Crank Up and Pull Pitch

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9 жыл бұрын

Saturday, July 11, 2015, 6:02 pm. Battle Ground, WA
For those of you who lack patience.. Jump ahead to 3:15. Otherwise, read the full description.
They were heading to the Columbia River Gorge in order to get photos of the two helicopters in flight. The delay in taking off was due to the two pilots discussing the route they were going to fly. I was standing there holding my camera and I confess to growing a bit impatient myself. ;-)
These two helicopters are David Statham's beautifully restored Vietnam Era OH-6 LOH and UH-1H Huey... with markings identifying them both as C Troop 7/17th Air Cavalry aircraft. A small group of us former Army Pilots and Aircrewmen were invited by our host to come to his place for a weekend of 'Lyin' & Flyin'. As for myself, a former member of C Troop, serving as a Cobra pilot in 1972, seeing and hearing these two aircraft operate sent chills down my spine. Although period correct, the Huey, built in 1971, never actually flew in Vietnam, so I'd guess you could call it a 'tribute' bird. The LOH is the real deal... flown in combat in Vietnam, and it actually was a C Troop LOH (Light Observation Helicopter).
Some of my Vietnam photos shot while serving with C Troop 7/17th Air Cavalry: museum.vhpa.org/17thcav/7thsq...
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@gianpaolovillani6321 3 жыл бұрын

The OH-6 Cayuse is a beautiful helicopter, I want it to remain operational for many more decades and never need replacing unnecessarily.

@casual9982 2 жыл бұрын

I think it will remain for much longer, it's always been ahead of it's time and fills a role nothing else really can.

@gdmoto4176 Жыл бұрын

@@casual9982 drones can, without the expensive pilots on board.

@bigal4304 Жыл бұрын

great little helo..

4 ай бұрын

Oh OK!!! let's just stay in the 60's forever

@frankthomas855 3 жыл бұрын

Two of the coolest choppers ever made.

@moriver3857 4 жыл бұрын

Great memories. I had the fortune to have flown both of theses helicopters while in the military. Thanks for sharing.

@bigal4304 Жыл бұрын

easy to fly?

@waynearrington6727 Жыл бұрын

@@bigal4304 They all are after a while.

@gianpaolovillani6321 3 жыл бұрын

The UH-1H Huey is a beautiful helicopter, I want it to remain operational for many more decades and never need replacing unnecessarily.

@kenprier7413 4 жыл бұрын

One of the most reliable, easy to maintain & crashworthy helicopters ever built!

@xGALAXYRADIOx Жыл бұрын

Everyone shake hands! Lol fastest and most fun helicopter I’ve ever flown . Brrrrrrdrrfdrrrr

@heeder777 5 жыл бұрын

The ol Huey just beats to wind into submission. You can hear it miles away and know exactly what that sound is! Beautiful “Rotary” aircraft.

@mosesrivera8792 3 жыл бұрын

Many moons ago in my younger days, I flew both of those as a crew chief an WO. Great memories. Thanks for sharing.

@truckerray7533 7 жыл бұрын

They UH-1 Huey & the OH-6 Cayuse are some beautifully restored birds. Thankya'll for your services. God bless

@4406bbldb 6 жыл бұрын

Rodney Leonard the Huey is hard to knock down ,i was hit it least 20 times from vary close range and flew away lost altitude and made it to shore. respect ,the gun boat had 27 mm? anti aircraft and one of our pilots. feb65.

@fernandoucaneo1335 4 жыл бұрын

@@4406bbldb ñ0

@franciscosanchez9183 3 жыл бұрын

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@franciscosanchez9183 3 жыл бұрын

@@4406bbldb .mmz

@Spawn-td8bf 7 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful video. People seem to think you can just hop in, turn the key, and your off. The jet turbines take a while to spool up and then having to go through the whole checklist. The sound and anticipation are part of the thrill. Thank you for posting and sharing, God Bless from Florida.

@fufoot 7 жыл бұрын

Somebody "gets it"!

@Spawn-td8bf 7 жыл бұрын

As I say to every Vet I meet, thank you for your service sir! Take care and God Bless.

@jamesedwards6589 6 жыл бұрын

Spawn 1960 yeh gta style

@justforever96 Жыл бұрын

I don't think that. I just don't really care to watch that part where they are just sitting there for five minutes with the engine running. Now if I could watch them performing the checklist maybe that would be different.

