My dad flew the UH1 in Vietnam 70-71. He flew with the 71st AHC Rattlers 501 Co. Rattler 22 was his call sign. He was CWO2. He alway said that the greatest sound was an inbound Huey. Paul Grubbs was his name. R.I.P. dad, I love you!
You don't get a better sounding helicopter than the UH-1 Huey and if any Vietnam War veterans are watching Thank You for your service and Welcome Home.
Same here. I grew up with Magnum PI's backstory, A Team, Rambo, etc. Enlisted after HS and did almost 9 years of 20 overseas. Those old heroes never lost the mystic for me and I hope I did their legacy proud.
I grew up in Hurst, Texas about 3 miles from the Bell Helicopter plant that built alot of the Huey’s and Cobras. My dad worked there 36 years. Loved to hear and see them flying over the house.
I grew up in Richland Hills, and when the war was going strong in '69, '70,'71, they were constantly flying shakedown runs off the production line. That Huey sound imprinted itself into my mind deeply. I was in the first grade in 1971, and they would buzz over Richland Elementary all day.
700 hours in a Huey as crew chief. 1/9 charlie troop and HHT 70-71. Hawkeye 6, General Putnams bird. Lots of stick time. Nice video. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to take another ride.
We had 38803 in our unit, Mass Army Guard for quite a few years. She was a good aircraft, did many auto's as an IP in her......the sound never leaves your memory....thanks for the ride guys!
I would love to sit crew one last time. SP/4 (ret) Gary Steele 67N20 SocTrang "Tigers" 67-68. Hit by mortar (Feb.19th, 1968) 3 days before the base was over run, base was taken back about 4 days later. Some of the best of times and some of the worst of times in my life! You can leave Nam, but it will NEVER leave you!
I’ll never forget getting out of the TH55 and into the UH1 at Rucker. Miles of switches and buttons and thought I would never be able to fly it. It was the easiest and most forgiving aircraft I flew. Cobra was a close second. Loved it and to this day, miss it
Thanks for the video, the ride and reliving the experience. It made my heart race a little faster remembering flying in this Vietnam workhorse. Served in the 145th Combat Aviation Battalion in 1967 & 1968 in Nam.
First Theres the sound of bullets and mortors all around me then comes the sound of the whispering Huey on it's way to save brave men in battle as they come to the rescue protecting me in a shield steel as a rain of fire falls on the enermy from above and the Angel's come to take me home Flown by gods soldiers. God bless each and everyone of you thank you for your service .
When was the last time the crew chief on that chopper swung the blades for alignment? The 1 to 1 vibration is as obvious on the ground as it is in the air. I was an Army crew chief before I went to Army flight school.
I worked with a Vietnam vet in Whitehorse Yukon Canada. He was an Awesome pilot. Got us were we nedded to go and got us out safely. He died in a rescue. God Bless you Chief. You will always be remembered and loved.
Brings back a lot of memories from Camp Holloway 1967-1968 when I was a crew chief with 170th AHC 52nd Avn Bn 1stAvn Bde. Lot of great pilots saved our butts. Huey pilots were awesome!
Interesting. 63-08803 was assigned to Mass Army National Guard at Otis ANGB on Cape Cod in the '80s and '90s. I piloted it dozens of times. Looks pretty healthy in the video. It was a "D" model originally and upgraded to an "H" before it showed up at Otis. One of the older (1963) aircraft in our unit. Even in Vietnam I never flew one older than a '68. 30 years and 4,000 flight hours in Hueys.
While watching this I was slowly slipping into an image in my mind of me sitting next to the door gun while flying over the jungles of Vietnam. Suddenly green painted toenails appeared and I snapped out of it.
The Huey defines the sound of the Vietnam War to me. I was a kid in the UK during the war and it never ceased to amaze me of the skills of the pilots and the gunners.
I am from Belarus republic, but... I think that pilot must say some words befor take off :"GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!!!" (in memory of all fallen warriors). I'm 34 years old and i remember this war of your country, i remember history 1965-1975...
