The Only Blackhawk Attack Helicopter Ever Built - S-67
Вставка
- Опубліковано 8 жов 2024
- Get your free trial of MagellanTV here: try.magellantv.... It's an exclusive offer for our viewers: a month-long trial, FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries!
At the height of the Vietnam War, the US Military was deeply interested in implementing a new attack chopper that would pack a punch and pummel enemy ground forces in the dense jungles of Vietnam.
The military also aimed to use it as a support vehicle to escort Hueys carrying soldiers and Marines to battle.
The Sikorsky Company was already a renowned name in helicopter manufacturing, with the S-61, S-64, and S-65 models in production.
But over that prior decade, the company had lost competitions for the army utility helicopter (the UH-1), the army large utility helicopter (the CH-47 Chinook), and several other mission roles.
Their newest prototype, however, caught the attention of the Army. It was the S-67 -- a unique helicopter with tremendous capabilities for any kind of combat situation thanks to its slender fuselage and its astonishing amount of firepower.
It was the ideal chopper for winning the war in Vietnam, but sadly, it arrived too late to change the tide of the fight.
Only one Sikorsky S-67 was ever completed. It was America's first Blackhawk. (Technically the only Blackhawk before the name was changed to Black Hawk for the UH-60 to be used in a support and utility role.)
---
Join Dark Skies as we explore the world of aviation with cinematic short documentaries featuring the biggest and fastest airplanes ever built, top-secret military projects, and classified missions with hidden untold true stories. Including US, German, and Soviet warplanes, along with aircraft developments that took place during World War I, World War 2, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Gulf War, and special operations mission in between.
As images and footage of actual events are not always available, Dark Skies sometimes utilizes similar historical images and footage for dramatic effect and soundtracks for emotional impact. We do our best to keep it as visually accurate as possible.
All content on Dark Skies is researched, produced, and presented in historical context for educational purposes. We are history enthusiasts and are not always experts in some areas, so please don't hesitate to reach out to us with corrections, additional information, or new ideas.
Thanks to MagellanTV and to you for your continued support! Get a free trial of MagellanTV here: try.magellantv.com/darkskies. Does anyone know why the US Army added a space when moving the name from Sikorsky's Blackhawk S-67 prototype to the UH-60 Black Hawk?
You always deliver the most interesting content. 10/10
No, Thank you guys 🙏🥸💜‼️‼️‼️ love Dark Skies, ML&R...
I would guess paperwork, but an interesting tidbit is the UH-60 wasn't named after a tribe, but a specific man of the Sauk tribe. Neat.
I was just watching some of your vids when you uploaded this
Fascinating, as always!
My dad was the principal cinematographer at Sikorsky Aircraft for decades, including the period when the S-67 was in development. I always enjoyed watching my dad's footage and occasionally witnessed him, his legs dangling from a chase ship, getting air-to-air coverage as they flew over my house, just a few miles from Sikorsky's Stratford Connecticut factory. The S-67 was my all-time favorite Sikorsky helo. Thank you for the great job creating this video. It brings back a ton of memories.
Must have been great fun for a 12 year old boy!
Man I bet so many people would love to see that footage, me included!
I must be getting old and cynical about about military cause for me the most impressive part about this was a military project coming in on time and under budget
It wasn't initially a Military project, that's why. Sikorsky initially funded this solo. :)
@@HUGGIESroxFace I fell like we really need to return to this standard. No, you're selling to us. Do the development ground work to create a product, and THEN we'll give you a contract for full production if we deem it worthy. This encourages the competition of actually existing vehicles, rather than the competition of empty promises.
@@hatman4818 Not feasible, how else will the DoD executives get their bonuses to buy their 56th luxury yacht?
@@gamingrex2930 agreed, but Hat Man makes a valid point.
That's why draining the swamp is important.
@@hatman4818 Yeah except we've allowed ourselves to get completely controlled by corporations.
So it really is AirWolf, minus the stealth...and the afterburners, heh.
And the nutter flying it.
I was just going to say "Queue Airwolf Theme!"
and the fact it isn't supersonic or can fly to the edge of space....