@jeromewhelan6723 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, memories of my first UH-1 flight over southern Vietnam

@dudehuh5491 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You for you service! Sir must have been an honor to fly such a beauty

@biteme19671 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing like that sound, music to my ears.

@spogmyer1994 7 жыл бұрын

the sound of the heuy is very satisfying

@kellyjackson7889 6 жыл бұрын

Just needs some stadium sized megaphones blasting Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries.....smells like.....victory

@luizribas543 4 жыл бұрын

The Huey sound is pure music!

@we-zk7xp 4 жыл бұрын

Get to da choppa!

@gitarthaborgohain377 4 жыл бұрын

But I like that helicopter is non heuy helicopter that is small one. It is need also but for multipurpose essential using for ministers traveling in Assam ministers.

@gusm5128 3 жыл бұрын

None better hey

@OurCamper 6 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, this brings back memories. I was a scout crew chief in B Troop 7/17th 1970-71. The first thing I noticed here was the yellow circle. B Troop marking was a yellow square in the same location. The second thing that caught my eye was the tail number. One OH-6 I crewed was 16119. Missing on this LOH, is the narrow chicken plate that was mounted on the aft side of the pilot and observer's door, and none of our LOHs looked this good. Most of them were patched up from a bullet hole here and there, and displayed a lot of different shades of OD green paint and primer as a result of quick and dirty repairs to get them ready to fly another mission. Thanks for the memories.

@richardmartines9867 6 жыл бұрын

Joe Hawkins I was in C Troop, we had the circle. Scout pilot from September 68 to May 70

@OurCamper 6 жыл бұрын

Richard, I can't remember if you guys were at Camp Enari or near the coast in 1970. memory fades as the hair line recedes. We were at Camp Holloway outside of Pleiku.

@jeff8565 6 жыл бұрын

i solute you sir

@richardmartines9867 6 жыл бұрын

Joe Hawkins C Troop moved to Lane AAF maybe around March of 69. I was the Scout Platoon leader, I Extended for 6months, got my SIP check out in The OH6. SQ. Com. Move all the IP'S from every Troop up to Headquarters at Eneri. Eneri was closed down either late 69 or early 70, and we all moved up to Holloway. I left Holloway on May 5. Had a hard time getting out because that was the day we invaded Cambodia, and there was no Huey's available to get me up to the Air Forces Base. I got a ride in a jeer with some Private, He had a 45, I had no weapon. Scary ride.

@stevetaylor9271 Жыл бұрын

that ship was from C trp 7/17. i flew and crewed that bird as an aero scout jul 70-jul 71. originally trained at ft Rucker on oh58's (jet rangers) but very few in 'Nam at the time. tuff little birds, saved my ass more times than i can remember. i made it back due to that little bird's durability. actually, my Idaho veteran's vehicle license plate reads OH6A....

@toomanywaystofall 3 жыл бұрын

Flew many times in one of these, back and forth Maui to Kahoolawe with one of the best chopper pilots I ever flew with, Tom Hauptman - I was Marine EOD, Tom supported us all the time...miss Hawaii, love the Loach...

@nedstudios6490 2 жыл бұрын

My father loved that helicopter. His Vietnam stories about the Loach drivers. It's certainly an agile little sucker. I watched one not long ago on our distribution lines here in my home town. It was still as a hummingbird.

@moriver3857 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see these two together again, even on an older video. I flew both of those back in the late 70s and 80s. Great sound.

@fufoot 3 жыл бұрын

These two aircraft are the prized possessions of a friend of mine, a man of considerable means, and they will remain together for as long as he is capable of maintaining and flying them. He is the pilot of the OH-6 in this video. I shot this video nearly six years ago. Since then, I have shot many more videos of them, most recently on July 30, 2019. I expect to return and fly in them again and shoot more video this next summer.... While serving in Vietnam (Nov'71-Aug'72), I was a Cobra pilot and this particular OH-6 was one of the aircraft that flew with our unit (C Trp 7/17th Cav) while I served with them. Undoubtedly, I covered this 'Loach' on many occasions while operating as part of a 'pink-team' in Indian Country. Great times!

@shanecreel3867 5 жыл бұрын

Watching the huey brought back some memories of flight school. Man, those were the days......

@chrissmith7669 4 жыл бұрын

Memories. Such great memories. They were not so great then, but through the lens of memory they’re all good. Army aviation 83 to 91.

