Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick.
January 18, 2019, 12:04 PM
gearhounds
You need "Flight of the Valkyries" in the background...
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January 18, 2019, 12:05 PM
TigerDore
Did you notice how it morphed into a black helicopter after it got into the air? Downright sinister.
Cool video. Thanks for sharing. I understand there are now about 7 major studios in the ATL area.
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January 18, 2019, 01:26 PM
bubbatime
How long are these 50 year old choppers going to fly? Will they still be flying in 50 years when they are 100?
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January 18, 2019, 01:34 PM
TMats
Should be some well-maintained UH-1Ns available soon. The Air Force uses them for security of our missile silos. A contract was awarded last fall to Boeing/Leonardo for the MH-139, replacing the Hueys they use now. Can’t find anything current on delivery dates, or transitioning the pilots to the new aircraft.
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January 18, 2019, 02:06 PM
captain127
They are such a rugged aircraft I suspect like the B52 and C130, some will be flying somewhere for decades. An army pilot I am acquainted with actually retired rather than transition to the blackhawk
January 18, 2019, 02:31 PM
Puckpilot78
I took a ride in a Huey at the Dayton Airshow many years ago. Looks like they're still doing it and they also have a Cobra. Very cool experience with actual Vietnam Vets doing the flying.
I want to hang out the door with an M60 yelling "GET SUM!!!! GET SUM!!!!!"
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Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick.
January 18, 2019, 03:03 PM
sigmonkey
HOW CAN YOU SHOOT WOMEN... CHILDREN...?
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January 18, 2019, 03:05 PM
Green Highlander
Are you going to stand out in your yard and go on a soliloquy about the smell of napalm in the morning?
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January 18, 2019, 03:05 PM
PowerSurge
Lots of filming going on in Norcross right now. Especially at the old Lucent plant.
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January 18, 2019, 03:09 PM
SW_Sig
I jump out of a lot of them.
January 18, 2019, 03:10 PM
LS1 GTO
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey: HOW CAN YOU SHOOT WOMEN... CHILDREN...?
Just don't lead them as much.
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January 18, 2019, 03:20 PM
Jimbo54
I learned to hate flying in those things in the late 60's while in the Army. Not the machine but the crazy ass, "I want to die young" pilots that flew them. All were returnee's from Vietnam and loved to try and make us puke and they succeeded often. We get 2-3 of them flying overhead from the local Air National Guard station and I love the whop-whop sound they make on approach.
Jim
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January 18, 2019, 04:39 PM
Sportshooter
I heard a Huey is a beautiful sight when it’s coming to your rescue.
January 18, 2019, 04:53 PM
4MUL8R
Get to the choppa!
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January 18, 2019, 06:41 PM
nighthawk
Great documentary about it was called, In the shadow of the blade, they flew a rebuilt Huey to different veterans events for the soldiers who flew and had flown on them, and the family’s of those who were KIA. It was a great documentary about the vets, and what the Huey mention to them.
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January 18, 2019, 06:45 PM
Skins2881
quote:
Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey: HOW CAN YOU SHOOT WOMEN... CHILDREN...?
Just don't lead them as much.
Get some! Get some! Get some! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis
January 18, 2019, 06:51 PM
mbinky
Everytime I think of the sound of a Huey I think of Billy Joel's Goodnight Saigon.
January 18, 2019, 10:21 PM
Strambo
Love that sound! I got to do an air assault training mission with the last active duty UH-1 unit when I was stationed in AK in the late 90s, it was really cool.
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