What is the real name of the helo?

dkmacin

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January 2003
From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich

Posted by dkmacin on Sunday, April 3, 2005 6:52 PM

We called our HC131A "Samaritan" the "Thunder Pig."
That name stuck so well we were threatened with severe punishment if we continued to do so. . .so we did. Even went so far as to have a T-shirt made up with four pigs doing a Thunderbirds type fly by. . .spewing oil and all.
But as for our helos, they got nothing.

Don

I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.

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Mikeym_us

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March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, April 3, 2005 8:34 PM

well the CH-53 was called the Jolly Green Giant because it was big and green.

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dkmacin

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January 2003
From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich

Posted by dkmacin on Monday, April 4, 2005 6:01 AM

The H3E was the Jolly the CH53 was the SUPER Jolly,
But you are correct and I stand corrected to FOUR names that stuck, Snake, Slick, Loach and Jolly Green Giant.

Don

I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 4, 2005 10:14 AM

Read on this forum, a civil helo mecanic or pilot who referred to the Bell 212 as "the steam chicken". Beautiful nickname.

As for the origins of Dauphin: I would bet my money on the French having meant the fish: didn't Aerospatiale also design the Alouette (don't know the English translation, but it's a little bird), The Ecuereuil (Squirrel), the Lama (lama), the Puma and the Cougar. The Puma, Lynx and the Gazelle were in conjunction with Westland of the UK.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 4, 2005 11:11 AM

how about
Angry palm tree

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dkmacin

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January 2003
From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich

Posted by dkmacin on Monday, April 4, 2005 6:27 PM

GeejeeZ,
Could be as the rest of the Areospatiale helo's are named after animals, but the French guy said " l'petit dauphin" or "l'dauphin petit" and he said it was "little prince". . .might be because the 365N is the Dauphin and the US Coast Guard is a 366G (Prince?).

Don

I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.

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grandadjohn

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February 2003
From: phoenix

Posted by grandadjohn on Monday, April 4, 2005 6:51 PM

Need to add Hog to your list

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Mikeym_us

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March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, April 4, 2005 8:37 PM

The UH-1 Huey Hog was the name given to the Charlie Model when it had the 40mm Thumper added to the nose. Since the Thumper Turret did look like a Hog snout the usual load out for the Hog was either twin 50's on each side or the 7.62mm gatling gun then the 2.75" HVAR rocket pods and the 40mm thumper turret on the nose.
Then you also got the UH-1C Huey Frog with the 40mm Thumper turret and the 2.75" HVAR rocket pods. But what confuses me is why they called that configuration the Frog?

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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grandadjohn

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February 2003
From: phoenix

Posted by grandadjohn on Monday, April 4, 2005 9:49 PM

The name hog was used for all HUEY gunships(Bravo, Charlie or Mike), the term heavy hog(sometimes frog) was used for those with the 40mm on the nose

that's me in one of my Mike's

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Mikeym_us

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March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, April 4, 2005 10:55 PM

so you were a FE (Flight Engineer) on a UH-1? and I alway had thought Heavy Hog meant it was loaded with everything that could go boom and bang. And on top of that you had the door gunners hosing down anything that didn't look like a Grunt with the 60's. Too bad the UH-1's didnt carry Napalm woulda made the enemy think twice about shooting at a Huey. Cool [8D]

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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upnorth

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December 2002
From: Canada / Czech Republic

Posted by upnorth on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 6:30 AM

Geejee Z:

Alouette, if memory serves correctly, translates into "sky lark"

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dkmacin

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January 2003
From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich

Posted by dkmacin on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 6:19 PM

Okay Okay!
Slick, Snake, Jolly Green, and Hog. . .hmmm all Viet Nam era helo's interesting. . .

Don

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grandadjohn

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February 2003
From: phoenix

Posted by grandadjohn on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 7:01 PM

need to add medivac to the list also, fits for HUEY's and Hawk's(you could sub Dustoff), In answer to the question, yes, I was a FE on a HUEY but we were called crew chiefs or chief for short

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ikar01

Member since
October 2004
From: Orlando, Florida

Posted by ikar01 on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:37 PM

I did occasional missions on the H-43 Husky. The company name never stuck and we called it Pedro although none of us knew where it started. As far as the F-16 being called the Viper, we heard that because it came out about the same time as Battlestar Galactica the pilots wanted it called viper after the fighters on the show. It also had the name "Electric Jet".

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J.H. Primm

Member since
November 2005
From: Newnan, GA

Posted by J.H. Primm on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 6:48 AM

Actually the Iroqouis tribe were indigenous to what is now the North Eastern United States. The Chinook were indigenous to the Pacific Northwest. "Tarhe" was an actual person, a member of the Wyandot tribe of the Northern Midwest. the Choctaws originally inhabited Southern Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana and were moved to Oklahoma. Chickasaw were predominant in much of the Southeast and also wound up being foricibly relocated to Oklahoma.

UH-1 Iroqouis, H-19 Chickasaw, H-34 Choctaw, CH-37 Mojave, CH-47 Chinook, CH-54 Tarhe

UH-60 Blackhawk, OH-58 Kiowa etc....

HTH

Jonathan Primm

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:27 PM

Don,

Slick or Slicks is also what we use when refering to cargo C-130's (non-rescue).

By the way we still carry on the Jolly Green Giant tradition by calling our HH-60G's "Jolly's" and using the callsign "Jolly" when not on real-world SAR missions. When on real-world SAR it's "Air Force Rescue...". Remember the tradition of the green feet? Got mine back in 1991...

The common name for all AH/MH-6 or MELBs is "Little Birds", even though you'll hear Killer Eggs and Six-Pax.

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dkmacin

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January 2003
From: Upper left side of the lower Penninsula of Mich

Posted by dkmacin on Thursday, November 17, 2005 4:45 PM

We weren't so nice in our names for the 130's. . . Censored [censored]

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When just burning holes in the sky we were "Coast Guard (last three digits of the tail number)" When On rescue we were "CG Rescue (last two digits of the tail number)"
Should I stir the pot again? Evil [}:)]

No, I won't. I only have 5 days left on this new enlistment thing for FSM and I don't want to get kicked out early. Disapprove [V]

Don

I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 18, 2005 6:08 PM

In the Navy (and serving with the Marines) we have several names.

CH-46: Phrog or Bull Phrog (depending on the version)

CH-53: Shi**ers

UH & AH: Skids. The squadron members are called "skid kids"

SH-3: Seapig. Because it is so slow, but, there is no better SAR platform for room to work!

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