@donaldparlettjr3295 6 жыл бұрын

I loved the Loach. I remember back in the 80s the Mississippi Guard was getting rid of their birds and our state Maryland bought them up. We went out on the field to check them over. One of our many Nam vets stopped and said "no f*+kin' way!" We go up to one of the birds and he said " gotta check something" climbs on the ground and stared in awe. Found out he had been shot down in this very bird in Nam back in 68. Obviously been saved and here damn near 26 years later these two had come full circle. He always flew this bird whenever he could. A CW-4 can pull a little rank when needed. SCOUTS OUT! to the Air Cav( you know who you are you Corona swillin' fucks) damn I miss it!

@fufoot 6 жыл бұрын

In this video, the guy sitting in the left front seat (Wendel 'Windy' Moore) was a C Trp 7/17th Air Cav scout pilot in 1971... he flew this bird many times while in Vietnam. This event was a 'reunion' for him, and he flew out from Georgia to see it and fly in it again. I have a photo of him, at the age of 21, sitting in it. The guy sitting behind him (Steven Smith) was a UH-1 door-gunner in 1969... He was not Cav, but I'm not holding that against him. ;-) Some C Troop photos: tinyurl.com/y8lma7l6

@user-bb6ug5fy9m 6 жыл бұрын

Donal_% d Parlett jr ฟช๐ขสๆ

@timruskowski4923 6 жыл бұрын

Donald Parlett jr I see the Huey's fly over Bethesda, md all the time!

@Masters_Yukesh 4 жыл бұрын

Corona ?

@geraldichoung-thoe358 4 жыл бұрын

..Wow, the sound of the Huey👌🏾‼️

@The506trooper 7 жыл бұрын

absolutely beautiful! I still get Goosebumps every time I Hear & see "the flying eye" & it's Big Brother the UH-1D¡ I'd give anything to seat in my seat ( Right side protecting the pilot with M60 Thank you guys for keeping up the memory of the Vietnam War and its helicopters. *God Bless ya*

@johnbrandonjr 6 жыл бұрын

Crank up and Pull Pitch. That was back in the day. I miss the real Airmen that kicked ass and took names.

@heeder777 5 жыл бұрын

johnbrandonjr They still do! Just with better equipment. The previous regime tied their hands to a ridiculous point. This President turned them loose and let them do what they trained to do. Kickass and take names without asking mommy if it’s OK.

@javacup912 6 ай бұрын

I'm very fortunate to have flown both models, first as a crewchief, then as a warrant officer. Probably the best two helicopters even built in the utility role. Both still exists with some steroids added.

@fufoot 6 ай бұрын

Did you serve as a pilot in Vietnam?

@javacup912 6 ай бұрын

@@fufoot No, for better or worse. I joined in '77 and first went straight to the Huey. Then, most Hueys and Loaches we flew had plenty of patched bullet holes.

@sajidmahmoodkhan3408 3 жыл бұрын

Superb sound Beautiful rotar blades

@lowcountrysouthcarolinaradio 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Flew Hueys in the Guard

@madeiraaviacaocomercial186 3 жыл бұрын

Noce video!

@rickdee67 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful birds

@drolds6522 7 жыл бұрын

2 beautifully restored Vietnam treasures!! Simply awesome!

@kellyjackson7889 6 жыл бұрын

and this time you aren't referring to ladyboys

@puterausman7682 5 жыл бұрын

Two helicopters that i love so much..fly both helicopter and still crave for more 😅

@brucehinds7269 4 жыл бұрын

Oh how I'd love to fly those again . . . especially the LOH.

@fufoot 4 жыл бұрын

Did you expand and read the full description I wrote above? I flew Snakes and spent many hours flying left-hand orbits over LOH's while they worked the AO in II Corps. In fact, I often flew cover over this very bird in '72. I never flew LOH's during my tour but often thought it would be fun... were it not for the danger of flying low and slow in Indian Country.

@ovalwingnut 7 жыл бұрын

You gotta love the mechanical nature of these things. A joy to watch even sitting on the ground. In reality, they don't fly, they "beat the air into submission". Thanks for posting!

@IchlasulAmmal 4 жыл бұрын

Little bird: "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..." Huey: "jgjgjigjigjigjgjgjgjgjgigjgjgijgjigjg"

@ronaldgreen5292 29 күн бұрын

Lololol 😂

@knotgood2598 6 жыл бұрын

TY Mr. Steve Shepard. I found it mesmerizing.