Was assigned to a MAC Air Rescue unit, Minot AFB, ND - Detachment 7, 37 Air Rescue & Recovery Squadron. We were nothing but glorified taxi driver, for the 91st Missile Wing. One rescue while there . . . T-39 flameout, on takeoff . . . pilot didn't survive
Nice video. May God bless to all that served in Vietnam. I was born in 1960. When I was about 5 I started asking questions about what Walter Cronkite was talking about. He would start out every night saying “In Vietnam Today” and then give his report. I have been able to pay my respects at the wall. I hated hippies and protestors.
So nice.... I love this huey and his sound.. I remember in the 1990 next to my house in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 US. army Armory those baby's land & take off every day, I run to my roof to see it more closely... By the way my father was in the Aviation unit in San Juan PR...
I wonder if people today recognise the hellish risks those guys ran with every day in Vietnam,hostiles all around them,flying a new type of aircraft,in a new kind of war,isolated from the country they grew up in,and fighting for part of a nation which didn't seem to care anyway.
THE GUY'S CAME HOME AND GOT SPIT ON ,HOW AWFUL TO GO HOME TO THAT, THAT IS HOW THEY WERE TREATED, BY US AMERICANS, REAL IGNORENT IS IN IT ? I WAS 12 WHEN MY BROTHER CAME HOME IN 66, I CAME HOME FROM SCHOOLL HAD NO IDEA WHEN HE WAS TO RETURN, BUT THERE HE WAS, NO ONE KNOWS HOW HAPPY I WAS TO SEE MY BRO, NEVER WILL FORGET THAT DAY, I WAS ALWAYS CLOSE TO HIMM THEN MY OTHER 2 BRO,OH WELL ,I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY WHEN I CAME HOME FROM SCHOOLL AT 3.30 PM , WOW !!!!
Flew them in Nam, and at Bradley in the CT Army Guard. One of them was the same aircraft I flew on my first tour in Nam and on my second tour in a different unit, I was surprised to see it on the Guard Ramp at Bradley again!
Someone said: " The image and sound of helicopters Huey UH - 1 is a part of Vietnam war ". Yes, it is true as for me personally. The image and sound of helicopters Huey UH - 1 starting up, taking off and landing everyday at a small helicopter airport in front of my Quoc Hoc high school after " TET Mau Than " 1968 have engraved upon my mind. And many Huey UH - 1 helicopters were shot down by V.C from 1968 to end of Vietnam war. Especially, I saw directly a crash of a Huey UH - 1 right after taking off and was sunk deep at the bottom of Huong Giang river in Hue city ( behind the Quoc Hoc stone stele ), very very sorrowful there was a pilot of VNAF died at that time.
I loved flying in my Huey but in 1970, we flew so much, I got tired of flying. Then the Army made so many rules about unloading the 60s every time we landed in a FSB, it became an aggravation being a door gunner - crew chief. At the end of my first tour, I didn't miss flying Iike I did in the beginning. My pilots were fantastic. They flew with only the main rotar blades above the tree tops. Amazing. How they saw a pathway through the trees at 80 knots still astounds me today.
Really enjoyed your video, especially since it was from the left-rear (the Crew Chief's) side. I flew in that seat with the 114th AHC (Knights) out of Vinh Long in 69-70.
Greetings from Spain and a former FAMET. Helicopter unit. UH 1H and Huey. 1975 to 1977. Spanish Army. I love the Huey. I flew until 1989. Now I'm retired.
I came to the 189th Ghostriders in October 1970. I don’t have as many photos as you but I have information. When the helicopters of the 189th got turned over to the ARVN, I was there. You look familiar. I think I was in 2nd flight but I have some photos I need to get off slides. Also I was in touch with Ike, until he pasted away. We were both from Massachusetts. I know the whole story and can share with you. I was transferred to the 157th Gladiators for 6 months then again to the 129th Bulldogs until DEROS. Ike was with me the whole time. When I left he stayed and rolled over for another 6 months. Love to hear from you. Your memory is better than mine.
