Originally Posted by
megan
Fuel load in a UH-1H is 1,400 lbs, fuel burn 550 lbs/hr, 100 knot cruise, if you wish to play with numbers.
Coffs to Bankstown direct is 242 nm. Nil wind point to point at say 4,000 ft would be around 2:45 hrs so you're not pulling that off on a tank. They had to have been heading into Williamtown for fuel.