very nice vintage vietnam chinook pics.......

Great pictures of "Good Vibrations" and "The Virgin Hunter", Phantom, thanks!!

Here's some closer-up shots of the nose-art on both aircraft.   Virgin Hunter was on both sides.

Take care,

Frank

Some great pictures there, I dont know much about chinooks but while hunting for info on hueys ive started to get an interest in them. I saw the Trumpeter Model in my local shop and it looks Huge but so is the price, Would love to build a version of the armed chinooks if one exists. as far as photos go, i love this one

Looks like someone fell asleep during the slipknot class at AIT lol

Some nicely weathered Hooks there. Does anyone do decals for the nose art you find on those and almost all the other Hooks in VietNam. I know Zotz? do some for the ACH-47, but what about all the others. They'd really set a model off.

Cheers,

Rich

Gotta like the oil down the side of Good Vibrations!  I can just imagine the look on the pilot's face when the CE said "Don't worry sir, it'll be fine.  The can just got knocked over ans a little bit spilled"

Mac

skypirate1 wrote:

....Would love to build a version of the armed chinooks if one exists. as far as photos go, i love this one Looks like someone fell asleep during the slipknot class at AIT lol

Skypirate,

Italeri makes the Armed Chinooks in both 1/72 and 1/48 scales, and Zotz Decals makes an accurate decal sheet to build one of four versions in BOTH scales!

The picture you posted of the Huey hanging under the "A" Model Chinook was actually not that uncommon a site during the Vietnam war, as aircraft recovery was sometimes made while under fire and a textbook rigging was not possible.

Take care,

Frank

Frank

Thanks for the pictures, I think il have a go at the Italeri in 1/48. must have been scarey trying to recover the downed hueys, those chinooks make big targets.

I dont know if you would be interested in this, its a video clip i found about chinooks it says that Ground resonance is a hazardous condition during touchdown. A series of shocks to the landing gear can cause an imbalance in the rotor system. Under extreme conditions, the imbalance causes violent oscillations that can result in destruction of the entire airframe. its mad to see it just fall apart.

http://www.sonicbomb.com/video1.php?vid=/files/movies/aviation/grnd_res.wmv

Andy

I dont know if you would be interested in this, its a video clip i found about chinooks it says that Ground resonance is a hazardous condition during touchdown. A series of shocks to the landing gear can cause an imbalance in the rotor system. Under extreme conditions, the imbalance causes violent oscillations that can result in destruction of the entire airframe. its mad to see it just fall apart.

http://www.sonicbomb.com/video1.php?vid=/files/movies/aviation/grnd_res.wmv

OUCH!!

RE above post, I tried ot use the quote button but obviously didn't do it right. Make mental note....learn to use the PC properly. Sorry.

Rich