@donaldedwards6896 2 жыл бұрын

I'm working on that OH-6 right now actually! Definitely a cool machine. I think I'm the only one in the shop that actually enjoys working on these, which is because I'm the youngest and smallest one there! 😂

@fighterpilot5105 Жыл бұрын

The Dynamic Duo...

@scottporter4871 4 жыл бұрын

The 60's, man what a time to be alive! Bad ass cars, fantastic music, the men were classy and stylish, the women were beautiful and had morals. Look at the shit state of everything now, it's fukking embarrassing what we have turned into. I bet it wasn't so much fun 'in the shit' as they say.

@tylerbuckley4661 5 ай бұрын

Love the oh 6A and the uh1h

@fufoot 5 ай бұрын

Me too.... But the AH1G Cobra was my dream since the first time I saw one. When I was selected to go to the transition course upon completion of flight school, my dream came true.... I still think there were only two types of helicopter pilots in Vietnam... Those who flew Cobras, and those who wished they could. heehee ;-)

@walterwhitaker1395 3 жыл бұрын

The sound of those rotors always meant that somebody was not coming back HOOAH!

@alestudio_fm_8013 3 жыл бұрын

Duas Lendárias aeronaves, design que nunca envelhecem, Belas, belas, belas...

@harrihiltunen3126 5 жыл бұрын

fighters and helicopters...they are great.

@shawncheng404 4 жыл бұрын

UH 1 sound is great！

@jamesbrock7231 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great video well restored birds

@stuartdurbin4441 6 жыл бұрын

great shot of two copters on the ground running.

@mikeohandley6765 3 жыл бұрын

My younger brother Hugh was an AH-1G mechanic in Vietnam. He spent his time there at some place called Camp Eagle.

@WestendAngst Жыл бұрын

I,m not positive but I think Camp Eagle may have been at Bien Hoa AB ,,,Part of 101st Airborne

@mikeohandley6765 Жыл бұрын

@@WestendAngst That makes sense. He wore a 101st shoulder patch. I was thinking that he said it was someplace called Phu Bai but not willing to trust my memory.

@stevemizar4143 4 жыл бұрын

I spent many hrs on both those choppers as an aircraft electrician. Made many test flights. Miss those days!

@thomasmetz3 4 жыл бұрын

Huey & a Loach! Spent some time in those in 1974-1976

@lindagrieve3109 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your Service Sir 🙏🙏

@TheKillerboy85 5 жыл бұрын

sweet music to my ears

@ronaldgreen5292 6 жыл бұрын

That little Hughes 500 is a absolute little hot rod helicopter

@ed12151 Жыл бұрын

I was with HHT 1/17 at Ft. Bragg '75 - '78, I was a Rotor Specialist. I worked on the OH-58, UH -1H and the AH -1 J & S. Heard the OH -6 was easy to maintain, but they were long gone.

@forwardobserver2048 5 жыл бұрын

That’s the beginning of a Sniffer mission absent the Cobra at about 2000 feet.

@timflynn2136 3 жыл бұрын

I camped in Battle Ground, Wa. Interesting there was never a battle there. Beautiful Country out there.

@dgoddard 3 жыл бұрын

I did my Air Assault test in Schofield Barracks, HI out of a Huey. I flew in almost everything that had wings or a rotor over there, but the Huey was my favorite. Awesome helicopters.

@8150rick 9 жыл бұрын

I just assumed it was a flexible helicopter ;-) Hey looks like you had a great time, Steve.

@belgianmalinoit9665 4 жыл бұрын

Man, I hear that Lycoming engine tune up and “Fortunate Son” starts playing in my head.

@Dixler683 4 жыл бұрын

Belgian Malinoit stupid me, until you posted your comment I thought LYCOMING only made piston engines.

@mickmcloughlin1646 4 жыл бұрын

Scout pilots. Good God, how the hell did any of you make it home alive with the missions you flew over there? Bless you all.

@Vodoo954 4 жыл бұрын

If you have to go down, make it a OH-6.

@douglasgay4497 2 жыл бұрын

Howard Hughes under bid everyone else and the army paid less than 20k

@brendaproffitt1011 6 жыл бұрын

Totally awesome army's helicopters and powerful fast different propellers What it looks like.great takes offs too.you done an excellent job..Thank you so so much for your videos......

