gwb123 Posted October 30, 2016 Share #1 Posted October 30, 2016 Surprisingly, who knew any of them were still flying for the Army? https://www.army.mil/article/177214/end_of_an_era_proving_ground_bids_farewell_to_long_serving_huey_helicopters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted October 30, 2016 Share #2 Posted October 30, 2016 I did, they fly over every now and then. The sound is unmistakable and I love seeing them fly... luckly theres still many in the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 30, 2016 Share #3 Posted October 30, 2016 Yeah I thought they where retired a long time ago, like the early 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZPhil Posted October 30, 2016 Share #4 Posted October 30, 2016 Yeah those boys would wopwopwop over us while fishing the Colorado river here in Yuma!!! Great airframe and they did their duty that's for sure!!! Semper Fi Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted October 30, 2016 Share #5 Posted October 30, 2016 Good thing the Marines still use them.Here's a link to a great blog about the "Venom" or Super Huey: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/watch-these-marine-uh-1y-super-hueys-pulverize-a-fake-t-1696624431 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted October 30, 2016 Share #6 Posted October 30, 2016 And the Air Force still has about 60 UH-1N models. The AF has been trying to get rid of them for years and is now evaluating (again) the Huey's successor which is likely to be a variant of the Sikorsky Black Hawk. Regards, Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunbunnyB/3/75FA Posted October 31, 2016 Share #7 Posted October 31, 2016 i always liked them. they were the first chopper i ever had a ride in, loved it more than ANY roller coaster that i been on, the way they would 'bounce' around in the air was truly great, the black hawk was boring, it just rode the air like a bus, and the sh**hook made too much noise to enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vahe Demirjian Posted February 23 Share #8 Posted February 23 On 10/30/2016 at 1:53 PM, Charlie Flick said: And the Air Force still has about 60 UH-1N models. The AF has been trying to get rid of them for years and is now evaluating (again) the Huey's successor which is likely to be a variant of the Sikorsky Black Hawk. Regards, Charlie The US Air Force in September 2018 selected a joint Boeing/Leonardo design for a derivative of the Leonardo (AgustaWestland) AW139 helicopter to replace its fleet of UH-1Ns used for ICBM silo security, assigning the out-of-sequence designation MH-139 to this design. The MH-139 has been christened Grey Wolf, and deliveries of the MH-139 to US Air Force began in December 2019. Links: https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/boeing-wins-uh-1n-replacement-contract-from-usaf/129632.article https://www.defensenews.com/air/2019/12/19/the-air-forces-uh-1n-huey-replacement-helicopter-got-a-new-name-today/ https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/malstrom-air-force-base-to-receive-7-new-mh-139-grey-wolf-helicopters/article_cd19678e-d0df-11ee-a77d-4b91c40a43e2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24 Share #9 Posted February 24 USMC MAG-24 MCBH Kaneohe Bay Super Hueys (& Cobras) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardstripe Posted February 24 Share #10 Posted February 24 There is a museum in Peru Indiana dedicated to the Huey helicopter. Welcome to American Huey 369 Org Website (polarengraving.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted February 25 Share #11 Posted February 25 I was a frequent flyer as an infantry passenger back in the 80's in the ILARNG. Had well over 30 round trips in Illinois and mostly in Wisconsin over McCoy. We did a lot of nape of the earth flying and as a passenger sitting in the side seats with the doors open!~Long seats nylon over frames going down the sides. Sat on the edge with rucksack on and a seatbelt holding you in. Centrifigal did that too on the turns. Held you in kind of. Man!!! it was always wild! Depending on which side your on, when they turn, your either looking straight down at the ground or straight up into the sky. Many flights. Always scared before I got on but once in the air, well whaddya gonna do? lol lol They were big and powerful. Very powerful, you could feel it. And very loud. You could hear them coming a ways off in the field. I woulkd be in one flying looking around and I'd think, Im wearing their clothes, I got a weapon, Im eating their food and I'm on Huey and to top it off, Im getting paid! And nobody was trying to kill us in Wisconsin so it was all good. We never had any crashes either. No mishaps. The pilots were good! The aircraft were well maintained. Only flew in the dark once. They shut the doors. It was like going down the highway in a van with big windows. At night. Im sure I'l never fly in one again but Im thankful I got to do it. Was great! Great Bird. I had a a few round trips in a Chinook. Totally different. A flying Greyhound bus is the chinook. Chinook will go high up. Never flew really high up in the hueys. Taking off in a Huey.. It shakes on the ground while its like idling and right before it lifts off, The power comes on and the whole thing smooths out and stops shaking and you feel the power as it lifts and then tilts and goes rushing forward as it climbs. If your in the side seats. You turn your head and look to the cockpit and as its taking off and rushing forward all you see is the ground. All I can say it was a trip . Each and every time. Huey. What an aircraft! What a long history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted February 26 Share #12 Posted February 26 Illinois Army Air National Guard Huey. 1989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted February 26 Share #13 Posted February 26 > Here's one on static display at JTFB Los Alamitos, CW5 John Harris and me paying our respects last year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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