Restored Vietnam UH-1H Huey Helicopter First Flights
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- Опубліковано 2 кві 2010
- This UH-1H Bell Huey served several tours of duty in the Vietnam War and was restored back to flying condition. Still in the air today, this helicopter is a flying piece of history. To find out more, visit:
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As a veteran Vietnam Huey pilot, no doubt the Huey is the DC-3 of helicopters. Reliable, reliable, reliable and still flying today. Miss it. Wish I could pilot it once again today.
The sound of a Huey would sometimes bring tears to my dad's eyes. He didn't talk about Vietnam much, but when he was lying in an LZ with his guts riddled with shrapnel waiting for a medevac to Nha Trang, he said the sounds of the Hueys coming in was the thing that gave him hope. Salute to all the brave men who flew into Hell to save lives!
My Grandfather watched this and teared up, he served 3 tours in Nam as a crew chief/door gunner with the 155th AHC. He thanks you and your crew for restoring this bird, he and i have a special place in our hearts for the UH-1s
I watched the Antonov 225 beeing burned and I aswell teared up, It was gonna change the world by spreading covid-19 supplies around the world.
This is kinda of topics.
My father was also a door gunner with the 101st/2nd/502nd.Lz Sally.188th guns of spider.66-69.
Aww that is so cute bro everytime our dear grandfathers Will be so cute and nice with us pls love them everytime
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Welcome home all you bro Vietnam vets. We rode out in 4 of them, 6 men in one. Rode one down as it spun, from a few hundred feet. Repelled in about a third of the time. I always look up when hear a chopper, and some few times its a Cobra or Huey. To this day I'm honored to have been in that 2/17th Cav unit, out of Camp Eagle. Blessings to the families who lost someone. Great job, to those who fought. Thanks for showing this beautiful masterpiece.
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When I hear the sound of an H-model, I get flashbacks, I was a Crew Chief for C-troop 1/9th. Cav. 1st. Calvary Division Airmobile, stationed at Phuc Vihn Republic of South Viet Nam, from August 1969 to August 1970. I started out crewing LOH-OH-6's, flying hunter killer teams, after 6 months in country I began crewing Huey H models, we inserted and extracted LRRP's, both US and South Korean, inserted our own contingency of Infantry recon soldiers. Our main job was reconisance. I crewed 2 different H models and one LOH, I loved flying in the Helicopters That I crewed, the Huey never let us down neither did the LOH, there is no other sound that gets my heart beating faster, I know that every one who crewed a Huey fell in love with this Iconic Helicopter.
Thanks for your service.
thank you for your service. god bless
C Co 2-8 Cav here....
Michael Minnich, thank you for your service sir..........
Michael, your name sounds familiar. I was Cav44 in Charlie Troop at the exact time you were there. I can still remember some of the slicks' tail numbers (definitely remember Tommy C.'s 056, my own ship 094 (Danny was crew chief), and one we called "Gunky", 617. I don't want to mention full names in public space. Can you believe it's almost 48 years ago? And you can still hear the sounds and even smell the smells some times...
Mark Boisseau (CW2)
My older 1st cousin served multiple tours in Vietnam and flew on many of these beautiful birds. God Bless All who served their country also the ones who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice in Vietnam. THANK YOU❗♥ 🇺🇸
I was lucky enough to fly one of the Army National Guard's last Huey's during our FTX for U.S. Army Sniper School in 2004. Skimming the treetops Ghillies on, with our legs hanging over the skids is one of the best times I've had during my military days. Thank you Huey, you've EARNED an Honored place among the Grunts.
SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
as a lover of helicopters theres nothing in my mind that compares to the huey,such a iconic and beautiful beast,she will always be there and congrats to this crew i know im 6 years late but this helicopter deserved to be restored and thank you bell for serving our country with ur beautiful machine i dream of flying and a huey well to fly that i would die happy.
Some people scrap old shit. Those with a soul restore it. Respect.
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oh my god. I love the sound of the rotors chopping the wind. Eeerie, haunting, reminicenct, and so many memories conjured up. Just beautiful guys. Thank you
This reminds me so much of my time in the Navy. I was stationed in Fallon Nevada in the early 70's and we had H-34's, then HH-1K's and finally transitioned to UH-1N's for Search and Rescue. I spent many long hours with each of these birds as a Crew Chief and SAR crewman. Love that sound!
i don't care what came before it or what came after it, its still the most beautiful and iconic helicopter ever made. GO ARMY!
