Argentinian pilot reunited with his UH-1 Huey
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T Thud and Blunder
2nd try! Good to know you are still around even in SD. Had thought you had moved but presume still in the area of same town. Occasionally go to see an old schoolfriend who lives in a village to N of the town on edge of moor. We are still in the same house [after 43 years], so if you can recall where we are you are welcome to call in if ever you are passing. Best wishes,
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It was collected by the RN from Felixstowe and taken by truck to Finningley for the 1982 BoB Static Display. It was whilst being moved from Finningley to Abingdon for the latter's BoB display that the front blade tie came free allowing the blade to rise and strike a road bridge over the A1 near Alconbury. This damage wrote off the forward main rotor blade, rotor head, mast, engine, Main Rotor Gearbox, engine to gearbox drive shaft, front tail rotor drive shaft, the windscreens and nose structure, the main fuselage structure under the MRG and the undercarriage. Apart from that it did not look in too bad a condition. The story of how all these components were repaired or replaced is a book in itself !
My father got a cross section - with the trim tab.
Anyone got any history of the cab before it came to the UK?
Any record of what it did during the war? Or before the war?
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Mercedes actually chased Argentina for payment, who told them to take it up with the British as they now owned them. The British told Mercedes to go take it up with the Argentines as they had signed the contract for them. Mercedes probably still chasing payment to this day!
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I remember the one that was liberated back to Gutersloh. It looked almost new apart from a few bullet holes. The BFG tester refused to pass it for road use because of their sharp edges. After the application of a few “not very obvious in silver” speed tape patches it became the squadron transport.
