Two of the coolest helicopters on the planet, the Bell 47 and the UH-1 Huey

I love this guy. Checklist in one hand, the other hand actually touching checklist items. Taking the time he needs to make the aircraft is in flight order. I’d fly with this guy any time. Also I flew 5 years in an H-120B; fixed wing is awesome, rotary wing is something else altogether.

I trained on one of these in late 1979 great little trainer retired 2 years ago with 19,000 hours

I love it. And listen to John Fogerty along this small flight. Priceless!

This is a blast from the past for me! I am 67 years old now, in the early 70’s in Norfolk, Va Colonial Helicopters had a 135 operation. Gene Hicks was the Owner. They allowed me to tag along with reposition flights. Giving me opportunity gain dual instruction. I flew 10 hours in the Bell 47 G, due to the $65.00 and hour expense compared to $6.50 and hour for a fixed winged airplane and being in high school you know where my money went!. Today I am retired with 20 thousand hours plus pilot in fixed wing air planes. Thanks for the video!😁🛫

I was in the Army NG 41st Aviation Battalion and took my first Helicopter lesson in one of these. Back in the 60's. Coming from fixed wing SEL, it took me an hour just to learn how to hover. What an experience. Thanks for the memories.

My 1st time flying ever was a ride in a Bell 47 with my Grandma in '72. I was 7 y.old and have never stopped loving that bird.

Really enjoyed this. I’m a retired Huey and Hawk driver. Fly Army. Tks for sharing.

It's two years to the day since my wife booked me two hours flight instruction on a Bell 47 for my sixtieth birthday. Although I've had my fixed wing licence for 38 years I'd never flown a helicopter. Did fine on straight and level flight, reasonable on standard rate turns and a nice controlled approach with a twenty degree crosswind. Then it was time to try the hover. Each time I lasted about 30 seconds until my instructor took back control. PIO. I just couldn't deal with the lag between control input and the rotor head response. When I apologised my instructor laughed and said you kept it within the airfield, well done. PS; The 47 I flew had a horizontal yellow band around the bubble cockpit. Before we took off my instructor explained its purpose; On engine failure you can make it to anywhere below the line, above it, forget it.

Back in 1977to 1979 my father owned a Bell 47J2A It was a blast flying that bird, we flew it to the Oshkosh fly-in and met Pappy Boyington (loved that guy) and fle all over Michigan. Flew over the Mackinaw Bridge into the UP of Michigan along Lake Michigan and into Wisconsin. Good times!

My dad was a helicopter mechanic for 13 years he was a Bell 47 specialist

The first time I flew was in a helicopter just like this. I was about 6 years old and they were giving rides at the Michigan State Fair. It was 1959. Me and my Dad went up with me sitting on his lap. From that point I was hooked on flying! Got my fixed wing ticket in 1993. Great video!

This is a thrilling video for a lot of personal reasons going back 60+ years when I was 9 and "Whirlybirds" TV show was on the air. My best friend and I each saved $3 for a 20-minute ride around my hometown in a Bell 47. Nice job.

Over 4,000 flight hours in BELL rotorcraft and one of my favorites was the B47-G3B-2! Earliest model flown was a B47-D1 that had been in the movie, "MASH." Finished my BELL flying as an EMS Pilot in the B-412EP. Great memories of a great product. Thanks for sharing.

Retired Marine H-53 pilot. Love the video!

I would have never turned down the chance to go up for another flight! Great video. Enjoyed it very much.

That brought back many memories. I am very familiar with Mr Bells model 47. I have flown all of the models in standard configuration and experimental. I have about 7000 hours total time. I can say that the Bell 47 is perhaps one of the most forgiving rotorcraft aircraft and even though it was my job to fly them I typically did enjoy getting up in the air. I also owned an overhaul facility in California and later in Mexico. I quit flying more than 30 years ago. Sometimes I do miss it. Thanks for the memories

My first heli flight in 1969, Bell 47... Bell 205's 206's, a 214B, the big one, and a twin otter on floats to boot... Nice 47. Great vid, thanks

A friend of mine had one of these about 30 years ago for a couple of years. Sold it and bought a Bell Ranger. Then he flew it a few days a week for Channel 4 in Dallas doing traffic over head shots and occasionally pr flights. That paid for the upkeep and eventually most of the purchase price. He said the Ranger was a dream to fly, but the 47 was more fun.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Loved my time in the Bell 47.