@m118lr 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta LOVE that Huey even with the Rigid/2-bladed rotor system, BUT I’d STILL rather have the fully articulated Loach though. A dream helo...

@fufoot 5 жыл бұрын

Correction to your comment: The Huey has a "Semi-Rigid Main Rotor System" ....and all semi-rigid rotors are 2-bladed. (Google It) ;-)

@m118lr 11 ай бұрын

@@fufootuhh yeah, I dropped a “technical” aspect of the description I suppose. I DO know..but didn’t include for WHATEVER REASON I can’t think of RIGHT now..the FULL description in my post. My bad..? There’sONLY 2 choices with these birds: Semi-rigid OR fully-articulated. Both VERY different..obviously. Wish I’d seen YOUR post earlier. Like 4+YEARS earlier!

@lorenzodunn3226 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent footage

@tayninh69 6 жыл бұрын

If there was one thing I learned early on in my tour in Vietnam, it was to never tell an OH-6 pilot that it was the first time riding in one of those birds. Those guys could scare the crap out of someone.

@geod3589 5 жыл бұрын

Oh so true brother!

@CharlieGroh 5 жыл бұрын

Haha...one of my favorite things! (...if there's another loach driver around and you're about ready to give a ride to somebody you'd hear, just for your ears, "...make him puke.") Best time of my life, doing that gig...

@waynearrington6727 Жыл бұрын

I used to find targets for the Issue FACS flying out of Cu Chi. Talked one of the pilots into riding in the left seat of an OH6 on a non risky dusk patrol around Cu Chi. He got to shoot the M60 and throw smoke grenades. Then we started maneuvering: In three minutes he was puking all over the left side of the ship. He had two tours in Phantoms and was doing a FAC tour. He never lived it down.......He gave me a ride in his OV-10 and tried his best to make me sick. I fell asleep enjoying the A/C.

@rcfoley 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful machines.

@HeliPadUSA 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Great post!

@cicib841 5 жыл бұрын

I love this chopper......!

@jroar123 5 жыл бұрын

I love the rumble seat.

@m118lr 3 жыл бұрын

There’s ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in this world like piloting a helo...NOTHING

@marieschappacher5419 3 жыл бұрын

The most fun you can have with your pants on.....

@m118lr 11 ай бұрын

@@marieschappacher5419..agreed.

@lukewarmwater6412 3 жыл бұрын

at the crop dusting service where I used to work, they had a retired 1st air cav UH-1-b that was used for orchard spraying etc. I used to wait for it with a 3" delivery hose and huge clunky valve.... got to remember to let the skids touch or connecting that valve would shock the crap out of you!! static.....

@Max-ht9hf 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Loach

@fufoot 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Riding in one, in a non-combat environment, is great fun.

@ansellbrownaviation6773 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Steve, we've got access to a little bird too ;)

@earlseppala17 6 жыл бұрын

love that LOH

@extremereclusefallows5779 5 жыл бұрын

I got to fly a loach when an Army National Guard Unit was doing an AT at Ft Stewart, GA. Was assigned to 3/498 Evac at Wright Army Airfield in 92. Luckily an IP was flying it. My commander allowed it, so I jumped at the chance. 1/4 tank of fuel and 350 pounds of crew made for a very agile aircraft.

@bobmorin6419 3 жыл бұрын

Loved that chopper since apocalypse now and Magnum PI!!! Just mount two 0.50 cal and 4 sidewinders!!! Perfection!!!😁😎😃🏴‍☠️

@travistexas7175 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful aircraft, both count as the number one and two best helicopters of all time in my book. Being from Vancouver, WA I couldn't help but feel the trees seemed familiar and then I saw Battle Ground. Very cool to see these in my neck of the woods.

@cptairwolf 3 жыл бұрын

1:30 Damn, it's so powerful it's bending space and time LOL

@ronaldgreen5292 6 жыл бұрын

Some of you commenters said that the beginning of the video was a waste of time?! No sir, that was part of the best. The Hughy helicopter was sitting there idling, while the oh6, loach was just starting up. Man, that tail-rotor on than hughy was mesmerizing, almost, hypnotic!! Especially when it was taking off!

@TJ-USMC 5 жыл бұрын

"Killer-Egg and Slick" NICE !!!

@biteme19671 5 жыл бұрын

I like that.👍🤘🤙🇱🇷

@dang25272549 7 жыл бұрын

Man..... I love to take a ride on this thing all day .