+ i think those are made to run forever
This is bada**. Ever since I first saw a Huey from a child I've always wanted one
Outstanding video of an OUTSTANDING HUEY..Thanks for posting and Thanks to all of the Men and Women who have flown them in our Armed Services!! What a wonderful video!!!
I remember getting a ride in one of these back in the early-80s when I was maybe 8 or 9 years old. We were at an airshow in Germany and they were giving rides in the Huey and the Chinook helicopter. I got to ride in both, being my first rides ever in a helicopter. Back then, the Huey was still very prominent in the U.S. Army. We lived in Germany for a few years and these Huey's were everywhere. The Hueys and the A-10 Warthogs were always flying overhead. You got used to it.
This is an icon of the skies that never gets tiring to look at. The sound, the look and the memories. I'd sell my house tomorrow to own one. I'd love to be apart of the crew to fly them again. Australian Army has gone to Black Hawks but the Huey will always be my fav. Top work on the Huey boys.
Great job on the restoration - looks and sounds as many of us easily recall and will never forget. Nice also to see my former unit on the nose - 1st Cav, 1/9 - only thing missing was a yellow triangle, square or circle on the front door panel to indicate A, B or C Troop. I flew D & H models in 67/68 with Charlie Troop Lift and was a Contact IP at Hunter for the remainder of my service - early out in Dec. 69. Way to go Army Aviation.
Hey Paul - I got a kick out of this too. I was (well, Cav44) in Charlie Troop as well, also a lift pilot, but August 69 - Aug 70. So we overlapped a bit? This was at Phouc Vinh. What was your call sign?
thank you for your service sir
this is one of the huey's my dad flew in in nam. he passed away in may. please share in his honor.
Your father will never be forgotten. He will always be honored.
His honor will live in the hearts of others. I thank your father for his service. May he Rest In Peace.
Tiffany Rob Beck thankful for your Daddy's sacrifice from Vietnam ❤️❤️❤️🙏
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Well said
THE SOUND OF THE HUEY IS SOMETHING WE WILL NEVER FORGET.AND WHEN WE HEARD IT COMING,WE KNOW WE WILL LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.I DONT KNOW WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT THEM.THEY USED TO TRAVEL A LONG WAY'S SOMETIME'S TO GET TO US FROM SHIP'S ALSO.I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT WONDERFUL SOUND.THANK YOU SIR FOR THIS MEMORY INDEED.I DONT REMEMBER WHAT KIND THE NAVY USED.
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This video fostered a re-birth of appreciation for the Huey. In A&P school we had to work on a Huey, which always had stuff going wrong with it and even the instructors were dumbfounded many times at how to correct various problems. We had to do basic electrical diagnosis and correction and the Huey has many, many miles of wires and was a circus of electrical confusion. We also had to do rotor work, engine, structures and systems work and once a year we brought it into "flying" condition (barely), with our reward being watching it start and hover for a minute or two at the hands of a grizzled, old, but Huey-loving Vietnam Vet. Getting ready for that annual hover was true crunch time at TSTC & we often had to work late, with many problems whose solutions proved difficult to find, again, even for the instructors. Most of us ended up hating the Huey, but as proven by this video, it is really a spectacular machine when restored, maintained, flown, and loved properly. Such was not the case with a bunch of A&P students just trying to pass a course.
“Some boys are born, made to wave the flag, wooh the red white and blue!”
I´m in love with the UH-1H Huey, its the only vehicle I want to have. Many times I dream flying this beauty.
Hurra! for the restoration, wonderful, perfect.
Cheers.
Absolutely beautiful! Winnebago County has Rescue One, A Black with a Blue stripe H model here in Northern Illinois. When She leaves Greater Rockford Airport (Chi-Rockford Airport...sigh) Her flight path carries her directly over my home when she flies to Midway Airport or the Chicago area. I hear her from the time she gains altitude (approx. 15 miles) and Day or night, I am outside to see and salute the sexy lady. On the return path, I hear her about that far out...and the same pattern happens. The crew has seen me AND my wife many times...I have taught her to LISTEN for the sound of a Huey. WHERE it is at, and HOW FAR it is out...and if it is OVER US already. Reason? If I EVER need a rescue, and they call out a Huey....I KNOW I am going home. NOTHING is as beautiful sounding...and NOT ONE aircraft makes me still feel 5 years old like these old girls. I am a HUGE railroad buff, and other than the sound of a Electro-Motive Division SD40-2, especially hauling heavy load in run-8 (full throttle, amp meter in the red) The Huey will beat it out in my heart. I wanted to fly them, but my life took another path. About the time this video was uploaded, in fact, in August, my Wife and I went to Volk Field in Baraboo, Wi. and I achived a lifelong dream...a flight in a real Viet-Nam Combat Vet Lady of the Sky. As the Aircraft began to come to life, and the rotors began to beat the air into submission....I cried like a baby and I'm NOT ashamed of it...I realized the flight crew were all Viet-Nam Vets, and had served together, plus the countless missions she faithfully served all who flew on her into Combat, some to Hospitals, some to their somber final flights to the hereafter When the "Magic" happened and the ole' gal lifted off, I SWEAR I could feel the presence of those before me. As we flew over the Central Wi. area where I worked for the RR. I wondered just how many had looked out the open doors down into the woods, and could still see the flick of a Deers tail or even people on the trails. As we flew, I heard EVERY pitch change, every different "slap slap slap" of her continuing to win the battle over gravity, until once again, she landed safely for us to get off and the next batch get on. I "petted" her and told her 'THank you sweetheart!" to which the Crew Chief asked me "Did you serve?" I replied, No sir, but my best friend who is more my brother than anything has been a Crew Chief on a Jet Ranger (OH58) when the Wall Fell (actually IN berlin to pick up two of them..that's another story) and a Huey for a week, a Chinook for a Month...where he constantly pumped hydraulic fluid into it (joke) and then, for many years a Blackhawk. We had a constant ribbing about a REAL Helicopter vs. what HE flies in....and the whole Yea, I seen your "Real" helicopter on a Pole....while mine flew all weekend! THe Crew Chief laughed, then asked me why I had gotten so emotional? I told him how much their service means to me, and I had thought of Mark, my friend who was on duty that day. I then Told him and all of the crew there THANK YOU for your service...and the beautiful lady they keep alive for all to enjoy and learn the lesson that Freedom IS NOT FREE!....It was a dream come true for me....so I wanted to share with you that If I ever need a Search and Rescue....I pray to GOD what I hear is what almost Four generations have heard....that SWEET SWEET sound of a Huey beating the air into submission, saying "I'm Coming...just listen to me, and I'll get you home!" THANKS so much!.
I love these birds, my cousin is a pilot for the Snohomish County Sherrifs Office and they have a Huey that supports the Snohomish County Search and Rescue Helicopter Rescue team. They have posted several videos of SnoHawk 10 in training and rescue action. When they are operating, you hear em before you see em, so that others may live. support the last resort. Love those Hueys!
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excellent job on the restoration, always good to see a huey in good condition and better still, in flight.
that is true luv it thank it many , many times and glad it's in and over the United States
I love the Huey! My favourite helicopter. Salute to her, the Vietnam war Saviour!
Great video. I have over 1100 hours flying UH-1H's, flying in the military between '89 and '98. I now have thousands more hours, but the Huey remains my favorite helicopter. Unmistakable sound, sends shivers through me each and every time I hear it. This video has brought back great memories, brought tears to my eyes. Glad you guys were able to get her flying again. Enjoy!!!!
This helo saved so many unaccountable lives both in war and peace, to my mind!
Never flew one, but have seen many operations.. Honor of the highest grade to all the crews!
I'm with you Tim K there's no sound better then a huey I think it's the best helicopter in the US.
1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry. Nice bird. Wish I had one.
My dad spent 34 years flying these, really cool. He pass on December 18th 2020. Merry Christmas dad, I will miss you most
sorry for your lost and big thanks to your dad for his heroism
This is one of FEW youtube videos where the music adds to the enjoyment. :)
This thing was designed more than 50 years ago and now in 2016 it still look modern !I guess the people who created this helicopter were way ahead of their time !
Alex Abadi This year would be the 60th of the first prototype of this baby. And when 2019 comes. It will be the 60th anniversary year (or could say it will turn 60 years old) of this helicopter. The helicopter was introduced in 1959 ('least the UH-1A/HU-1A).
Sorry, it doesn't look modern. Look at the EC-135 and compare. The Huey will always be cool though. Would love to have one... nothing else sounds like it...
Well, what do you expect, the engine had been developed under a german chief engineer, this thing had no choice but to grow to be legendary ;D.