Airwolf was my favorite show as a kid. Watching it as an adult was painful. The 80s were an odd time for tv shows.
I was thinking Blue Thunder myself.
Airwolf was the call sign of a pilot in the 57th ahc in pleku Vietnam 71 72. Who later was a pilot in Hollywood.
Always bothers me how people think that a new weapons system would have allowed the US to 'win' the Vietnam War. The US always had the upper hand in the sense of raw firepower available; instead the reasons for US defeat and withdrawal were political, the US war strategy was fatally flawed from the beginning and the whole conflict (starting with the French) was needless to begin with. I wish people would try to understand these factors better so they could learn from it when future conflicts arise instead of thinking "if we had an even bigger broomstick the war would've been won!"
Who said anything about this bird winning the war?
@@gotindrachenhart dark skies. Right at the start of the video. And I'm sure other people, who also don't quite understand the prevailing circumstances around the vietnam war.
@@highjumpstudios2384 hmm, I'll have to watch it again I missed that, must have been doing something while I started the video.
@@gotindrachenhart it is no trouble friend.
The US won every battle they were involved in. Won the battles but lost the war. Reason is simple. You can't win a war without occupying the territory. I lesson politicians never learned.
The problem with this helicopter is that the army kept comparing it to the cobra and other focused attack helicopters. This helicopter would have succeeded as a support helicopter flying alongside cobras. The ability to move in troops while simultaneously supplying heavy support would have been a game changer.
Basically US mi-24
Ed. But lighter ofc
@@DravgonPL That's exactly what I was thinking. Fast, tough, utilitarian in design, light transport + impressive firepower. It's a United States' Hind Gunship.
sorry LOL, but I'll take this over any sluggish Cobra, this helicopter could have surpassed both the cobra and apaches, superior payload and speed plus external fuel tanks, 7,000 pounds of ordnance, plus airbrakes as a bonus 🤔 both the apaches and cobras had no chance, both replaced with a single helicopters, imagine this heli with the avionics and radar tech we have today, the Comanche was a good program too but they killed as well just like i believe they did with this one.
So my first impression was its a Hind but smaller....
Bro it HAS AIR BREAKS lol tell me I’m not the only one that noticed that clip of it
an attack helicopter with a compartment for troop transport? So a Mi-24 Freedom edition.
Yeah looks like a slimmed-down Hind!
That's sad. Like dad putting hood scoops on a minivan sad.
Everyone knows the best attack helicopters are sleek. Not some bloated abomination.
@@caferace8418 it looked considerably slimmer then a hind, I would wager that rear compartment was far from comfortable. having a hatch to drop off a SEAL team while still being a decent attack helo wouldn't have been a bad idea. Otherwise you'd need two birds out there, one far slower and more veunerable.
@@DFX2KX Oh, I know. My comment was mostly in jest and at the expense of the Hind. It did look good, but the Cheyenne looked a bit better.
Mi28 Havoc has a similar configuration.
S-67: I'm fast, maneuverability, adaptable, powerful, advanced and in budget!
Sikorsky: You're cancelled.
Army: Hey, that's my job!
What’s sad is, it most likely correct.
so why didn't this get pursued in place of the AH-64 or as a competitor for that contract?
@@trif55 bc of the crash in England and if something is too good and deadly a lot of people don’t want the USA to have it. Hence why they’re canceling f35s and f22s. A lot of people including Americans hate that the USA is the lone sole superpower
@@davelowesky8054 so true
@@davelowesky8054 but it is not our fault if we are so powerful tho.
This is excellent footage of the s-67, very hard to find clips of these test flights. My dad worked for Sikorsky back then (that's him on the left 11:08) and was there at Farnborough that day flying chase. A sad end to a beautiful helicopter.
Your dad is lucky
It seems so strange that a singular accident like that could scrap what appeared to be such a fantastic chassis. Performance was loved by pilots, extremely versatile, under budget, easy to produce and maintain. Was it not pilot error? Was there some sort of fatal design flaw that caused it? I have so many questions!
Damn so many good designs for planes and choppers get canceled for b.s reasons.
