2 blade Huey
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2 blade Huey
Are there many still flying? Just watching a movie set in the near future, and the hero is in a 2 blade Huey. I thought they had been upgraded, retired or replaced with the black hawk. Or is it just Hollywood that has a lot of them lying around. Its the best sounding Helo around, and that's from a plank wing!
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The USMC still operates the UH-1N but it is being replaced with the much improved UH-1Y which will now all be new build rather than UH-1N conversations. The USMC operates composite sqns of AH-1Z and UH-1Y and there is a high commonality of major components between the 2 types.
Bell UH-1Y Venom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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I think RAFO (nee SOAF) still use a few AB 205As (kind of a hybrid with a D-model-ish frame and a T53-L13-B engine) for training.
Last OSD for them I heard was 2015 - but that may be out of date.
Last OSD for them I heard was 2015 - but that may be out of date.
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Well, your initial question is a little broad. There are still lots of twin blade hueys all over the globe, although their use in front line miltary service has declined substantially. There are still plenty in military service, government service and civil service, and as movie aircraft and we will see them for some time.
Availabiltiy and cost are a major factor for movie/tv production, and it is much easier to obtain a twin blade huey for a hollwood production- that is likely why you saw it in the movie your saw. Getting a blackhawk or other modern military helicopter would require cooperation from the military branch. The military is often reluctant to support movie/tv productions unless there is high level political support, and even then the movie will have to meet very high censoring standards and be politically correct. I can think of several movies where hueys have been used, but a real operation would have used blackhawks, chinooks, Ch-46's, Ch-53's, cobras, or appropriate British, French equivalents, etc. Again, hueys can be found around the globe, rented for the production, painted to look like the airforce of your desired production, and be recognized by the general public as a troop transport helo.
Aviation enthusiasts/pursits hate such use, but the popcorn eating movie public could care less (all helo's look the same don't they?) And to many people a huey is "the" helicopter.
Availabiltiy and cost are a major factor for movie/tv production, and it is much easier to obtain a twin blade huey for a hollwood production- that is likely why you saw it in the movie your saw. Getting a blackhawk or other modern military helicopter would require cooperation from the military branch. The military is often reluctant to support movie/tv productions unless there is high level political support, and even then the movie will have to meet very high censoring standards and be politically correct. I can think of several movies where hueys have been used, but a real operation would have used blackhawks, chinooks, Ch-46's, Ch-53's, cobras, or appropriate British, French equivalents, etc. Again, hueys can be found around the globe, rented for the production, painted to look like the airforce of your desired production, and be recognized by the general public as a troop transport helo.
Aviation enthusiasts/pursits hate such use, but the popcorn eating movie public could care less (all helo's look the same don't they?) And to many people a huey is "the" helicopter.
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And over time the poor old airframe driver gets used to the vertical bounce a two bladed rotor gives. Mind you if also using early generation infra red goggles the driver will notice some damn peculiar effects! 
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Errr.. a Huey with more than two blades is not really a Huey
I know what you mean though.