@@BmorePatriot And it still remains in service to this day with the Marines, but with 4 blades on its rotor now and a more powerful engine.
The Plastic Metalhead Shitposter Sounds about right.
I used to be a UH1 (205) helicopter pilot in Imperial Iranian army aviation.perfect and very useful helicopter.2300 hours of flight.missing so much.god bless all the pilots around the world.
I am regretful for the way we messed with your home country's government in the 50's (and afterward). I certainly would love to see the US and Iran become friends again. Such wonderful people.
I love Huey's, I've got models of them, own a R/C Huey gunship (still learning to fly!). Awesome sound, toughest looking heli, and so much history and emotion for many attached to this legendary chopper. Congratulations on restoring this one, what a fine example - plenty to be proud about!
That distinct sound wop wop wop you knew that huey was coming in . I love that sound.
Iconic....The Harley of flying machines, great job gents !
God Bless 1st Cav
Why compare a very reliable machine to an oil leaking, overrated piece of junk Harley Davidson.
Being ex army, I truly miss that sound of the blades overhead. What an awesome job guys. The true work horse restored!
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That's a sweet flying beast!! Love what y'all did to bring it back to life!!..God bless all our vets and the machines that kept them alive...
Spent four years in the army repairing these power plants and flying in them as a door gunner. Loved every minute of them (except for the trip into the swamps after an engine failure). Great job on the aircraft and video!
+motoprof1441 .. doesn't make the loud noise deaf?
I remember sitting in the back of one of these with the doors open flying into LZ hoping not to get hit
When my dad was young he had the chance to fly in a UH-1D. One day I hope I will fly in one too :)
The H was a D that was given a better motor when they rebuilt it back in the states. In Bien Hua they took the Boom off turned it around and crated the bird for return on a ship. They'd stack'm up like beer cases 4 or 5 high, and Uncle Sam didn't do that till the thing almost couldn't fly anymore. Never dis the chopper pilots 'cause I can attest that a lot of us were in hospitals in minutes of getting hit thanks to the risks of those men took landing those beat up old contraptions in places no one sane would ever go. When you didn't make it, the hospital threw your carcass into a conex container along with all the other uncleaned unclaimed meat, I once had to root through them to get the dog tags from a few of my buddies it gave you a strong stomach for the full Vietnam experience, there was no Top Gun music playing while you did that, but the stink got ya attention pretty good.
Nice video sir. In the early 80's we lived outside an army base and my first memory of seeing a Huey was on my little brother's baptismal celebration. The loud thud of a Huey that flew over scared all kids running into the house while I stayed out and marveled at the sight and sound of this war bird. I was hooked ever since. Now at 37 whenever I hear an approaching Huey I would still stop at whatever it is I'm doing and I'd run out to catch a glimpse of the passing bird.
My daddy served in Vietnam in the Army. So proud to see the video. Thanks for sharing...
sounds like a rangers homecoming band .thanks, lord bless the restless.
want a real flashback? come to the Philippines they still use these a gun ships, fly over my house in pairs every day.
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What about Panama?
In Colombia You can see Bells and Black Hawks too
@@usablemarker1173 just about anywhere the US waged war or supplied insurgents, they left their ordinance..
When I heard the sound of this Chopper I knew that we were going to sleep thight that night.I was a door gunner at Phu-Loi with the 3rd Marines.Thanks for bringing back those good memories.
Has been, and always WILL BE my favorite Heli!!! PERIOD! I got to fly in one of these at age 6, and it was written from that point on. No heli makes a cooler more distinct sound than the Huey. It's the ONLY "you know what it is when you hear it" bird. 'Nam vets tell me you could put countless bullet holes in it, and it'd KEEP ON FLYIN'!
Gorgeous bird & outstanding restoration :) Awesome to see her flying again !
She's gorgeous!👍 I'm glad that she's flying again.
I was with the 1/9 at Ft. Hood. in 71. Crewchief on an H model, like this one.
The helicopter looks and sounds amazing!!! Awesome job on it!!! The hard work really paid off and was worth it and it shows
So reliable! Think of the poor guys that had in it wounded maybe dead ? Vietnam war i give my heart to all who fought lived and died for our country.
What a beautiful girl
What a beauty.
I Remember many flights in Huey's from my USMC days in the 70's! Wonderful sounds! And yes-CCR!
Apparently, the story goes, when they arrived into service in Vietnam they were shipped in crates and assembled on shore. The crates were mistakenly marked "HU-I" rather than "UH-I" (Utility Helicopter series I) so the name HUI (later Huey) stuck. When I visited the perfume river in Hue, central Vietnam, in 2017 I sat on the bank of the river and soaked up the serenity. I quietly hoped one would whiz by....one can but dream.
here in philippines Huey UH-1H still active in service @ Phil. Airforce.
Love the sound....Brings back a flood of memories of when I was in the Delta in 1970 !
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@interstellar Nice
We can, we will! 4/9th Air Cav Trooper/veteran here...loved this video! Hooah!
The sound of this machine is iconic 😄🤠
I bet Vietnam vets will shudder at that sound. Nothing on earth sounds like a Huey.
yes , that is true you dreaded going out but loved the sound of it coming in to get ya
I'm of that generation, and to this day I can't hear any helicopter without thinking of Viet Nam. I wasn't even there, just one of millions watching it at home on TV news. But, true, no other sounds like a Huey.
you would only dread it if you are a 70 year Vietnamese farmer working in a rice paddy would it give you a chill
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NOT, HELICOPTER DOOR GUNNER 69-71
Incorrect sound. Correct is Fortunate Son - Credence.
+Raphael R. Hey Great, I'm going to edit that change for my self, great call
Raphael Combate + Now we hit another nerve. First i ever heard heavy rock music was in Camp Eagle. Loud. There's a Monster on the Loose...He's Got Your Head Into a Noose. Jimmy Hendrix, Machine Gun. Stepenwolfe. Most popular song, as you know, We Gotta Get Outa This Place, If It's the Last Thing We Ever Do. Girl there's a better life for me and you.
Yeah what the hell is up with all this generic crap music they put on here lol I get the Army song but even still it kind of throws the whole vid off
No army strong does just fine.
Look up the Wooly Bully with Cav video, Sam the Sham.The opening image looks like the 2nd ID at Benning test/eval Air Mobile concept. No more dynamic.
The hard work payed off, that is a beautiful bird.
There’s NOTHING like the chopping sounds of the UH-1H Huey’s rotors! That sounds like freedom to me! 🫡
Still in service with Bangladesh Air Force..
Completed 100,000 hours of flight time without a single crash record.
They're heavely upgraded.
Aussies used them in Vietnam.....Awesome helicopter
air mobile 1st air Calvary dustoff!!!!
When I hear the sound of this helicopter it reminds me of my youth when I was a parachutist and we jumped from these helicopters in Venezuela when this country was a democracy in the seventies and I will never forget the sound of these helicopter blades. some pleasant memories of this time.
My father maintained Hueys at the Niagara Falls NY Army National Guard base for over 20 years. He restored as an SSG. I spent a lot of time at the base with him watching the Hueys being maintained and taken out on ramp so the guys could start them up and the pilots could take them up for a flight.
Lovely! Like a fledgling bird with tentative steps away from the nest unsure if it should take off... How gingerly we float along making sure we don't scratch anything. 😉. Very nice! Now all we need is the Ride of the Valkyries!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That distinctive blade sound that the UH-1 made meant two things to two different peoples. To the enemy, it meant a world of hurt was coming. To our soldiers, it meant home.
To the NVA and VC it meant they needed to take careful aim 'cause they knew we were nearby, to the poor dumb bstds riding them we were bullet stoppers by trade commuting to work in a big noisy slow moving target.
The Huey is my favourite Helicopter ever & it has that truely amazing iconic sound
Damn, that is a big bird! That is such a distinctive sound, one I am sure many ground pounders in Viet Nam loved to hear when they needed some support. I can understand some of the comments here where vets from that era get emotional seeing and listening to this.
Memories!!
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thanks for sharing, kinda kickin around the idea of goin to the boneyard myself,.........377 th AA air ambulance
I am finishing up on a 1/32nd. scale model (loading it with lots of nut and bolts to give it the heft of a die cast) and your vid has helped me tweak a few "little bits" on it. Mine is bright yellow of the Canadian Air Rescue...thought I'd go out of the box a tad. Yours looks superb !
Great video. I miss the "tick tick tick" sound when the engines are starting. I crewed UH-1Ns back in the day at New River. Most of them had the stab bars removed and SCAS installed. Pilot here is definitely a good stick. Well done.
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Omg I recalled at my childhood time 1970-1973 riding on this Helicoptor back in my homeland country under the CIA secret war in Laos.
