No person may be carried in this helicopter during fight unless that person is essential to the purpose of the flight
Don't know how they get around it, but many UH-1H are used in the US to give rides to the public. Crew chief from my old unit has one and gives rides, financial side no idea.
I’m not aware of what instrumentation was fitted
If the instrumentation was as originally fitted and serviceable the aircraft was quite capable of IMC flight, goes without saying the driver needs to be up to the task.
should there have been 5 POB (4 pax) on an ex mil aircraft
The operator aimed to use the aircraft to give warbird joyrides to the public. An ad from the video.
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