My first assignment in Vietnam was as a door gunner on the Bell 47. 1st Air Cav, 2nd Bn. Airborne, 1965-66.

That was the most fun helicopter I've ever been in. Small, light, easy handling, very forgiving.. Beautiful...

Good stuff. Pilot with a great personality, he must have a lot of friends.

Outstanding! It would be nice to (see and hear!) a flight with the sound of that lovely 6-cylinder engine!

Took my first helo flight from Goat Island at Niagara Falls in the early '70s in a 47. It was an amazing experience. Fast forward to the mid '80s and I was taking lessons from the Pier 36 heliport on the Delaware river in Philadelphia. Flew Schweitzer 269's, MD 500d and JetRangers. Ultimately ran out of funding before completion but have many fond memories. Enjoyed your vids. Please keep them coming. DJ

Great memories. I remember flying in a couple of these doing oil exploration in the late 1970's and early 1980's. The ex-nam pilots were all excellent, thorough and highly skilled. Cool old machines...

From 1946 to 1974 these things Ruled the Skies!

Congratulations, and thanks for "taking me" on a flight in this incredible helicopter. Beyond this, I found it incredibly detailed how you showcased the controls, the checklist, and how to operate them with the necessary art and time. There are experienced pilots from whom one can truly enjoy and learn, and you, Sr, are one of them. Thanks!

In my opinion one of the best little Choppers ever made. Thanks for posting.

What a flight! I wish there would have been a bit more wind to get the rotor chopping out that iconic sound, but at least we got the purring sound of the engine and all that wonderful eye candy! Thanks!

Great video, thanks for sharing. I'll share this with my father in law who flew this for the British Army before I was born!

I did my initial training on a B47 back in the 70's. In this video it would have been nice to show the gauges, MP and RPM, as you lift the collective and lower it since it is not governed. For some reason I had an issue with the manifold pressure and the RPM, matching while watching the MP. I spent more time watching those gauges and stressing about over torques. I got away from piston engines as soon as I could. I ended my career flying fadec controlled machines with auto pilots !! Helicopters have come a long way ! Great video.....thanks for the memories!

I got my Commercial License 40 years ago in a 47G5 A, I LOVE those little helos . Not having any kind of dashboard to hinder your view is awesome. Yes they are underpowered ,don’t have a high ceiling , fly fast ,but they are so much fun.

I took a ride several years ago in a Bell 47 at the county fair. 15 minute ride and I’m hearing the theme song from the TV series MASH play in my head. Iconic “Whirlybird Bird” that’s the Bell 47. The 47 and the Bell Uh-1 Huey (Vietnam era veteran here) are the two machines that immediately come to mind when the word helicopter is mentioned. Funny just how each has its distinctive sound. Thanks for this great video that stirred those pleasant memories of that helicopter ride all those years ago. 🚁❤️👍

During the 80s I got my PP for $800. 150/152s were $20- $25 wet and a ifr 172 was the most expensive at $30. Got my commercial on S300s which were incredibly expensive at $125 a hour ad iirc $10 grand for commercial rating. Of course it was to pad your resume because nobody would hire you. The best thing about these old helis was when you finally got into a Jet Ranger or a Hughes 500, you realized just how difficult and temperamental they were.

My father owned a small airport when I was a kid, and I got to ride in a type 47 that belonged to an agricultural application company many times. I earned my keep by pumping gas.

I started my helicopter career in a Bell Jet Ranger, I thought that was complicated. I didn’t have to worry about Carb heat, Mags, Manifold pressure etc. I doubt I could fly this 47, what a beautiful aircraft.

My first flight ever was in a Bell 47G in 1976. Still my favorite after all these years but there are many contenders for first place.

5:00 Loose water bottle can trap under the anti-torque pedals. Great video. Happy flying.