A lot of stuff was canceled in the mid 1970s because they realize technology was going to jump a generation and it would be obsolete as soon as it reached service
@@jamesricker3997 This is false. We update electronics extremely easily. The platform does not go obselete; the electronics do. So we would just upgrade.
@@theneef174 Yeah, just look at old C-130s still doing their job, or AH-64As being refurbished into D or E-models.
@@jamesricker3997 except this thing wouldn't have reached that anytime soon, this design is probably the pinnacle of what a single rotor helicopter can achieve without going into co-axial or tilt-rotor territory (both of which are more expensive per unit than a modified conventional one)
I know it sucks aye
Some of the best helicopters that never came to be... S-67, AH-56, and RAH-66.
Ironically, in the FVL program today they are considering a helicopter that looks... you guessed it... almost identical to the RAH-66.
@@VisibilityFoggy built by Bell which I thought was pretty interesting as well.
And a better one was developed. The SH-75 Shark.
Whatever happened to The Quiet One, that Hughes Aircraft built??? You really think they just boarded it up and put it away.........
@@johnthepreceptor3575 the yf 23 does look big though...like su57 big!
Not so sure the RAH-66 isnt around.
My grandad was an ambulance driver for the RAE Farnborough and he assisted in pulling the pilot from from the crash, he drove the pilot to the local hospital sadly the day my grandad was due to go and visit the pilot in hospital was the day he passed away I believe he passed away with Pneumonia.. It upset my grandad for the rest of his life that he didn't get to see him again
Based on your comment, your grandfather pulled my father from the wreckage. I would love to know what else he may have told you.
@@kurtcannon438 hi Kurt so sorry for your loss... I was only young when this tragic accident happened I actually saw it happen at the time, being so young I didn't realise how bad it was. All I remember from the conversation I had with my grandad that he was one of the first on the scene with some fire fighters. I know he assisted pulling your father from the crash and taking him to our local hospital my grandfather had received a message from your dad asking to meet his rescuers which was arranged but sadly they never got to meet again, as I say my grandad was deeply upset that your father had passed away and would often talk about it, I'm afraid he didn't go into detail as you can imagine. To be honest I think the trauma he got that day brought back a lot of WW11 memories.. Sorry I could give more but it was a long time ago.. Take care
See this is why i love Dark Skies,I allways find out about aircraft i never knew existed.
My how things gone full circle both companies are at it again building the next combat helicopter
It's the only industry left except for Tesla. That's why its called the Military Industrial Complex.
one even looks like a chunkier version of this and it's predecessor, though that tilt rotor is looking really good. i think both should be used, 1 for speed and the other can do heavy lift/gunship and a smaller variant can be more mass produced and more widely used and it can take many elements from this design
@@fr4me.01 sadly yes take weapons away and the usa econ is dead. and even in ukraine its showing poorly.
I'd love to see a vid on the Apache and Longbow programs.
Not Dark Skies stuff though. Didn't even know about the S-67 until today.
The Longbow is an Apache helicopter, with an upgraded sensor and optics system. It isn't just the Longbow, it's the Apache Longbow.
wut about the viper longbow. a ah1z viper with the longbow radar on one of the wings
@@KageNoTora74 He’s saying he’d like to see both of those things included in one video. The Apache didn’t come out with the longbow/ fire control radar until after it came out. It’s pretty much obsolete nowadays though
Come on out to Falcon Field in Mesa AZ, you can ride in an Apache ($500)...
that is absolutely incredible. even by today's standards. like a skinny HIND.
CH-56 Cheyenne: *Exists*
The whole US military: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that"
Smart move in not building that thing
The card of administration had many faults, shortsightedness was not one of them
Technology was about to jump a generation and they realized it would be obsolete by the time it reached service
@@jamesricker3997 Imo, they probably could have kept a relatively similar base design while including emerging technologies, plus it would have been one of the fastest attack helicopters available for its time.
@@lasagnakob9908 The Apache was far better though. Even if some of the systems that would be used on the Apache were implemented on the CH-56, I don't think it would have been as good. And remember, the CH-56 was a program that already was having technical difficulties.
