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01-27-2008, 12:45 AM
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Country:  | I do not have a clue witch one of those are the best, but I do the Puma is also pretty good, the Russian choppers are big and heavy things, but the Huey is a great chopper.
The service it gave during Vietnam was great and she is a very reliable as well. We have one flying in Cape Town for the General public and I would love to take a little flight in her.
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01-27-2008, 05:35 AM
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Country:  | For me the Best utility Helicopter in service is the Huye with an Impressive combat service record right from Nam to the Present wars in afghanistan
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01-27-2008, 07:12 AM
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01-27-2008, 09:02 AM
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Country:  | The Huey is still in production although much changed it's civil name is the Bell 412
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01-27-2008, 12:11 PM
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#20 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by Njaco  Is the Huey still in service? being as I know squat about helos and even modern equip and...how the Huey always seemed to be right there for whatever reason, military or civil, I went with that. But Adler, if its not in service then I'm lost and would go with Blackhawk. | Yes the Huey is still in service with the US military. The Marines use the UH-1N and are soon to be using the UH-1Y. The US Army still has small amounts of the UH-1H in service, infact there is a UH-1H stationed at my airfield over here in Germany. It is used to fly the staff around since all the Hawks are deployed.
The Huey is also in service all over the world. I believe it is still in service with about 50 different military's in the world today.
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01-27-2008, 12:38 PM
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Country:  | I read somewhere either Bell or the FAA had a count of about 10,000 UH-1s built and there are 12,000 flying around! Operators "boot-legged" the dataplate off a crashed ship and built and aircraft up from parts.
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01-27-2008, 01:10 PM
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Country: | I want one...or two, or three, or...!
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01-27-2008, 04:12 PM
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#23 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by Lucky13 I want one...or two, or three, or...! | Here you go: Bell 205 A1 for sale
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02-17-2008, 08:47 AM
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Oh, just gimmee the Huey...any day of the week.
Flying truck, that thing was.
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03-12-2008, 06:50 AM
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Country:  | Hi guys!!
Sorry about the intrusion, but i have one question why don´t you include in the poll, the Alouette III ? | |
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03-12-2008, 07:34 AM
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#26 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Because the Alouette III does not hold a candle to the other helicopters up there. It is a light utility and with its max take off weight of 4850lb and its low performance is not going to compare to the other aircraft up there.
It is a good air search and rescue aircraft and light observation but compared to the others up there it does not hold a candle.
Hell the Blackhawk that I used to crew could slingload a Alouette III.
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03-12-2008, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet She is the C-47 of Helicopters. | That she is! There's no better way to honor the Huey than that.
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03-12-2008, 12:39 PM
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Country: | Ok! i see your point of view! just asking because you included the linx!! 
here in Portugal is still used has a Gunship, has it was used in the War in Africa! About low performance i didn`t understand ?
Has i said before my english is a bit limited!! | |
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03-12-2008, 03:46 PM
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#29 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | What I mean by low performance is that it speed, range, and cieling are lower than comparable aircraft. It also can only carry a payload of about 2400lb.
As I said it is a good search and rescue aircraft but thats about it.
We actually did some training missions with the Swiss Alouette III's down in the Alps. It was a lot of fun. It is a good light utility aircraft but outclassed by larger and better aircraft.
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03-13-2008, 07:51 PM
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Country: | Thank you for explainig!
My choice is the Puma! | |
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