View Full Version : Goodbye Huey
chopper2004
16th Apr 2021, 12:02
its Auf Widersehn pet finally as more H145M LUH SAR is replacing the legacy in the Bundeswehr / Heeresflieger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHWewWxI4l0
If it was not for covid pandemic from last year I would gone back to Aero Friedrichshafen to see the special painted Heeresflieger UH-1D on its tour.
As it happens thankfully few years back at ILA 2018 as with previous ILA, managed to see the UH-1D SAR (my pics below)
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x720/31357801_10156717602641490_8774971708667444922_n_2dcc84d1f9e 24392feefc4d51be45b5523694dc7.jpg
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Cheers
Less Hair
16th Apr 2021, 12:32
Time for the Valkyries:
https://youtu.be/nuvSA0rLiiA
ShyTorque
16th Apr 2021, 16:42
I was concerned that this was an obituary...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1SFWU5tXAE
500 Fan
17th Apr 2021, 17:10
I was concerned that this was an obituary...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1SFWU5tXAE
Thankfully not. That would be a big loss.
500Fan
chopper2004
8th Oct 2021, 09:14
https://news.bellflight.com/en-US/203237-bell-huey-a-legend-retires-in-germany?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Germany%20&fbclid=IwAR03mUCNz4EN19177AYOkM0OOdm7p4I5Wk2CFHVf3G-M4Fsjb5s5icPoC6o
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x930/90d9a674_0881_496a_b624_8ac6ed705222_6b9de12105ff70a1178e4eb f491c8198bb29c6e1.jpeg
UH-1D? Does it still have an L-11 engine? Looks like the pitot tube is on the roof.
212man
8th Oct 2021, 13:50
UH-1D? Does it still have an L-11 engine? Looks like the pitot tube is on the roof.
Looks like a wire cutter
Less Hair
8th Oct 2021, 14:46
Above and below the cockpit.
Looks like a wire cutter
There is also a pitot tube. You can see them both here in mine...we have the -17 engine.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1728x972/119049246_10101616395567453_7871667213247364610_o_d649bf8af5 4292e9a437f5a15f41d701d68e31b4.jpg
When you look at a Bell 205 or 212 the pitot tube is moved to the nose.
Here you can see the pitot tube on the nose and the wire cutters top & bottom on my Bell 205:
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1242/69655412_10215269168502026_828842715767635968_o_f104268ed4a9 7cafdc05f0905a0e2c247fedbb9b.jpg
rotormatic
8th Oct 2021, 23:13
UH-1H for Germany (D was for Deutschland). 352 license built version in West Germany between 1967 and 1981 for use by the Federal Government. Power by the T53-L13 engine
Saint Jack
9th Oct 2021, 02:08
That's a beautiful paint scheme. hopefully they'll put it in a museum just as it is. A couple of question if I may, what is that object fitted to the tip of the upper cable cutter and, what is the object fitted between the upper anti-collision light and the engine cowls?
That's a beautiful paint scheme. hopefully they'll put it in a museum just as it is. A couple of question if I may, what is that object fitted to the tip of the upper cable cutter and, what is the object fitted between the upper anti-collision light and the engine cowls?
Already in the helicopter museum in Bueckeburg:
Huey Museum (https://www.szlz.de/region/bueckeburg_artikel,-goodbye-huey-neue-attraktion-_arid,2695119.html)
It's a GPS antenna on the upper cablecutter
skadi
Hueymeister
9th Oct 2021, 11:49
Many happy memories flying it at Penzing. My favourite ride by far.
Less Hair
9th Oct 2021, 11:58
Dornier assembled and maintained the German ones. The German Navy refused to accept theirs and handed them over to Bundesgrenzschutz Federal Border Police, with Bundesmarine finally opting for Sea Kings.
the German Navy refused to accept theirs and handed them over to Bundesgrenzschutz Federal Border Police, with Bundesmarine finally opting for Sea Kings.
Far better choice 👍
skadi
Hueymeister
10th Oct 2021, 16:27
My favourite tour whilst in the RAF. Fab times, fab people wonderful aircraft.https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x639/645db9e8_4e0d_4839_ab12_f0647346a08f_6cf8b1f57361646fbab82ae 5023a44c4f02ec500.jpeg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x600/997e36a6_8345_478b_8374_e145f4bb2b37_c6c3592c5f7a8be6b2bf3fc 26b8c4f386c1b33f6.jpeg
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https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/604x453/7313d48e_9be7_48fb_9734_bcf44b2fae90_b1b8cf52fe3c32896cc1bd5 0a50214acac446f95.jpeg
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/604x453/a7792c55_a0db_4073_975b_381db841350d_4a9c042387abd7feab8b76e dcae9c8ad3be5afe5.jpeg
There is also a pitot tube. You can see them both here in mine...we have the -17 engine.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1728x972/119049246_10101616395567453_7871667213247364610_o_d649bf8af5 4292e9a437f5a15f41d701d68e31b4.jpg
When you look at a Bell 205 or 212 the pitot tube is moved to the nose.
