The pilot/star of this video is Jack W. McKeever. Amazing video of my Grandpa 😊

My much older brother took Army Helicopter Pilot training there in the 60's and flew in Vietnam. He flew Huey and Cobra... He did three tours and got shot at and shot down but survived it.

I was a door gunner on a H-34 during my 1st. tour in Vietnam. Tom Boyte, Gy.Sgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 65-66 / 70-71

We were always told that my dad was in training films and it is so great to finally see one. Now if #AIRBOYD #AvGeek can find films of the Square dancing Helicopter unit he was part of. There is a book Dancing Rotors that chronicles all the different units and the history of these men and machines.

When I reported to Ft Knox for Basic Training in August 1963, one of the first things we did was to be taken up in an H19. Man, was that thing LOUD! There was a huge radial aircraft engine in the nose and it made the interior sound like being inside a bass drum. When I was in Jr High School in Arlington, VA in 1950 I got a demonstration ride at Ft Meyer in an H13 flown by a Bell test pilot. That was a thrill I never forgot.

LOL...1956, the year of my birth.. Yeah those were the good times. Even to this day, the pre-flight inspections are pretty much the same. The video training clip is in perfect condition to watch. That's amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for the upload.

Thanks for sharing, these videos are really interesting to watch.

Wow. AWESOME vid...thanks for posting!!!

Starched cotton OD Santeen uniform...Cover done nicely with said starch and "Hat Block"...Army member looking sharp Sir.

The pilot in the h -19 is my dad , he passed away 14 years this month

During 1960 the first H 34 squadron 213 with Captain. Hau leader in Vietnam south .thanks for posting.(soluu huong)🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇧🇪

I smiled when the needles joined lol

i saw one of these take off sometime in 1970 and after rode in huey's many of time i thought i could have out run this on the ground. 1/27th 25thth div. class of '70

Very well-done video--realistic, well-scripted and narrated. Done with a real pilot as opposed to the actors with unrealistic dialogues in air force fam videos of that era.

I adore old helicopters

i love these put out more please

old is gold

Very good, thanks per instruction

This was the era when America was a pioneer in aviation and aviators!

God the cabin of the H-19/H-34 looks so comfy.

sweet now im ready to fly

Loved the Cuban style flight cap, very smart 👍

Intresting and beautiful film

🍁🍂..Loved this !!!

Great video I love it 🌹💝🌹

Yes, on a counterclockwise rotor the right side generates more lift than the left. To counteract this, rotors are typically designed with a "flapping hinge" which allows the advancing rotor to flap up and the retreating rotor to flap down. In effect, this decreases the lifting area on the right side and increases the lifting area on the left, offsetting asymmetrical lift.

Who could have possibly thought that you could access this film in 1956 on a phones

The great-grandfathers of CH46 and CH53 helicopters at 02:22 = )

amazing that they ever got off the ground!

Starched fatigues, spit shined boots, Ridgeway cap...back then the Helo was just a flying Jeep for the Army. He's taking off from what used to be the "Lemon Lot" at Rucker, and the other Airfield is Tabernacle and that weird little strip behind the old C-Company WOC barracks.

@gmcjetpilot Its because of people like your brother who make are country AWESOME and protects us God Bless you and you Brother.

I know that this video is old, but its quality is very good

Vielen Dank

This was awesome. You got any more of these vintage gems?

H-34 H-13 AND THE H-19 CHICKASAW ARE PERFECT!

Muito bom o vídeo! Parabéns 👍💚🇧🇷👏👏👏

Funny how the training film shows the dude just sumping the gas into his hand lol

Brand new CH 19.

Very interesting, neat and clean images, kept in good condition since 1956… Thanks for sharing !

Back in the days getting a handful of AV gas didn't give you cancer.

similar to SH34J ... great Chilean Navy operator

7:52 - "Remove the access panel on the right side [do not *drop* the access panel] ..." I'm surprised they let that little near-blooper stay in the film. :D

Nice chopper the H34 I knew them as the Wessex,

Rode in a bunch of the Marine corps 34 and sea knights 66-67 . Can't say enough good things about the pilot's and crews. Ball's of steel every one of them. Gun ships too. SEMPER FIDELIS .

Capt Ronald Reagan was responsible making these training movies. Yes, THAT Ronald Reagan.

Esse helicóptero é aqui no Brasil como sapão!!

good stuff them were the days , i expected sgt bilko to jump out some where in the film !