The first time i ever heard a Huey landing near our hospital was such a wonderful experience. Very distinctive sound. I love that sound.In real much better than on UA-cam. It was the patient's last wish to fly in a Huey before dying. That was ONE special day!
Greetings! This footage sure does not look like Vietnam. Also, the video quality is too good for back then. Instructed in a Huey for over twenty years and it's a reliable workhorse. Best of luck!
Brings back alot of memories as I pioleted one of these during the gulf War and was shot in the head and we crashed yet I walked out of the morgue.I have more metals than any soldier on earth. The unknown soldier is Me-Ian Ami Melbourne
I shot a film with Ethma one weekend and I'M pretty sure it was just so we could take the ride! Definitely the loudest aircraft I had ever been in before. The pilot was crazy too!
i was born in 1960 and vietnam was in our living rooms at 6 oclock with the evening news in Australia,,, for some reason this conflict has allways stayed with me even as a kid 5000 miles from where it was happening.. walter cronkite i think was the guy telling the story.
@@michaelallen1396 Cronkite was a world federalist and not pro-United States. Being a world gov't type makes it impossible to support the Constitution or the Republic it created. But of course we did know this until he retired and the world federalists gave him an award for all his "good" work and Hillary congratulated him.
@@anthonycontares8660 This all became irrelevant when the commies started their war of "liberation". Once the commies start to "liberate" a country it is not longer about colonialism its about good vs evil. Then of course there is this from www.tourismcambodia.com/about-cambodia/cambodian-history.htm which seems to counter what you posted. French Rule By the second half of the 19th century, France had begun to expand its colonial penetration of Indochina (the peninsula between India and China). In 1863 France accepted the Cambodian king's invitation to impose a protectorate over his severely weakened kingdom, halting the country's dismemberment by Thailand and Vietnam. For the next 90 years, France ruled Cambodia. In theory, French administration was indirect, but in practice the word of French officials was final on all major subjects-including the selection of Cambodia's kings. The French left Cambodian institutions, including the monarchy, in place, and gradually developed a Cambodian civil service, organized along French lines. The French administration neglected education but built roads, port facilities, and other public works. Phnom Penh, as planned by the French, came to resemble a town in provincial France. The French invested relatively little in Cambodia's economy compared to that of Vietnam, which was also under French control. However, they developed rubber plantations in eastern Cambodia, and the kingdom exported sizable amounts of rice under their rule. The French also restored the Angkor temple complex and deciphered Angkorean inscriptions, which gave Cambodians a clear idea of their medieval heritage and kindled their pride in Cambodia's past. Because France left the monarchy, Buddhism, and the rhythms of rural life undisturbed, anti-French feeling was slow to develop.
Looks similar to Dover AFB in Delaware where we use to land to refuel on hour way to Lakehurst Naval Air Station in NJ from Fort Belvoir, VA. during my time as the Detachment Commander of the Night Vision Laboratories Support Branch.
Sorry to rain on anyone's parade but, I understand the desire for a bit of hot dogging, I'd be more careful of altitude drops during turns, very low tree clearance with a pull up at tree line, flying down into a quarry. It might be me but I value my civilian passengers lives a bit more. Engine failure, or TR failure strikes hard when it does. On a more positive note, it was fun to be back in the aircraft, at least from a passenger viewpoint. Thanks for the video.
Geez, you are so correct. Stall is too close at that altitude, no space to recover. One reason I will not ride with a driver bringing back old times. I noted two minutes after start, the rotor wasn't synchronizing w/the turbine speed, a slight imbalance. Two thumbs, ya got the ride.
I enlisted Nov 67, MOS was 67n20. Arrived RVN Nov 68 assigned to HHC 3rd Brigade 9th Inf Div. Tan An airfield. Flew door gunner on Oh-6's, best of times, worst of times. Wouldn't change a minute of it!
I served in the Army during Vietnam. From 1969- 1973. I worked at the post hospital as a EKG Tech. at Fort Devens, Mass. I saw so many of our guys coming through. Love to all our troops. Pearline
The men who flew these machines into and out of very dangerous areas were absolute heroes in my mind. This was the first real helicopter war and so much was learned that was handed down.
