Bob,

  Looks like you've revived this thread and brought some of our old pals out of the woodwork.  What's everyone been up to lately?  I'd love to hear from Andy (Skypirate). Anyone know his whereabouts?  I was just going though some of the posts. Man, this thread has gone all over the place!   I have learned so much since i first posted on this forum, mostly thanks to all the vets we have around here. Thanks again to all of you and I hope we hear from you more often.

    Ray

Bob,

Welcome to the forum! Always glad to see a man with experience in Huey joining the discussion. I second what Ray said about Your "Army gunships in Vietnam" - great reference. Say, would the book You are working on happen to be the collaboration with John Brennan on Vietnam helicopter nose art & nicknames? I've been noticing mr. Brennan's messages on forums/guestbooks of different Vietnam helicopter units' sites for a couple of years now. I can't wait for it to be published!!!

Like Ray said, a lot of very interesting topics relating Hueys have been debated over the years on this forum - including a lot of things that have been neglected/left out by authors of Huey/Vietnam helicopters related books. When You find time, I recommend taking a look at the "Unusual Vietnam Hueys" thread (lots of great stuff):

http://cs.finescale.com/forums/767176/ShowPost.aspx

Ray, I've been off the radar for a while, but I hope I'll find more time in the future and start posting again :)

Best wishes to You all,

Marko