@mickmuzzmkmz1628 4 жыл бұрын

"That's what she said!"🤣

@ABHelicopters 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Steve- I have a few MD500 videos on my 'channel' from inside the cockpit - but no Huey's!

@Workerbee-zy5nx 9 ай бұрын

Nam era warriors.

@Afrocanuk 4 жыл бұрын

Spool up & pull pitch.

@fufoot 4 жыл бұрын

"Spool up"... I like that better than my title... I have a couple more videos I need to upload. I will use 'spool up' in one or more titles. Thanks.

@leerilea1709 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@waynearrington6727 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the OH6 was replaced in the early 70s by the OH58. However the Loach lives on in the guise of the MH6. I have lots of hours in the UH Bell 204/205 series as well as in the Hughes OH6A and 500D. Flying shake blocks out on the Olympic Peninsula during the 80s was huge fun. Spent 28 years flying logs, mostly in some flavor of 204/205/214/UH1s/Kamax/Husky/Lama. The OH6 was the most fun. Managed to live through it all and am retired now. Mama, don't let your sons or daughters grow up to be helicopter pilots. If they ever express an interest in becoming a helicopter pilot be kind and smother them in their sleep. Save them the divorces, the disillusionment, the financial ruin......

@fufoot Жыл бұрын

I was a Cobra pilot: museum.vhpa.org/17thcav/7thsquad/7thsquadCTroop.shtml ... I originally hoped I would have a career as an Army Aviator, followed by another career in civilian aviation... It wasn't in the cards. A single 12.7 mm armor piercing round through my left ankle and right foot cut my Vietnam tour short and ended my career as an Army Aviator. I was medically retired as a CW2 at the age of 23. I ended up getting a degree in accounting and became a bean-counter. I hated it. I envy anyone who was able to make a career in rotary wing aircraft. I know many who did. Three of my Air-Cav troop-mates went on to fly for the airlines... That's like driving a bus. :-(

@jeffreypinder9398 9 ай бұрын

Do you know who owned quite a bit of shares of Bell Helicopter back in the mid 60's? Lady Bird Johnson...wife of LBJ.

@milesbrown8016 2 жыл бұрын

Those “ little birds “ were really nifty and effective….

@jamesdavies7526 6 жыл бұрын

fish or cut bait, aircraft run ups are so exciting!

@robertsmith1170 4 жыл бұрын

Made those sounds many times. Many hours on ramp in maintenance, runups, blade tracking and then test flights. Sadly last was in 78. Both RVN tours were in maintenance units.

@fufoot 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service. Guys like you made it possible to for guys like me to do our job. museum.vhpa.org/17thcav/7thsquad/7thsquadCTroop.shtml

@jayconnors998 3 жыл бұрын

I see the Huey....but what a cool copter that thing is....

@jovemnegronegrojovem8173 3 жыл бұрын

fantastic

@LousTube Жыл бұрын

Great work on the fps!!

@weparty 4 жыл бұрын

I flew in one of those little LOHs from Can Tho to Sai Gon and the pilot let me have a fly. The way he described it, it was pretty easy. Just maintain airspeed and altitude. Well, I got the speed right and lost altitude or I got the altitude right and gained speed. Sort of kangarood my way through the sky. Still it was fun.

@billhuber2964 5 жыл бұрын

Need to hear " ride of the valkieres".

@MM-zb1uj 6 жыл бұрын

Huey is so Awesome

@ExtremeRecluse 6 жыл бұрын

My medevac commander allowed me to take an orientation flight in guest units loach. What a powerful aircraft! I told the IP at the time to give me a quick demo. The first maneuver was maximum vertical climb to 1000’ AGL. With only two people on board and 1/4 tank of gas it performed like a rocket. Next was NOE, pop up, duck, reposition and pop up again. It was a lot of fun. This national guard units have old equipment but so maneuverable. The IP let me take the controls for 5 minutes and landing.

@waynearrington6727 Жыл бұрын

During my transition to the OH6 at Cu Chi we did 100' hovering autorotations to the paved airstrip. Then we moved on to flying down the centerline at 20' and a hundred knots and rolling the throttle off trading airspeed for altitude doing a 360 degree autorotation to a touchdown. That was only the beginning of the amazing things that aircraft can do. Spent 9 months as a scout pilot. What an experience.