’ve caught this helicopter flying around over my house before it landed on the cemetery. I have got extremely hyped about this and want it to go see it. I’ve took a look at this helicopter and it looks really beautiful and gives me the chills. And then I’ve watched it startup and takeoff from the cemetery. But that’s not all, I’ve see it overflying above me. This helicopter is one of the best helicopters not just the us but all over the world. Without Bell Huey, not only lone tree cemetery, but Memorial Day won’t be the same.
EMU 309 lives at the Hayward Executive Airport. You can find more information about it at www.hueyvets.com
I was lucky enough to have grown up about 30 miles from Ft. Rucker which is the Army rotor wing training center. How many times I have heard and seen this particular type helo. Matter of fact name a model regularly used in their inventory and it has flown around here. Great place to visit is the staging fields where they do hover, fly around and auto rotation practice. It's even cooler when they do it at night.
It's a powerful and awesome machine. I am proud to have flown her..
well done you, a machine i will never fly but that unmistakeable sound is music
my husband was NAVY but did the same thing.
Lee Neil Me too. Even if she did try to kill me.
Lee Neil
Thank you! For saving many lives!
So many modern sophisticated helicopters in the world...but my heart fell for the HUEY
That Sound!!!!! Huey, the Best. Yesterday one flew over my house. First after years. Love the Sound!!!!
Yesterday was a popular day for the Huey. This one was flying in Hayward, California.
What a fantastically well filmed video, no dumb music or choppy edits, zoomed in exactly where I would have zoomed in, great video! Love it!
Danny dragon - 🖕
That legendary sound in saigon 😍
I truelly love the Bell Helicopter UH1H..My stepdad flew these in Vietnam..both troop and gunships out of Dianang Air Base, Vietnam
Huey. The MG42 of helicopters; absolutely iconic in looks and sound.
One of the best sounds ever. Badass
When those blades are balanced, it’s heaven.
Funny how a clip a couple years old pops up to view. Now certain helicopters have very distinctive sounds (Hawks, Dolphins, Cobras and a Chinook), but one that’s tops is a Huey.
Maybe I’m partial to a Huey for my reasons, but it’s got the best sound of a flying helicopter. Now the sound of a Cobra or Apache sending steel downrange is awesome too.
my ALL TIME DREAM helo, the HUEY GUNSHIP.
The sound it makes when it hovers the field so the rangers could jump out and vanish in the elephant grass.
I must have watched this video about 10x the person who took video is good those guys flew that bird in war time they went thru hell lost a lot of friends and they made it back respect goes out to all of our service men and women again respect and thanks for protecting us
I love this helicopter. I'm not a Vietnam veteran. I was actually born during the war.I love the thud sound the blades make when it passes over you.incredible machine. took a lot of AK 47 hits and kept on going.
D A E Jim Kim
There’s nothing in the world like the sound and feeling of going into a hard bank while onboard one of these beauties. Nothing.
When I was a kid, there was a lot of military aircraft flying their path over me. I'd run out the house when I heard one, to see what it was. That was decades ago. A year ago I was out of town shopping and leaving the store, and I heard a helicopter and couldn't contain myself. "That's a F--king HUEY!!!!!" I said out loud, in front of a bunch of random shoppers coming in and going out, looking at me with quizzical faces. It was still about a mile out and not in sight, but there is nothing like the sound of an inbound Huey.
Bon voyage... the best cargo helicopter in the history
Love the sound of the Huey
Imagine seeing these great machines back in the 70s
what beautiful ship.
I hope they had Fortune Son playing as the Huey was flying!!!
Man! That sound must send shivers down the back of Vietnam infantry veterans!
such a glorious and graceful t/o. very well done.
Best job in the world. God I wish I'd paid more attention in schools
Each to their own I guess. I can think of jobs that pay more and be home each night.
Now that is a serious send-off!!
Cool video. Thanks for sharing. I fly with these guys from time to time... great people.
I know an old Nam vet, Pete, who was a Marine back then. He will occasionally comment that these old Hueys "...saved my ass more than once. I'll always remember that sound, when they were coming in fast to pick me out of a bad situation. I'll always love those old Hueys".
I hope Huey will never die.