TULSA, Oklahoma - A fully-restored military helicopter has been damaged in transport Monday morning on the IDL in Tulsa. The Huey helicopter was knocked off a trailer after hitting a sign on southbound Highway 75.
The helicopter is on the highway at the IDL bridge. Railing wreckage from the walkway installed under the Joplin-1st Street sign is wrapped around the rotor of the helicopter.
News On 6 is told the Vietnam-era helicopter was on its way from the Tulsa Air and Space Museum to the Veterans Day parade that begins at 11 a.m.
The helicopter is believed to be one Vietnam Veteran Hobie Hammond acquired within the past six months. It was decommissioned in Arkansas for display to TASM.
Hammond is a 70-year-old former Huey helicopter pilot.