Nice looking Huey. My point was the UH-1D has a nose mounted pitot tube, T-53 L-11 engine. UH-1H has a roof mounted pitot and a T53 L-13. The D's that were converted to H retained the nose mounted tube. Does your UH-1 have the BLR Fast Fin?
Gordy
11th Oct 2021, 00:08
Nice looking Huey. My point was the UH-1D has a nose mounted pitot tube, T-53 L-11 engine. UH-1H has a roof mounted pitot and a T53 L-13. The D's that were converted to H retained the nose mounted tube. Does your UH-1 have the BLR Fast Fin?
Yep, fast fin and strake, and the tilt seat on the left side:
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1342/huey_3_95607c993dd5ec3977380c72eeac6e8b26004923.jpg
Hueymeister
11th Oct 2021, 01:56
The D’s pitot tube was atop the cockpit, not on the nose.
Ascend Charlie
11th Oct 2021, 03:22
Gordy, does that machine have the tail rotor on the left, rotating down at the front? I thought the flip-flop tail rotor was part of the fast fin/strake modification, so the blade is on the right side, rotating up at the front?
Gordy
11th Oct 2021, 15:54
Gordy, does that machine have the tail rotor on the left, rotating down at the front? I thought the flip-flop tail rotor was part of the fast fin/strake modification, so the blade is on the right side, rotating up at the front?
Yes, tail rotor is on the left. The ell 205 is on the right. The fast fin can be fitted to both aircraft.
205 on the right....Huey on the left:
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1205/69930953_10215269169582053_4809828815595372544_o_2447120cfdc af709cbef45df79e47783b6444372.jpg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x949/70741532_10215269171382098_8281079941806686208_n_59dd9662dad d3db035286612b82b2798f42a9a3f.jpg
megan
11th Oct 2021, 21:49
The D’s pitot tube was atop the cockpit, not on the noseAfraid not, D nose, H top of cockpit, on US Army aircraft. H model below.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1152x667/9th_074185e0f703e4264c9586ad92fff78930c6dd6f.jpg
skadi
12th Oct 2021, 00:39
The D’s pitot tube was atop the cockpit, not on the nose.
Thats right for the german Hueys. They were built as UH-1H but called UH-1D. Do not mix with the US UH-1D, they were different.
Skadi
thechopper
12th Oct 2021, 11:35
Good ol' days
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/514x344/3_muli_b52c0a721da10cbcf78949824f0ff90a4d5a182d.jpg
Late 70's AMF Training in Bad Reichenhall
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/520x344/4_bier_0f9ec5c25cd015e131d342fbe8db96249bb283ec.jpg
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megan
13th Oct 2021, 00:33
They were built as UH-1H but called UH-1DWhy was that skadi?
skadi
13th Oct 2021, 08:05
Why was that skadi?
I don't know. They told us when I started on the UH-1D in Germany after initial course in Ft. Rucker where I flew UH-1H with same engines
skadi
ericferret
14th Oct 2021, 08:49
I speculate UH-1D (Dornier)
Less Hair
14th Oct 2021, 09:06
Or Deutschland?
Copter Appreciator00
21st Oct 2021, 14:33
Excellent pictures! Great up-close image of the hoist, cabin, and rescue gear.
Otterotor
22nd Oct 2021, 16:18
Three XH-40 prototypes were built, followed by six YH-40 service test aircraft. The designation of the XH-40 was soon changed to XHU-1.
This helicopter was the prototype of what would be known worldwide as the “Huey.” The helicopter was designated by the U.S. Army as HU-1, but a service-wide reorganization of aircraft designations resulted in that being changed to UH-1. Produced for both civil and military customers, it evolved to the Model 205 (UH-1D—UH-1H), the twin-engine Model 212 (UH-1N), the heavy-lift Model 214, and is still in production 62 years later as the twin-engine, four-bladed, glass-cockpit Model 412EPI and the UH-1Y.
Otter :rolleyes: