Happy 60th Birthday to the Huey

[chopper2004]

On this day 60 years ago, the Bell XH-40 flew for the first time, and the rest is history.....from the jungles of Vietnam to deserts of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait etc and to Afghanistan....

cheers

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/longranger166/14753412_1468770349817603_1277879976004005263_o_zpsraicqxnm. jpg


(Photo courtesy of Bell)

[seafury45]

transport, gunship, CASEVAC, fire fighting, SAR, medical transfers, even VIP models. The list goes on.

[RAFEngO74to09]

It's much enhanced descendant - the UH-1Y - will probably still be in service somewhere on the 100th Birthday - an excellent machine still today.

UH-1Y | NAVAIR - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation (http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.displayPlatform&key=059321A9-8B4A-4839-8E70-F386299C8FF8)

Bell UH-1Y - Bell Helicopter (http://www.bellhelicopter.com/military/bell-uh-1y)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnXDQV-5ndA

[RAFEngO74to09]

The USAF still operates 63 x UH-1N in the ICBM site security and VIP transport roles.

U.S. Air Force Not Releasing UH-1N Replacement Performance Specs | Defense content from Aviation Week (http://aviationweek.com/defense/us-air-force-not-releasing-uh-1n-replacement-performance-specs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOT_VXh_pDo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnJXTVCDvo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblQl_j8B0Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRPOUtvO88

[chopper2004]

The USAF still operates 63 x UH-1N in the ICBM site security and VIP transport roles.

U.S. Air Force Not Releasing UH-1N Replacement Performance Specs | Defense content from Aviation Week (http://aviationweek.com/defense/us-air-force-not-releasing-uh-1n-replacement-performance-specs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOT_VXh_pDo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnJXTVCDvo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblQl_j8B0Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRPOUtvO88
And currently looking for a replacement.... again....

https://www.airforcetimes.com/articles/air-force-gets-ball-rolling-on-uh-1n-huey-replacement

Cheers

[Rosevidney1]

The trouble with the early two-bladers was the built-in vertical bounce.

[Hueymeister]

http://http://http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/AN/AN13-3/31-3.jpg

My favourite rotary ride....

[teeteringhead]

Fond memories of about 700 hours ..... and the inspiration for my nom de PPruNe

[RAFEngO74to09]

Vietnam era footage + Rolling Stones soundtrack.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QNlebUDb8U