only problem is the 2-blade rotor chops the air and it can be heard from farther away than 4 or 5 blades :/ but UH-1 (single engines) can still be great utility / rear ech copters
Hi, here in Hamburg, Germany it was the sound of rescue... They were used as SAR Helis and i'm glad that i've heard them almost every day... I'm still wondering how they could land them at the smallest spots!
It was a very good ship. It also got a lot better after the HUEY 1B. I spent a lot of time in the IB as a door gunner and I don't really have many complaints about it. However, from the 1C and on they became real power gun ships.
Yes they were great aircraft. RNZAF used them from 1966 until 2015. I worked on them in the late 1970's and the earlier D models had been brought up to UH1H standard.
Brings my memories as a crew chief in Vietnam and then in the State when my bird was chosen to be in an airshow in Nebraska and we put on a show similar to this. So much fun, and made my time in the U.S. Army enjoyable
