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Posted by HeavyArty
on Friday, June 24, 2005 3:39 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Jim Barton
Is the Bell 47 the old piston-engine one with the glass bubble and the framework tail that I've seen flying around Phoenix from time to time? (The other day, it flew low over Berridge Nursery, where I work.) When I was little in the 1960's, I used to see those all the time! They make a hell of a racket; the engine has that distinctive "metallic whistle" and at the same time, sounds like it has a lot of loose change flying around inside. You don't see too many of those helicopters anymore, although I know of another one I'd see flying over Northridge, California once in a while when I used to work there.
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Yes, you are describing a Bell 47, OH-13 Sioux, of MASH fame. This is the bird you speak of:
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