My dad rode many, many of those in Vietnam dropping sensors. God bless all the men and women who served and lost their lives there. I love the sound of them rotor blades beating that air into submission.
What a superb job! Well done guys! nothing like a Huey. This is first class poetry!
Nice bird! Gives me the shudders though. I spent hours in blood soaked fatigues in the back of these. It was a long time before I could get that sound out of my head.
You're a Vietnam War veteran!? :D
Alpha Chinoz Yes. Is that a problem?
Curly Mike Not at all, I've just never seen one active on a media. Like, I've always seen veterans on TV and such, but I've never seen one comment on a UA-cam video! I thank you for your service! :D
Alpha Chinoz Thank you. I appreciate it.
So its not the chopper, or the sound, but the memories they illicit. I have seen allot of TV pin Stress, bad memories, and PTSD to the Huey. Largely due to its iconic image, role, and sound. I always thought that was the stuff of movies. But now I have learned that was accurate, more so for the boys inside of em.
Thanks for your service.
simply beautiful.
I’m in awe of the restoration undertaken by theses gentlemen.
Thank you for your service and devotion to seeing this project through.
She really looks better that new. Shiny, no ripples, perfect glass.
If she were mine I’d run it no doors and a dozen or so combat holes strategically placed to keep air circulating.
Where’s the neatest dealership?
Impressive. The best. Needs a 1st Air Cav badge :) "So that others may live"
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Look son, it's a Huey. The most iconic heli ever made.
Nothing like a Huey , best known heli there is ! , theres 2 flying here in Somerset uk
I dont know why But every time i see a Bell huey I hear CCR fortunate son playing in the back ground.. By Far one of the most Iconic Helicopters out there :D I LOVE YOU!!!!
Thanks guys. Mega-memories there.
The sound of a Huey starting always sounds good to me!
It's VERY good to know there are people who could make such a beauty live longer. Thanks a lot to the team that worked on it!
enjoyed this, well done, from nottingham, england.
Hanchey Field,Fort Rucker,Alabama,,,up until I retired 2 years ago I was a civillian helicopter mechanic.At least 2 or 3 times a week Flatiron Huey would bring precautionary landing victims back to the field,so they could drive their POV home,after writing up a report.19 out of 20 times I would stop whatever I was doing to go bathe in the rotor wash as it taxied by hangar 209.I love the Huey aircraft,the sound it made and remembering that it was my fathers helicopter!
I love those machines. They still look great and sound fantastic! Ever since watching the Tour of Duty tv-series here in Holland, i've always wanted to fly one of those. Whonknows, maybe, one day...
They have a unique sound. Every time I hear one, I think “Viet Nam”.
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Just add door gunners with M-60Ds and 2.75" rocket pods, and you're all set!
I have only one word to describe this video...
Beautiful.
Thank you!
@Hugonorge08 Actually, No, since this Huey is an original Vietnam issue. Moving the tail rotor to the right side was only incorporated later after the war. Moving it to the right side was done to increase the effectiveness of it. If you look most original war Huey's, the tail rotors are all on the left side.
nice ride...can do without the music though
Agreed. The Huey makes music of her own just fine.
It fits because it's the Army song.
Jonathan Willard shut the fuck up thats army strong music.
Tom lol
turn off the music please !!!
BoogieMan R no, you idiot!!! 🖕
What the first song's name
really uggly music !
Beautiful - Congratulations and thanks for getting her back in the air!
Infantry Grunt here, in 68 and 69 we flew on D model Hueys the H was what the brass parked their butt in so they could orbit above, get in the way of our ground support, and gawk at us getting shot at. I was in the 82nd Airborne's 3rd Brigade and like almost everybody who served with me, we were all Draftees with US Military ID numbers not the RA' s that proved you volunteered for this like a dope. Some of those old birds were decrepit, and some couldn't even take off with a full load even after the doors had been stripped off them. No heroes in any of this, we just did what we had to, it wasn't like we had a choice. After 25 combat missions they did send me an air medal after I got home because if you survived 25 times you should have proof your luck held out that long. The REMF's didn't get those shiny metal thingys because they nevertook any chances. In fact we were told that for every bullet stopper like us in the field there were 8 of those REMF's eating the hot chow all day. That sounded about right and they gave the CIB's to everybody so don't let having one fool ya, tell'm you wanna see their air medal. when they can't you know you got yourself a REMF pretender. R=Rear, E= Escheon, M= Mother, F = . . you can figure that one out yourself.