Revolutionary aircraft!! Been lucky to jump from one, or two; but just for fun.. respect to all who served, & all who served on this aircraft.. you changed the world
My dad flew the UH1 in Vietnam 70-71. He flew with the 71st AHC Rattlers 501 Co. Rattler 22 was his call sign. He was CWO2. He alway said that the greatest sound was an inbound Huey. Paul Grubbs was his name. R.I.P. dad, I love you!
He was a american hero.
Flew UH-60s a couple years ago with a/2-501. Unit changed in 2019 from the Blackcats back to Rattlers in honor of of the Vietnam heritage of the unit.
Just say CW2, CWO2 is Navy. May your father, our Brother, RIP 129 AHC Cobra guns 69-70
I loaded stretchers on the Huey in Vietnam,still remember the pride in saving lives
Thank you for your service sir. Your a hero to those you saved.
Thank you for being there Brother!
You don't get a better sounding helicopter than the UH-1 Huey and if any Vietnam War veterans are watching Thank You for your service and Welcome Home.
Vietnam vets were my real life heroes when I was a little kid in the 1980’s. They are awesome....wherever they are.
Same here. I grew up with Magnum PI's backstory, A Team, Rambo, etc. Enlisted after HS and did almost 9 years of 20 overseas. Those old heroes never lost the mystic for me and I hope I did their legacy proud.
I grew up in Hurst, Texas about 3 miles from the Bell Helicopter plant that built alot of the Huey’s and Cobras. My dad worked there 36 years. Loved to hear and see them flying over the house.
I grew up in Richland Hills, and when the war was going strong in '69, '70,'71, they were constantly flying shakedown runs off the production line. That Huey sound imprinted itself into my mind deeply. I was in the first grade in 1971, and they would buzz over Richland Elementary all day.
700 hours in a Huey as crew chief. 1/9 charlie troop and HHT 70-71. Hawkeye 6, General Putnams bird. Lots of stick time. Nice video. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to take another ride.
Got a couple pictures of Putnam taken in Sept 1970.
We had 38803 in our unit, Mass Army Guard for quite a few years. She was a good aircraft, did many auto's as an IP in her......the sound never leaves your memory....thanks for the ride guys!
"Aint nothin' more sweeter than the sound of an inbound Huey."
Cory or an A-10
Cory “They heard the sound of our motors and counted the rotors”. Vietnam Era helo crews AWESOME
Or one spooling to life 67 november
I flew UH-1H in nam 68-69 then Medivac in ARNG. Retied with 26 yrs service. Brings back a lot of good memories, THANK YOU!!!!
Thanks for flying me around.
WOPA
@@Wildcat5181 You are most welcome George. Thank you!
Thanks for your service in my country....
I would love to sit crew one last time. SP/4 (ret) Gary Steele 67N20 SocTrang "Tigers" 67-68. Hit by mortar (Feb.19th, 1968) 3 days before the base was over run, base was taken back about 4 days later. Some of the best of times and some of the worst of times in my life! You can leave Nam, but it will NEVER leave you!
Gary Steele I live in Metro Manila and when I see MUSLIMS I dont feel so happy happy Joy joy
Thank you for your sacrifices and long live the Huey.
I do really love that helicopter, the Huey. I like its sound, its power. It is a great machine!
I’ll never forget getting out of the TH55 and into the UH1 at Rucker. Miles of switches and buttons and thought I would never be able to fly it. It was the easiest and most forgiving aircraft I flew. Cobra was a close second. Loved it and to this day, miss it
Thanks for the video, the ride and reliving the experience. It made my heart race a little faster remembering flying in this Vietnam workhorse. Served in the 145th Combat Aviation Battalion in 1967 & 1968 in Nam.
Thank you for your service 🫡
And if no one said it then, welcome home
Flew the UH-1H in Vietnam '68-'69. Great aircraft, but loved my AH-1G Cobra more!
