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09-07-2009, 11:29 AM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| GOOD-BYE OLD FRIEND!
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09-07-2009, 11:30 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 |  Talk about a long run!
__________________   For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci |
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09-07-2009, 11:35 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
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__________________ "It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Michael Collins, and it will be recorded at my expense." -Eamon de Valera. "Better to fight for something than live for nothing." -George S. Patton. "I don't know what the effect of the men will have on the enemy, but, by god, they frighten me." -Arthur Wellesley. |
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09-07-2009, 11:58 AM
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| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| A well deserved retirement. The most amazing helicopter ever built! I am glad I had the opportunities to fly in them, only wish I could have crewed them as well.
__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" |
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09-07-2009, 12:07 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey..The Garden State!
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 | Seemed like such a good helicopter! |
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09-07-2009, 12:08 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore
Posts: 3,533
| Was lucky enough to fly in the Huey a few times. A true "Hall of Famer". TO
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09-07-2009, 12:33 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 11,553
| An amazing service life for any military aircraft, more so for a helicopter. Flew in them two or three times - great birds!
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09-07-2009, 12:33 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dordrecht
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__________________  "To attack 36 aircraft on your own was rather much" - Jan Linzel, D.XXI pilot. | |
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09-07-2009, 01:11 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
Posts: 5,961
| That thump thump sound will be missed all the newer choppers are so much quieter, used to get hauled into a fishing camp in them |
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09-07-2009, 01:40 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
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__________________  "A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch..... You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection... then use it whenever possible." - Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF 7 Victories, WW-II - |
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09-07-2009, 03:33 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,851
| We still use the UH-1H In NZ - bought them new in 1966! We call them "Wokka wokka's" in the RNZAF... you know, WOKKA-WOKKA-WOKKA-WOKKA-WOKKA-WOKKA... !!!!  |
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09-07-2009, 03:55 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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There are still going to be small units in the US Army that will use the Huey as well. The OPFOR units here of the US Army here in Germany have Huey's, and I don't see them getting rid of them any time soon.
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09-07-2009, 08:00 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 6,208
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09-07-2009, 08:16 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
Posts: 2,482
| to one of the longest serving helicopters in the US.
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09-09-2009, 06:23 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: George - South Africa
Posts: 2,786
| What a great helicopter, they named it as one of the best out there and it a shame to see it go.
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