Great video. My instructor made me wear penny loafers so I could feel the pedals. Wood blade Bell 47 out of Largo. You are going to have a huge channel, thanks!

Thanks for this. I think ... if you asked a big crowd of people to each draw a picture of a helicopter from memory .... most pictures would be of a Bell 47.

Wonderful and excellent video. Enjoyed it. Thanks

I have a few hours in a Bell 47, including my first auto rotation. Really great fun to fly.

Love the bell 47 beautiful to look at ! And the same chopper used in my favorite tv show M*A*S*H !

The music brings back memories

The Bell 47- the finest helicopter ever made!

Your helicopter reminds me of the television show M.A.S.H.

Just like 1959 At the air show. Blue Angels Flew over the fence free

beautiful aircraft n now u can fit turbine engine on the scott bell helicopter 47 G

I'm a licensed fixed wing pilot. My equipment is rather interesting -- a 1977 Cessna 152 Aerobat with a Cessna PT-210 engine (325hp) larger prop. It's also got a modified Cessna 182 panel, with a full stack of avionics, and a Bendix colour radar. I befriended an OH058 pilot who took me up in his extra seat one afternoon and I got to log some OH-58 time. Rather interesting -- but just don't make me try to hover! Rather a thrill to do something that I"m not at all familiar with. I did OK going along straight and level (for the most part). Other military equipment I got some time on was a C-130-K. Now that, I managed to do OK in. Did a couple of crash and dashes and didn't do badly. I had about 3,200 hours of logged time when I enlisted in the miitary, but they couldn't take me on as a pilot since I wear glasses.

The very first time I seen a real live Bell 47 was in 1966. I was working at a Saw Mill in Kearney Ontario Canada. They asked us to clear an area because a helicopter was going to land. We just barley got the space cleared and the Wirley Bird showed up. That's what we called them back then. Because of the TV show of that name I guess. One of the Muckity Mucks that owned the mill was on board. I remember the landing gear was big black rubber pontoons so it could land on water if it had to. It stayed there for the afternoon and then it was off and away. I will tell you that not much lumber piling happened that afternoon but there sure was a lot of gawking and a lot of stupid questions. Great memory. One worth never losing and one that even after all these years is still worth retelling.

My first solo. Such a fun little bird.

whoever that woman is filming, she is awesome...what a trooper!

Great video ! I learned A LOT !!! Fine old whirly bird you got there !

Commercial pilot, the video gets good when fortunate son comes on. At one time I was looking at getting this rating, but wound up doing fixed wing. Helios still look cool. My neighbor flew one as dust off in Vietnamese. They gave him 60 hours of trading. Then sent him in.

Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission........took a spin in one at Oshkosh this year. Every day there was a long wait, got there early, still had to wait for almost 2 hours. So cool!

What a great video! Thank you for the tour of the 47. I’ve only flow fixed wing but spent many hours of MSFS flying the helicopters. I hope your video inspires people to try flying helicopters! A+ on the camera work too!!!

1979 I saved all my money mowing grass and shoveling snow as a 9yo. I was on a family vacation and one of the stops was Mt. Rushmore. I paid for my little sister and me to take a short flight in a Bell 47 to "check out the heads". I've taken many tourist flights since and later in life took my children. I had a "close call" in Cody, WY in a Bell 206 that at about 12' a.g.l. the copter came back down hard damaging the skids. The pilot managed to keep it upright. Never put an ounce of fear in me over flying in them again. I fly ultralights now for budgetary reasons.

Thank you for your service sir

Nicely done on this video! IIRC, the limiting airspeed on the -47 is not due to blade flapping limits, but instead of the airspeed induced deflection and distortion of the large, unbraced, bubble canopy. The excellent visibility in this helicopter comes at the cost of cruise speed.

Really enjoyed your video.

60 years ago,at PAE got 1st ride in any aircraft . Brother and I got to go up for a demo flight Always wondered what my parents paid for that. Had pontoons on it. Is great TV show also.

Thank you for the great video.

I flew the H-13 in Korea from 1958 to 1959 and wiah I had one now. Simple and easy to fly.

