Happy 60th Birthday to the Huey
 

On this day 60 years ago, the Bell XH-40 flew for the first time, and the rest is history.....from the jungles of Vietnam to deserts of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait etc and to Afghanistan....

cheers

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...psraicqxnm.jpg


(Photo courtesy of Bell)

transport, gunship, CASEVAC, fire fighting, SAR, medical transfers, even VIP models. The list goes on.

It's much enhanced descendant - the UH-1Y - will probably still be in service somewhere on the 100th Birthday - an excellent machine still today.

UH-1Y | NAVAIR - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation

Bell UH-1Y - Bell Helicopter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnXDQV-5ndA

The USAF still operates 63 x UH-1N in the ICBM site security and VIP transport roles.

U.S. Air Force Not Releasing UH-1N Replacement Performance Specs | Defense content from Aviation Week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOT_VXh_pDo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnJXTVCDvo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblQl_j8B0Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRPOUtvO88

And currently looking for a replacement.... again....

https://www.airforcetimes.com/articl...ey-replacement

Cheers

The trouble with the early two-bladers was the built-in vertical bounce.

http://[IMG]http://http://aviadejavu...N13-3/31-3.jpg[/IMG]

My favourite rotary ride....

Fond memories of about 700 hours ..... and the inspiration for my nom de PPruNe

Vietnam era footage + Rolling Stones soundtrack.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QNlebUDb8U