@@jackschulte6185 Actually this is patently false. The CH-56's capabilities and base statistics STILL out-perform even the current generation of the AH-64 and would have done so at a FRACTION of the cost. Speed alone...this thing was as fast in the prototype stage as the CURRENT Apache. It was a helicopter gunship that could fly like a fighter, the Apache gets scared when there are clouds in the sky (literally not a joke, Apache crews legitimately don't like flying in "inclimate weather" because their visibility is god-awful). It's wings could actually carry more ordinance than the 64, the ONLY advantage the 64 had is the large chin gun which...okay? the Cheyenne could still bust tanks with it's 20mm so, not super impressive. It was also smaller, less electronically and mechanically complex, and FAR cheaper than the AH-64. I also work next to Apache mechanics on a daily basis and the way that thing is put together is...frankly astonishing. There are some downright bonkers level stupid shit on that helicopter. Cheyenne was literally better in every conceivable way.
The ONLY reason the Cheyenne was dropped was because the Air Force got butthurt and wouldn't shut the fuck up. Literally a case of politics and in-fighting stomping all over the dick of progress.
@@Armoredcompany This is so wrong I'm assuming it is a bait
"The Only Blackhawk Attack Helicopter Ever Built - S-67"
MH-60L DAPS: *pouts*
I went through the comments to see if anyone mentioned a DAP bird 😂
@@caseyschmacey one of my favorites. Its a Little Bird's pissed off big brother.
As soon as I saw the video, I thought, pretty sure that's wrong and had to come to the comments... Although I was thinking of the AH60
MH-60L DAP seems more like a "gunship" configuration rather than an "attack" helicopter.
I'm starting to think dark skies works at Area 51 with all this knowledge he continues to find
Literally just read off Wikipedia
This was all on the history channel back when it was good, also featured on the military channel. 99% of his content was featured on those two channels.
@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again man, that feels like a lifetime ago
I had the pleasure of being an armament/electrical systems tech fpr the AH-64 Apache... I saw what they can do to small and large targets. That bird is one hell of a machine!!! I never knew of the S-67. So thank you for this video and information!!!
Scuttlebutt is that there IS a successor, and she's a badass. The "never built" Comanche stealth platform that has D: All of the above.
SH-75 Shark
Three amazing light attack helos that the Army has passed on. You really have to wonder. Is the Air Force really that nervous about Army aviation being ‘too capable’?
The Army, arguably, should be operating the A-10. It's clear the USAF doesn't want it even though the Army needs it.
@@VisibilityFoggy With jdam, it's easier to have a bomber loiter at high altitude and drop the occasional bomb with very high precision.
The S67 was superior in every way to the Cobra and Comanche. The Army passed on vastly superior aircraft because of politics and money changing hands. Nothing more. The USAF doesn't give a damn about helicopters. Army aviation/Air Cav is a completely different entity to anything the USAF views as being within the scope of its mission, i.e. no conflict of interest. The closest interaction between the two is the A10. The grunts on the ground love that air frame. The USAF pilots and JTACs love that air frame and the mission. The only ones who keep trying to cancel the A10 are politicians.
Actually yes, when an Army spotter aircraft engaged a North Vietnamese Mig in self defense the Air Force shit a brick and basically made sure the kill was not credited and the pilots not decorated as the Army was not "mandated or trained to engage in air-to-air combat"
Basically said "well you broke the rules so no kill for you"
@@meadmaker4525 Look up the AH-56, groundbreaking machine that was actually superior to the AH-64 that would come 20 years later. The Air Force pulled out all the stops getting it cancelled including created the AX program that led to the A-10 so they could claim duplication of capabilities.
Sounds like the perfect special ops vehicle
......bro it's a full sized, unstealthed Attack gunship.
You might as well take a freaking Apache or a Hind, there are no advantages to this one.
Now the special forces already have the AH-6 little bird, and I'm pretty sure they're not going to give that up for nothing.
Why do you think that?
@@anarchyandempires5452
MattS said "It sounds like" not "that is was". Can a guy have an opinion and not be attacked for it? The S-67 sounds like it should have been the main attack Helicopter going to this day.
sad ah 6 noises...
American S-67 Blackhawk first flight August 1970. The very similar Russian MI-24 Hind first flight September 1969. One of the many times competing nations produced similar aviation products at about the same time. During the 1950's Korean war it was very difficult to tell the Russian and American swept wing jets apart.
That's a bit if history I didn't know. I worked on the SH-60B Seahawk, which was a navy variant of the later Blackhawk. It was interesting to learn a little about the origin story of the line.
I'm 46 years old and I used to watch all type of military documentaries but every other helicopter and this video I have seen before
I'm sure the UH-60 contract ended up being a much bigger win for Sikorsky than the S-67 ever could have been.
This helicopter is what led up the the Apache being as awesome as it is. They call the Apache a flying Abrams tank. Sweet video!!
It’s a mix between a hind and a cobra! Love it
cobra and a huey, hind is already an attack/transport which there is no western counterpart
I was going to say, in its final iteration, the S-67 was pushing close to being a US "Hind."
This is a beautiful helicopter. Sadly it was canceled.
@@AJAtcho b 1e.f,as
T55H
zwv
Happy 55
3
W2j
The whole time I was thinking, "Why does it look so completely different? It doesn't look anything like a blackhawk at all." That was a great way to end the video. The ending and tragedy before it just pulled everything together and made it all make sense.
So I know how AirWolf got made now. This is awesome! It looks like a angry shark and dragonfly had a baby.
I learn something new with every “Dark” video I watch, you do a fantastic job with all of your channels!
@@HalMcGinnis There are so many! Check the channel page for their other stuff. Dark Footage is really good, and Dark Space is new but looking good too.
@@CausticLemons7 and the music,space,docs and files with 1st Dark5 that started it all on here. 7 Dark accounts are on here
I love the obscure information. The cadence of the narrator has me rewinding sometimes to try to figure out what was said. Love the channel, if I could slow it down by about 15% it would be perfect.
These are the only channels I don't have to play at 1.25×
I just tried playing this video at .75 off of your comment alone. Holy Shit, this dude naturally speaks at 1.25....
@@JorgeOrtizIII after reading your comment I tried it too. holy shit. I wonder if he speeds it up to cram more info into less time 🤷🏼♂️. These videos annoy me when I'm at work cause he talks so fast and I miss crap when they call me on the radio. I see why now
@@MF11283 he was born into a family of auctioneers, only he deals in de-classified military documentaries.
It's the only one I have to play at .9x lol
Many UA-cam channel commentators speak at a slow speed or intentionally prolong video with filler commentary. The longer the video is viewed, the more ad money they get.
playing at .75 speed makes this .25 more watchable...
How can you watch it that slow? I watched it and watch everything between 1.3 and 2.0 x
0x0.25=0 tho
It's the Airwolf, a real live version of the Airwolf heli from the TV series.
Maybe this is where don belisario got the idea for the airwolf design for the show?
@@johnthepreceptor3575 nope it was model after the Bell-222A
I was a 68B at Ft Carson between 96’ and 98’ assigned to K Co with 4th ID which became K Troop of the 3rd Cav when the 3 ACR took over at Carson. We were the only AVUM level unit in the area, servicing Ft. Bliss, Ft. Hood, Ft. Leavenworth, etc. and I mainly worked on the Blackhawks and the Apaches. Although we did have the last 2 active duty UH51 Hueys in the U.S. Army. Aside from the Apache, I’ve flown in every bird we have to include front seat of a Cobra once! Believe it or not, my favorite by far was the old Huey, with a great pilot named Cpt. Knots (or Knotts). I got to see the Comanche fly in once and did hear about this first version of the Blackhawk several times. We worked along several civilians from GE, Lockheed, etc. and one of the older Lockheed guys used to bring it up.
Aw man this is new info to me for a change.