First Theres the sound of bullets and mortors all around me then comes the sound of the whispering Huey on it's way to save brave men in battle as they come to the rescue protecting me in a shield steel as a rain of fire falls on the enermy from above and the Angel's come to take me home Flown by gods soldiers.
God bless each and everyone of you thank you for your service .
That climb out of the end near the quarry, epic.
When was the last time the crew chief on that chopper swung the blades for alignment? The 1 to 1 vibration is as obvious on the ground as it is in the air. I was an Army crew chief before I went to Army flight school.
I thought so
Seems normal to me
Really love to hear the huey turbine and rotor sound the only missing thing is a JP smell lol.
I flew the Huey in Vietnam a little over 1,500 hrs. No mechanical problems, but got shot up more than a few times. It was a good aircraft.
I hear you brother.
I worked with a Vietnam vet in Whitehorse Yukon Canada. He was an Awesome pilot. Got us were we nedded to go and got us out safely. He died in a rescue. God Bless you Chief. You will always be remembered and loved.
Brings back a lot of memories from Camp Holloway 1967-1968 when I was a crew chief with 170th AHC 52nd Avn Bn 1stAvn Bde. Lot of great pilots saved our butts. Huey pilots were awesome!
Bless those of us who survived
And those who didn't
Interesting. 63-08803 was assigned to Mass Army National Guard at Otis ANGB on Cape Cod in the '80s and '90s. I piloted it dozens of times. Looks pretty healthy in the video. It was a "D" model originally and upgraded to an "H" before it showed up at Otis. One of the older (1963) aircraft in our unit. Even in Vietnam I never flew one older than a '68. 30 years and 4,000 flight hours in Hueys.
While watching this I was slowly slipping into an image in my mind of me sitting next to the door gun while flying over the jungles of Vietnam. Suddenly green painted toenails appeared and I snapped out of it.
The Huey defines the sound of the Vietnam War to me. I was a kid in the UK during the war and it never ceased to amaze me of the skills of the pilots and the gunners.
Same here...i was fort enough to meet a huey door gunner veteran in Saigon...he kindly gave me his time &the stories he would tell....gave me chills.
I’ve still got my helmet, vest and gunners belt. Let’s go flying!!!
We used to fly Hueys with our RNZAF.. thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿
I love the sound of the Huey.....
I was a Crew Chief with the 571st Med Det (MAST) for 5 years at Ft Carson, Co Loved every minute of it.
A nice video. Enjoyed the "ride!" I served as a door gunner on a crash recovery Huey in Vietnam in '71 with the 56th TC at LTN.
Bill Q thank God you made it back home!!
I was at LTN in 1971 working for Norman Harwell and Associates
William Blankinship where's LTN?
.@@markhammond4265 Lontan worst battle of Nam for ground troops
Thank for your services
Hey, I can see my house
from here ! WTF ?!?!?!
What's that strange car in
the drive way ?!?!?!
Grew up in West Berlin in the 70’s. The sound of Huey’s flying overhead was always comforting to me. I knew the soldiers were watching over us.
I am from Belarus republic, but... I think that pilot must say some words befor take off :"GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!!!" (in memory of all fallen warriors). I'm 34 years old and i remember this war of your country, i remember history 1965-1975...
You know its swell....IT's Bell!. Spent many nights in the Bell hotel. Best helicopter EVER made. over 2,000 hours in em, still alive to say.
"River Bravo six...we are inbound on your pos. ...say again. ..inbound on your pos "
Brings back the memories of my time as a crew chief in Vietnam and then 2 years at Ft Riley Kansas
Spent some time in Irwin Army (Ft Riley) Hospital after Vietnam..
Damn near lost my leg..
Welcome home..
@@kernriver1967 So glad you made it home and didn't loose your leg
Love the sound of a huey! It was the coolest ride I ever had in the Army.
Truly a 'pick up truck' in country.....could take a beating and still fly.....wow real ammo
Chief was a Huey Pilot in Nam. He first did SAR and then went to Airborne. He was a hero. RIP Chief.