Agree , two really cool choppers, I flew both in Vietnam, and again as an instructor when I returned

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks alot for taking us with you in my favorite helicopter! Great experience even on the screen. Music fit's just perfectly. 😃👍 Wish I had more than only one thump up to give! Best regards from Germany.

BEAUTIFUL machine.

Thanks for sharing this cool video. I would lille to see more about have the controls and swash plate works. 😊

I wanna go on a helicopter ride too. That is too cool. 3 dimensional existence.

Awesome! Thank you!

Very nice. LA Fire Department keeps one in a hanger, on Mulholland Dr next door to Fire Station 109. Great video. Super rare helicopter.

Rode in my father’s Hiller 12e with the Lycoming many of times. Very similar aircraft

Was lucky enough to have a couple of flights in a 47 D with a Franklin engine. It had wooden rotor blades, had to be careful not to park with one blade in the sun and one in the shade to avoid much vibration. G- ARIA kept at Biggin Hill. I remember one comment from London Director when tracking west into a fairly gentle headwind, he said "that must me the slowest flying machine on earth". We were doing 40 odd mph and got to chat for a while between Biggin and Blackbush.

loved it, great video.

Usto spray sugar Cain in Australia with a Bell 47G. Quite a good crop duster.Little bit short of power. Maintenance quite low and it was pretty straight forward to fly. It had its momentsa !!!!

One of my dream helicopter

What a increadable nice looking machine, it must be at least 50 years old, verry nicely restored en verry well presented en respectfully operated by the pilot.

such a cool helicopter!

I've always wanted to fly a helicopter. Best I ever got was jumping from them with the 82nd Airborne Division.

What a beauty ❗️

Loved the video. Spent a lot of time with my father in a Bell 47 when I was a teenager. He flew that and a Jet Ranger. It was my favorite thing and I always wanted to get licensed in both fix wing and rotors. Unfortunately, my dad passed away unexpectedly this past fall. So I never got the chance to take another ride with him. I really loved flying in the 47. Like flying on a magic carpet he always said. You video brought back a lot of good memories for me. Thank you Oh an I just realized you have to be near me. We flew out of Lunken (or near there) No exactly sure where you all are but I saw the phone number on your website.

he looked genuinely dissapointed she didnt want to go again! hahaha

The 47 is THE most helicoptery helicopter to ever copt a heli.

I love the bell 47

I remember that Chuck and PT never let it cool down when they landed. But Television, yea.

I like how the music sets in at 15:10.

Spectacular

Sweet! Beautiful seats. Learned to fly them at 19. Used to deliver Santa Claus in them.

I'd love to fly a Hughes OH-6 , apparantly they're like a Porsche to fly

Always wanted to do this .

Love to come out and getting some dual in the your Beautiful Bell 47

An impressive machine. Good explanation of everything going on. I noticed you are wearing an Army hat. Did Uncle Sugar teach you how to fly?? Have a safe & fun flight... The part that was the most difficult for me in a helicopter was you can stop, or go other directions. In fixed wing flying, it gets drilled into your head to maintain your airspeed or bad things happen. This was a great video... I want to thank you for it..!!!

"Magnetic compass" ... and that sums up the nav instruments! Oh yeah ... and the phone.

There is one at the Malaga airport museum. Always reminds me of the album cover Arrivals by ABBA.

I was thinking the music should have been the M.A.S.H. theme song! Great video otherwise! 🤗🤗 Well done!

Nice job. It’s the very early model

liked video

I wish they would remanufacture the Bell it had plenty of legroom and room and space that was the Mercedes of the time or the best Cadillac around

I would be tickled to see any and every video you have of a Bell Helicopter flight. A former customer of mine who has passed on was going to teach me to fly a Helicopter, he was an Aircraft Consultant in Las Vegas, Nevada, unfortunately, his health took a turn for the worse and we lost him. So much for the Heli-lessons. Thank you so much for sharing this video, I certainly enjoyed it. For what it's worth, I have subscribed, left a thumbs up, and a tap on the bell, for now I have to settle for flying my DJI Mavic AIR 2 S, lol. I hope you have a great day and happy landings.