Same
Forget the US Navy Top Gun jets... I wanted to be a US Army chopper pilot as a kid and this was the reason why!! One awesome and fierce looking Helo!! I would have loved to see this aircraft in person...or in action!! Sikorski was a brilliant engineer and it shows in every model the company developed and adopted by both millitary and civilian companies!! Alas, the closest I got to helos was durring my time in a Combat Support Hospital in the US Army, was as a Pharmacy Specialist in the late 80's to early 90's. I'm now a disabled US Army Veteran but always was impressed by the dedicated men and women of the Medivac and Air Ambience Units my unit worked with. Thanks for bringing back some fun memories!!
Magellan TV is crap. They refused to stop my subscription after multiple requests. Had to threaten them with legal action for them to close my account and stop charging me. Watch out.
Thank you for the info
That's ridiculous. I guess their scheme is milking customers who forget they're subscribed because they are garbage.
I'm getting sick of all my favorite UA-cam creators hawking it. Dark 5, Mustard, Simon Whistler...
@@sk1ppman Meh, they gotta get their bread somehow. Probably not that easy lining up sponsors. Whatever it takes for Dark to keep pumping out quality content.
Fug that, thanks for the heads up.
_"...Sadly, it arrived too late to change the course of the War..."_
Ehh.. bit more to it than that.. *no* helicopter or materiel could've won that War for the US
Mainly because it was a political defeat, not a military one.
@@Joe-nq6hy No, the US lost and Vietnam won sore loser
@@ancaplanaoriginal5303 One is the same as the other
@@schnoodle3 they’re saying Congress lost the war for the USA.... read properly
@@schnoodle3 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
It's crazy how advanced it still looks all this time later. Would be interesting to know if the accident was due to mechanical failure.
Like always your videos are: educational, interesting, refreshing and bring to live many things that many people will like to keep it unknown.
Keep up the great job you guys are doing.
Vietnam was a political loss. A new helicopter would not have mattered. We needed new Senators.
All the firepower in the world doesn't matter if nobody knows what the goal is
@@Nightdiver20 To be fair, the US military commanders on the ground knew exactly what they wanted, it was the career politicians at home that didn't. The US military could have won that war, the material and leadership damage done to the communist forces was catastrophic.
@@solofilmproduction and tactically, they did. It was an absolute slaughter. But with the way the politicians handled it, there was really no way to know when you'd "won".
"New Senators" Keep going. New Presidents, New House of Representatives, New upper military brass. Oh wait...just like now.
I highly recommend a book by my friend Neal Thompson called "Reckoning: Vietnam and America's Cold War Experience, 1945-1991" He captures Vietnam in a viewpoint no one has ever even come close to. Why we were there, why we couldn't win, why we couldn't leave in a tell it like it is and no punches pull way. His book gave me the "ah ha.. make sense" and "those SOB's" moments.
DARK SKIES IS VERRY INFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING.
I'm always surprised by the number of people whose brains can't handle someone talking at a normal speed. I'm also always impressed by the Dark videos, keep up the great work mate.
What a fantastic helicopter, way ahead of its time. Many subsequent attack helicopters owe their DNA to this wonder.
Dunno 'bout y'all, but my brain was playing the Airwolf theme song the whole time.
I had to check if the playback speed was at 1.5x when the video started. Apart from that, nice and infomative vid.
Um... I’d like you to meet the MH-60 DAP (Direct Action Penetrator)
How do you not have more subs? This quality of content is insane
3' 10" wide fuselage. Thats insane
Almost as skinny as an AH-1G Cobra, which is 3 ft. wide.
Nice, didn't expect that the original blackhawk is more offense and support focused
Keep it up buddy we really appreciate your content even if there's only a few of us we are loyal
As a Marine we took hops on 47's & 53's on the Rock from one training area to another! But once I was medivac'd from the NTA to the CTA to remove a piece of bamboo that went through my hand! I was medivac'd in a Bell AH-1 Cobra! In the front seat while the Major flew in the back seat! Flying out the NTA jungle was a trip! And a little unnerving! Sitting in the front after always riding in the rear of 47's & 53's looking through the port holes! Like the difference between riding in a station wagon then riding in a passenger seat of a Corvette!