Muito legal! 👏👏👏🇧🇷

Back in the early 70's I was based out of Fort Norman, and one of these bad boys came in to pick up some drums of fuel for some fly camp somewhere, it wasn't a turbo conversion but the old piston engine, gutless as hell.. Anyrate, the pilot stowed as many drums of avgas as he dared and tried to lift into a hover, no dice, it almost lifted off but powered out. After rechecking weights and measures, the old boy decided the only way to get the thing off the ground was by taxiing down the runway.. so, off he went, eventually, after taking up what seemed like half the strip, he pulled the thing into the air, belching black smoke and clearly struggling, but he was off the ground and gaining altitude, very very slowly... Luckily the terrain was flat as a tack so, he could take his time getting altitude but,boy, never forgot that... I was on a 55T later, and marveled at the power that thing had, would have handled that job easily..

These were certainly different times. Loose headgear was not suppose dot be worn on the flight line in my time. Can't imagine dumping 100LL into my hand either to check it for water.

narrator: increase your rpm copter: SQUIRREL!!!!

very nice...!!!!!

Until the pilot was deployed, the war to an end was! Smile!

Power down for AR @500ft? Egads.... Just sounds so low.... this is where I bail out! 🤓

00:42 THE H-21 FLYING BANANA

Absolutely intriguing! I'd luv 2 b a HD[Hvy Duty] HcPilot.Highly unlikely that dream'll com tru,so I'll njoy 'em vicariously. Kudos 2 the Narrator & Pilot 4 a competent commentary & demonstration. May2020 B'dos,WI

That tiny wire in the spar was the only thing keeping this thing from loss of tail rotor?

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what is the difference between translational lift, and transitional lift?

If all else fails reset the Servo Switch

Be sure to check for Crew Chief pee on the ramp under the fuselage. Not sure if it's pee ? If you're a butterbar jeep flying that day, you taste it. ( unless of course you been workin' a flight more than a week, long enough to know better !

checking the fuel with your hand lol.

7:58 may want to check out that battery - it's hella loose!

Preflight fail at the 8 min mark.Black box flopping around loose in the battery compartment. I'd be yelling for the crew chief about that. Did my Aircraft mechanic's training at Ft.Rucker in 1960

good fly bird

VERY GOOD DOCUMENTARE, FROM BRASIL.

AVIÃO AGRÍCOLA

The Army is the very best in making very, very boring training videos. Whenever they turned on the "sleep machine" ALA (the projector) we knew we were in for a sleepy presentation. They even managed to make the Cobra training video boring! LOL

Fort Rucker? No uniform stays that crisp except in winter.

Interesting. checking for water in the tanks by draining in your hand.

I’ve never seen a circular piston engine before. Looks like a little jet engine

YEeHaW, God bless America!

No check of the safety wire on the blades? Hmmm...

You have now successfully transitioned from your gasoline-powered vehicle to your new TESLA. When KZfaq posts the comments, they repeat. Is someone using the copy and paste routine?

Fuel must have been easier on the hands back in the day

TIL that pilots used to drain fuel into a cupped hand to check for contamination, lol!

OMG NOT ANOTHER BPO/PR And where is his PPE @ 9:50 ?!?

Thanks for clearing that up. I have one more question. On a counter clockwise rotating rotor wouldn't forward momentum only give extra lift on the right side of the helicopter? As the right blade would be moving into the wind and the left with it. Or does an airfoil also work backwards?

1:22 into the video. I much rather have the H-34

we call the h-21 the flying banana

Let’s fly boys...and girls!!!

There's no such thing as "transitional lift". It's just a mispronunciation of "translational lift", which is the additional lift that is created by the forward movement of the helicopter.

Hello grom Serbia🤗🤗🤗

Did that guy doing preflight test , did he have 15 inch boots or what ? Skis

Did you see the ashtrays.....

Be cool to convert one into a living motorhome helicopter, you could set down obviously anywhere with all the comforts of the motorhome. Strap on an XR 250 or quad and what a deal.

in museum

I was a crew chief on UH! Helicopters. You would need to start thr pre flight a week before taking off! I guess pilots worked in those days lol

6:58...CHECK FOR "EXCESSIVE" OIL LEAKAGE.

How many drone comercials is enough for one video?

💋👍👍👍👍

Yay grandaddy!

It is funny as hell that these videos are still made in the modern era, and yet very rarely are checks ever done this well in reality. I know many people in all the different branches of the military, and while training, yes they carry out everything seen in these and the modern videos... but once actually in the real working world.... a lot of these checks are just skipped over because time is more important than safety in many cases. I actually know someone that was chewed out for being careful and trying to do their preflight to the letter..... Military precision... its mostly BS. That all said, these videos are still great to watch and I wish the military would actually practice what they preach.

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DO THEY HAVE AUTO PILOT ?

This model was not a lot of fun to fly, the throttle return spring was quite stiff and it had a bad habit of going into ground resonance at the slightest excuse...Other than that it was fine for the era it was used...

"look for loose or damaged parts or for *excessive oil leakage"* So regular oil leakage is fine?

Образцовый пилот осматривает образцовый вертолет.