Was assigned to a MAC Air Rescue unit, Minot AFB, ND - Detachment 7, 37 Air Rescue & Recovery Squadron. We were nothing but glorified taxi driver, for the 91st Missile Wing. One rescue while there . . . T-39 flameout, on takeoff . . . pilot didn't survive
Amazing, this helicopter is a legend, I love it, this sound, this tremor, I would love to fly one that served in Vietnam.
Greetings from Brazil
I seen one of these UH-1 attemp a 360* in pleiku vietnam. almost made it, only has a single fuel pump. 4th inf div. 10th armored. 1969
Nice video. May God bless to all that served in Vietnam. I was born in 1960. When I was about 5 I started asking questions about what Walter Cronkite was talking about. He would start out every night saying “In Vietnam Today” and then give his report. I have been able to pay my respects at the wall. I hated hippies and protestors.
THANK YOU!
So nice.... I love this huey and his sound.. I remember in the 1990 next to my house in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 US. army Armory those baby's land & take off every day, I run to my roof to see it more closely... By the way my father was in the Aviation unit in San Juan PR...
Luis, we thk him for his Av service. Two thumbs-up to him.
This is real helli.....
I wonder if people today recognise the hellish risks those guys ran with every day in Vietnam,hostiles all around them,flying a new type of aircraft,in a new kind of war,isolated from the country they grew up in,and fighting for part of a nation which didn't seem to care anyway.
THE GUY'S CAME HOME AND GOT SPIT ON ,HOW AWFUL TO GO HOME TO THAT, THAT IS HOW THEY WERE TREATED, BY US AMERICANS, REAL IGNORENT IS IN IT ? I WAS 12 WHEN MY BROTHER CAME HOME IN 66, I CAME HOME FROM SCHOOLL HAD NO IDEA WHEN HE WAS TO RETURN, BUT THERE HE WAS, NO ONE KNOWS HOW HAPPY I WAS TO SEE MY BRO, NEVER WILL FORGET THAT DAY, I WAS ALWAYS CLOSE TO HIMM THEN MY OTHER 2 BRO,OH WELL ,I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY WHEN I CAME HOME FROM SCHOOLL AT 3.30 PM , WOW !!!!
Flew them in Nam, and at Bradley in the CT Army Guard. One of them was the same aircraft I flew on my first tour in Nam and on my second tour in a different unit, I was surprised to see it on the Guard Ramp at Bradley again!
Flew in these fighting forest fires in BC Canada. They could haul all our gear and personnel in one trip, simply awesome machines
Ah.... built in 63 wouldn't that be a UH1D powered by a T53-L-11? I flew the UH1H and they weren't introduced until 66. Just saying.
Someone said: " The image and sound of helicopters Huey UH - 1 is a part of Vietnam war ". Yes, it is true as for me personally.
The image and sound of helicopters Huey UH - 1 starting up, taking off and landing everyday at a small helicopter airport in front of my Quoc Hoc high school after " TET Mau Than " 1968 have engraved upon my mind. And many Huey UH - 1 helicopters were shot down by V.C from 1968 to end of Vietnam war.
Especially, I saw directly a crash of a Huey UH - 1 right after taking off and was sunk deep at the bottom of Huong Giang river in Hue city ( behind the Quoc Hoc stone stele ), very very sorrowful there was a pilot of VNAF died at that time.
Sweet ride when you really need one.
Vibration
Thanks Don
We you get in there no getting out
Brings back a lot of memories. Needless to say this was taken with a 8mm color film camera. And there's sound too!
John Wolf that’s no 8mm
John Wolf ...I am curious why you believe this. I thought it was recorded digitally.
dixler mudflap mudflap it was
I loved flying in my Huey but in 1970, we flew so much, I got tired of flying. Then the Army made so many rules about unloading the 60s every time we landed in a FSB, it became an aggravation being a door gunner - crew chief. At the end of my first tour, I didn't miss flying Iike I did in the beginning. My pilots were fantastic. They flew with only the main rotar blades above the tree tops. Amazing. How they saw a pathway through the trees at 80 knots still astounds me today.