Looks like a fighter jet and a helicopter had a baby and the kid turned out beautiful. It's really sad that it was cancelled. :-(
In 1970 my last year in the Marines, I was at a USMC Quantico Va airfield air show, I remember there was a Sikorsky Blackhawk prototype there, look like the S-67.
You are correct. In 1972, I was a UH-1D Huey crewchief in the 3/1 Cavalry Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. Sikorsky gave a demonstration of this helicopter to the base personnel. They gave our commander, Gen. Senneff, a demo ride. I was thrilled to see the helicopter take off down the runway, climb up and make the first barrel roll that any of us in the aviation field had ever witnessed!! It was painted black, with a torquise blue stripe from front to back on both sides. It was the most awesome display of the capability of this helicopter. We never saw the helicopter go into full production. I don’t know why.
I've started watching your videos at 75% speed.
Change your brains uptake to 100%, problem solved 👍.
Keep in mind. The UH=60 can be armed with either a single left side door-mounted .50 cal heavy machine gun or twin fixed forward-facing 70 mm rocket pods.
The HMG feeds from a single 500-round belt, while each of the FFAR rocket pods are loaded with 19 70 mm rockets fitted with high-explosive (HE) warheads (for a combined total of 38 rockets).
-USAF CC
i like this
Absolute positive prototype combat machines through out this documentary.....
0:52 "change the tide of the fight". If anything, that war really was a testament to the fact that no matter how much you got more manpower and advanced machinery, it does not grant you victory.
When I was a 9 year old boy in 1969 my father took me to the hanger on Fort Wolters where the Cheyenne prototype was being stored, and while I am sure that my father only showed me this Helo because he knew that the Cheyenne had already been canceled, but as a little guy that felt really cool to get to see it! Fort Wolters was the U.S. Army's Primary helicopter training facility located in Mineral Wells, Texas.
When will YT hosts realize that putting your commercial in the beginning of the video makes us NOT want to subscribe
When will you realize adblockers are available?
Interesting. I knew about the AH-56 Cheyenne, but I'd never heard of this puppy. The phrase, "decades ahead of it's time." comes to mind.
Be nice if it went into service
Well, it's not like congress is capable of making good decisions.
who says an updated version isnt?
@@fasterthandragons7908 Yeah
@@mikeoglesbee6861 no
The Cheyanne is a cool helicopter. I've seen it in person. One of the remaining aircraft is on display at the Fort Polk south airfield.
Excellent review on a little known project! (Could you speak a little slower please for us aging Vietnam chopper pilots?)
You can slow down the playback speed with the 3 dots in the top right of the screen so it sounds like he's talking normally
@@TucsonHat Thanks. Learn something new every day.
@@stevetillson3268 glad I could help out
I'm guessing the U.S. Military has better tech now and/or this would cost too much to build considering present tech to revisit and build this. This helicopter is amazing!!!
Fantastic video. Great editing and narration.
Very informative videos, however the narrator's excessively fast and disjointed 'reading' of the script make it more difficult to listen to than it really has to.
It was more than an attack helicopter, it was a true assault helicopter (that's the name when it's a strongly armoured helicopter, capable to carry and launch a varied weapons load and capable of carrying a platoon of assault troopers on board).
Can you PLEASE do
Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche helicopter !?
I my memory dosen't fool me, he have done this one too !
S 67 would give an Apache hell today. Blackhawk mechanic.
The AH-56 was cancelled because of political bs. The problems were fixed and a production run was ordered before it was cancelled due to "problems". Bell got to sell more AH-1s.
Kind of like the Avro Arrow, in Canada.
i have read that Lyndon Johnson's wife had family ties to Bell avation.
They came up with something that astoundingly badass and futuristic back in 1970? Very impressive.
One it was built, I think the Army got on board to pay for the upgrades because it was so far ahead of its time. I think training pilots to fly it properly would have been time consuming and expensive...so they turned it into a fully funded test bed. Even if it hadn't crashed in England it had probably run its course....the Army cancelled it not because the pilot screwed up and hit the ground, but because they had already learned all they could from it.
Can you make about the ah 56 cheyenne
I don't know how but you've flown under my radar for a long time. Good content.