Really enjoyed your video, especially since it was from the left-rear (the Crew Chief's) side. I flew in that seat with the 114th AHC (Knights) out of Vinh Long in 69-70.
Greetings from Spain and a former FAMET. Helicopter unit. UH 1H and Huey. 1975 to 1977. Spanish Army. I love the Huey. I flew until 1989. Now I'm retired.
I came to the 189th Ghostriders in October 1970. I don’t have as many photos as you but I have information. When the helicopters of the 189th got turned over to the ARVN, I was there. You look familiar. I think I was in 2nd flight but I have some photos I need to get off slides. Also I was in touch with Ike, until he pasted away. We were both from Massachusetts. I know the whole story and can share with you. I was transferred to the 157th Gladiators for 6 months then again to the 129th Bulldogs until DEROS. Ike was with me the whole time. When I left he stayed and rolled over for another 6 months. Love to hear from you. Your memory is better than mine.
Combat wasn't so tough. It was a lot tougher on the those that didn't survive than those of us that did.
HU-1 the best helicopter ever the sound is special
I’m not big on flying, avoid it big time, but I’d pay to ride on one of those beauties with some older pilots that flew those things in Vietnam
🔴 posting in Honorable Memory of Lancers Squadron B Co. #158. SERVING THIS NATION WITH Holy HELL 🔥🔥 from above , 🦅🇺🇲🦅‼️
The first time i ever heard a Huey landing near our hospital was such a wonderful experience. Very distinctive sound. I love that sound.In real much better than on UA-cam. It was the patient's last wish to fly in a Huey before dying. That was ONE special day!
“71-72” NhaTrang 68F20 (aircraft electrician ) nothin like the sound of the pop of the Hueys coming from a mission!
Greetings! This footage sure does not look like Vietnam. Also, the video quality is too good for back then. Instructed in a Huey for over twenty years and it's a reliable workhorse. Best of luck!
Brings back alot of memories as I pioleted one of these during the gulf War and was shot in the head and we crashed yet I walked out of the morgue.I have more metals than any soldier on earth. The unknown soldier is Me-Ian Ami Melbourne
Thanks for the ride and photography, and especially keeping the Huey rotor sound without the usual moronic stupid music.
Just the sound brings tears to my eyes
I love uh1 hey 😎😎😎😎😎🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒✌✌✌✌
I shot a film with Ethma one weekend and I'M pretty sure it was just so we could take the ride! Definitely the loudest aircraft I had ever been in before. The pilot was crazy too!
Somewhere on that panel is a button that when pushed plays Fortunate Son over the comms. Well, it’s a nice thought….
If you rode in these back in the day you know you ain’t no fortunate son. Sorry if this pun is not as CLEAR as WATER.
Lived with that Huey sound day and nite fist cav 2/20 incountry 13 1/2 months 70 -71
Does the Army keep a few airworthy as a historical flight or are they privately supported??
Great video. Sounded like everyone was having fun. Thank you for serving.
Crew chief 67-17673, 237 Med Det (HA) Dustoff Camp Evans, RVN 68/69
I flew in the Spanish Sahara until its independence in 1976 and later in Seville.
i was born in 1960 and vietnam was in our living rooms at 6 oclock with the evening news in Australia,,, for some reason this conflict has allways stayed with me even as a kid 5000 miles from where it was happening.. walter cronkite i think was the guy telling the story.
10 years old every night Walter Cronkite ..."and the body count today in Vietnam is....", I watched TET in black and white...
@@michaelallen1396 Cronkite was a world federalist and not pro-United States. Being a world gov't type makes it impossible to support the Constitution or the Republic it created. But of course we did know this until he retired and the world federalists gave him an award for all his "good" work and Hillary congratulated him.
@Phil M Yeah he stabbed the US in the back. But he was a proponent of the totalitarian one world gov't so a successful US stymied his agenda.
@@anthonycontares8660 This all became irrelevant when the commies started their war of "liberation". Once the commies start to "liberate" a country it is not longer about colonialism its about good vs evil. Then of course there is this from
www.tourismcambodia.com/about-cambodia/cambodian-history.htm
which seems to counter what you posted.
French Rule
By the second half of the 19th century, France had begun to expand its colonial penetration of Indochina (the peninsula between India and China). In 1863 France accepted the Cambodian king's invitation to impose a protectorate over his severely weakened kingdom, halting the country's dismemberment by Thailand and Vietnam. For the next 90 years, France ruled Cambodia. In theory, French administration was indirect, but in practice the word of French officials was final on all major subjects-including the selection of Cambodia's kings. The French left Cambodian institutions, including the monarchy, in place, and gradually developed a Cambodian civil service, organized along French lines. The French administration neglected education but built roads, port facilities, and other public works. Phnom Penh, as planned by the French, came to resemble a town in provincial France.
The French invested relatively little in Cambodia's economy compared to that of Vietnam, which was also under French control. However, they developed rubber plantations in eastern Cambodia, and the kingdom exported sizable amounts of rice under their rule. The French also restored the Angkor temple complex and deciphered Angkorean inscriptions, which gave Cambodians a clear idea of their medieval heritage and kindled their pride in Cambodia's past. Because France left the monarchy, Buddhism, and the rhythms of rural life undisturbed, anti-French feeling was slow to develop.
@@anthonycontares8660 Your prejudice is showing. The vast majority of Vietnamese who fled their country would disagree.
Fantastic! Wanna be Huey pilot; videos *have to* make-do. : /
Excellent shot @6:56 showing the shadow of the helicopter. Well done.
Who the hell keeps screaming like a woman?
I crashed I doin't know how many time's this ship is shit!!!
Thrilling in peacetime but scary as hell in Vietnam.
Me pregunto, ¡que putas dirános 3n los comentarios, si ni inglés se!!
One grand ol' lady. God bless you all for your service.
i think its a great video and no rape music to go with it thank you !!!
Hmm that helicopter has got Parkingsons !
nice painted toe nails
4:29 bluey :-)
the sound of that turbine engine is a sweet sound
Ass'n trash....though he did have side guns
Looks similar to Dover AFB in Delaware where we use to land to refuel on hour way to Lakehurst Naval Air Station in NJ from Fort Belvoir, VA. during my time as the Detachment Commander of the Night Vision Laboratories Support Branch.
Sorry to rain on anyone's parade but, I understand the desire for a bit of hot dogging, I'd be more careful of altitude drops during turns, very low tree clearance with a pull up at tree line, flying down into a quarry. It might be me but I value my civilian passengers lives a bit more. Engine failure, or TR failure strikes hard when it does. On a more positive note, it was fun to be back in the aircraft, at least from a passenger viewpoint. Thanks for the video.
Geez, you are so correct. Stall is too close at that altitude, no space to recover. One reason I will not ride with a driver bringing back old times. I noted two minutes after start, the rotor wasn't synchronizing w/the turbine speed, a slight imbalance. Two thumbs, ya got the ride.
The one in the right seat looks like an Army Helicopter pilot. Vietnam Era. Finest helicopter pilots, ever.
Space Cadet...Shut up and enjoy the ride!
I enlisted Nov 67, MOS was 67n20. Arrived RVN Nov 68 assigned to HHC 3rd Brigade 9th Inf Div. Tan An airfield. Flew door gunner on Oh-6's, best of times, worst of times. Wouldn't change a minute of it!
I served in the Army during Vietnam. From 1969- 1973. I worked at the post hospital as a EKG Tech.
at Fort Devens, Mass. I saw so many of our guys coming through. Love to all our troops. Pearline
I watch as a little girl all of these moves the green berets in our family showed us everything
The men who flew these machines into and out of very dangerous areas were absolute heroes in my mind. This was the first real helicopter war and so much was learned that was handed down.
Revolutionary aircraft!! Been lucky to jump from one, or two; but just for fun.. respect to all who served, & all who served on this aircraft.. you changed the world
Damn that looks fun.