Interesting. I never heard of this helicopter. When you say "Black Hawk", I immediately think of the UH-60
I identify as an attack helicopter.
I identify as a hellfire missile on one of your external wing pylons
What a beautiful Helicopter! It is a shame it did not make it in to production.
Ok, this bird was the "Blackhawk." The H-60 is the "Black Hawk." Just sayin'.
Sikorsky spells UH-60 “Blackhawk.” Been there spelt that.
@@duanepierson4375 Not according to their official web page and not during the entire life of the program. So I don't know where you were or what you did. The Army officially assigns the name, and so they must have agreed with Sikorsky that for the H-60, the correct tribe name was two words, not one word. They DO spell Seahawk, Jayhawk, but not Rescue Hawk, as one word, though. Yeah, I've been there and done that, too.
@@aj-2savage896 Crew Chief @ Sikorsky 40 years. Internal company paperwork Blackhawk. Have seen it spelled both ways, it was late last night, sorry.
@@aj-2savage896 That’s the source of my confusion. When I started in’79 my first project was the YSH-60B Seahawk. Company paper work sometimes spell Blackhawk, the company is infested w/ Pointy Haired Bosses. It was past my bed time last night.
@@duanepierson4375 LOL. I can see that happening in house, especially after the S-76. Sikorsky is still the greatest name in helicopters in my book, and always will be..
I'm very partial to the Super cobra because I used to build them and flew them....awesome craft. ..
It was a rare time when the US combined troop carrying and combat in a single platform like the Soviet Hind.
Incredible aircraft. Crazy that it was never built.
It wasn't expensive enough for the DOD
The new attack hellicopter looks extremely similar to this decades old design.
Wow, Never heard of this one. I'm just now finishing a model of the Cheyenne. This is an amazing design, a tail rotor that can rotate 90° to a pusher configuration!?!? Amazing.
Damn bro you talk to fast what are you, an auctioneer?
Impressive aircraft. Nice to fly. As a Cobra Hall SIP had a chance to fly it during a demo tour. It was a skinny S-61 (which I flew years later). In combat it would have been as vulnerable as the Cobra. The Apache was a quantum leap in that area.
The survivability of the Apache is downright astonishing
And somehow we are still flying the Cobra and Apache... because of one test crash?
All about the politics.
@@artic9514 100%
The Apache came after this. The Cobra is only there because the Commanche program was cancelled.
@@jackschulte6185 exactly... there was this awesome machine, and we still ended up with the cobra and apache. If this had continued development it probably would have gotten even better. As it was, it seems a much better aircraft thsn either the cobra or apache.
@@bigdatapimp Please don't listen to this video's hype. The narrator frequently confuses this machine for the UH-60 Blackhawk. They are two completely different platforms. There is no space for 6 additional people in that fuselage. There are only 4 small hardpoints on it, and it doesn't appear to have any capacity to have any guided munitions like the Apache or even the Cobra, which was adopted after a direct competition with this thing. Also note that after the crash, Sikorsky (not the US gov't) decided to cut the program. The S-67 was a nice handling helicopter, but it seems to be little more than that (especially in combat capability).
Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk: I'm faster, more maneuverable and carry more armament than the AH-1 cobra.
Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne: Hold my beer.
I have the Airwolf theme running through my head.
Me too!
This is quite possibly the coolest looking helicopter of all time. Looks straight out of G.I. Joe.
new video yay, depression cured!
When teacher says you have 5 minutes left to finish your presentation and you have good 15 minutes of material
This bird is cool! Ive never heard of it. Love the looks and performance.
this is probably quite interesting ,, but i couldnt stand any more of the really really fast talking ,, just slow down to a sensible speed . think news reader or the likes.
I find this too slow and watch on 1.5x or 1.75x
@@andrewcharlton4053 and just ignore the chipmunk in the sound track ?
Looks like if Airwolf and an Apache had a baby.
I like it!👊💪
"Arrived to late to change the tide pf the fight" Hahahaahahahahaha!!! Nam was a war we were never meant to of won or we would of!
dude...even by todays standards this heli is an absolute beast😮
goodness gracious Im early.