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Dare I ask... Favorite helo?

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 12:34 AM
I just loved riding in the back of Huey's. I thought I was probably safer in a Blackhawk, (for alot of reasons, but especially the seat suspension system) but the ride just wasn't such a thrill. Riding in Chinooks always gave me the creeps for some reason. One of my buddies (whose preferences were the same as mine) put it all down to the seat orientation-- Huey=facing outboard=fun, Blackhawk=fore or aft=okay, but no thrill, Chinook=facing inboard=I'm probably going to die in this dark horrible thing. (Sorry to all you hookers out there).

Al
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Posted by 46 mech on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 11:34 PM
Hmmmmm... wow ...that would be the HH-46D!!!! PHROGS FOREVER!!!!! This aircraft is what I have worked on in my military career, as I wind down to retirement soon, so does the 46 for the Navy. Pretty much has for awhile now on the west coast. I get to see the last 2 from my squadron go - first one to a pedestal towards the end of this month here at North Island and the second one goes to the USS Midway here in San Diego sometime(unless changes). Sure going to miss them Sad [:(] . Loved riding in it. But I bought the CH 46E from Academy and plan to convert it to a "Navy" "Delta" model after the ones I worked on when I can. Nothing beats a HH-46. Memories forever. What a ride it has been. Smile [:)]
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Posted by Chief Snake on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:29 PM
UH-1 Huey. When the last Blackhawk goes to the boneyard a Huey crew will fly them home. 1959 and still serving!

Chief Snake
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:13 PM
My favorite would have to be the CH 53 in all its various SAR configurations. MH53 Pave low III is King though.
This may or may not be the proper place for this but I also think that Blue Thunder was a really cool Police bird, even though its a movie prop.

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Posted by Ffowcs on Monday, August 23, 2004 8:10 PM
I like the Hind 24, CH53, Merlin, Kamov 50, and the Mil 26. I would love to model the Mil 26 but I can't find any models of it. Do you know if anybody has modelled it?
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Posted by Winnie on Monday, August 23, 2004 2:27 PM
Hands down, the Kaman SH-2F Sea Sprite, looks cool, rides smooth, and has no hydraulics!!

Second, with no doubt there either, the SH-3G Sea King...

BOOOOtiful airframes both of them!Big Smile [:D]Tongue [:P]
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Posted by albymoore on Saturday, August 21, 2004 8:49 PM
I'd have to say I really dig the Kamov Ka-50/52. Between the unorthadox co-axial rotor setup and sinister black paint scheme, this is one bad ****** looking chopper. My other fav would be the Sikorsky MH-60L DAP, another heavily armed, and black chopper.



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Albert Clown [:o)]

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Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, August 21, 2004 8:20 PM
The UH-1(all variants), for all you Cobra fans, remember it's the son of a HUEY
John
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Posted by wooty on Friday, August 6, 2004 10:17 PM
MH-60L by far out in front......

Rob..

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Posted by f_baquiran on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 1:54 PM
Definitely the Pave Low. the Hind comes in second.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 1:59 PM
UH-1 Huey. In all variants,the slick, the hog,gunship,medivac. Because of the bravery shown in veitnam by the pilots that flew them. My uncle served 2 tours as a door gunner. Said he carried a small baseball bat next to him because during the tet the south veitnamese soldiers would drop thier guns and run for the helos and he had on more than one occasion fight to keep from being pulled out and left. I guess the stories of the arvin rifles were true,,,never shot and only dropped once...I guess my uncle Gene speaks the truth, I believe him. After he came back from Veitnam he was'nt afraid of the devil him self. When I was a paramedic in the early 80s we had to call medivacs in from Lawton Okla. to airlift tornado victems. It was a sight to see 4 hueys land in our hospital parking lot. Later after the big city hospitals started thier own medi-flights , you could alway tell if the pilot was an ex military pilot not only by the way he landed and took off but by his face,,,,,,It was kinda like that thousand yard stare, eyes recessed solid stone cut face. Not many around like that anymore.Well I guess this was too much info but ,,"there it is",, By the way Gene was shot down twice,once over the Asha.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:38 PM
Hmm... I guess i have a thing for Special Operations choppers. I like anything with 'MH-'. but of all the Special Ops choppers, my favorate is the AH-6J Little Bird. I like the Little Bird because they are just so agile, and is a 'go anywhere' aircraft. If i could own a helicopter, that would be the one.

In the 'regular' catogory, it's the Longbow Apache all the way!!! Especially with the OH-58D's as hunter-killer teams.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:47 PM
I've had the good fortune to work and fly on several different helicopter types, military and civilian. From Sikorsky H-19's, S58C's, S76A and S76C+, Kaman HH43-B, Bell 47G series, Bell 206 series, UH -1B and F model, BO-105C. They are all great machines. I sure would like to work on some of the machines you guys have talked about.
The Kaman HH-43B is my favorite since I crewed one while in Air Rescue.
The BO-105C was cool for nap of the earth flying. I got to crew S/N 41, one of only four in the US at the time. We were contracted to Boeing and did demo flights for the military in late 1972-1973 demonstrating the rotor head characteristics. This was the early stages of the UTTAS competion between Sikorsky and Boeing. Boeing was going to use a beefed up version of the BO105 rotor head on their UTTAS model.
Sikorsky ended up winning which resulted in the Blackhawk. Scat
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Posted by DBFSS385 on Monday, July 26, 2004 9:11 AM
Mine for purpose and the fact I owe my life to it has to be the Huey...
But for looks I always liked the Seaking or Hind series..
Be Well/DBF Walt
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 24, 2004 11:36 AM
My all time favorite has got to be the MH-53 J/M Pave Low 3/4. Well that is the one that I started flying 10 years ago and it has brought me home everytime. Here is a good website that you can see everyting you ever wanted to know about them
www.mh-53pavelow.com
check it out

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Posted by subfixer on Friday, July 23, 2004 9:28 AM
I like the H-3 Sea King. No particular reason other than it was the first one I rode in and was delivered and retrieved from a destroyer with its hoist. Way cool when you are 18 years old.

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Posted by zokissima on Friday, July 23, 2004 7:16 AM
The Hokum and Hind are absolutely beastly. I love 'em.
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Posted by midnightprowler on Friday, July 23, 2004 6:17 AM
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 1:01 PM
Personally,I like anything with Rotors!!!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 18, 2004 1:22 PM
Huey hog of coarse espscially when there is a squadron of them flying over your house, and the sound of them.....the wup wup really gets me goin.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:22 AM
I work on them, & at times it drives me up the wall, so I don't have a favorite.

Chris Ish
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Posted by Aaronw on Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:08 AM
Erickson Skycrane

These things are just great looking like a giant dragonfly, I don't know what my second favorite is though to many to choose from.

http://www.wildlandfire.com/pics/heli10/skycranedrop.jpg

http://www.wildlandfire.com/pics/heli6/waterdrop.jpg
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 6:38 AM
...........from my very limited knowledge of rotary winged air beaters there's just something special and intriguing about the Cobra and it's storied reputation.......
.....but, i'd be remiss if i didn't mention the BlackHawk / whiteHawk and it's apparent versatility & capabilities.......
i've at least 5 of the Academy -60 kits.......sooooooooooooo......
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Posted by tho9900 on Monday, July 12, 2004 8:48 PM
For me definitely 2 choices...

AH-1W - got a ride in one once when deployed on an LPH, adrenaline rush is the word! Also the sight of one of those blowing a target out of the water was simply awesome... a white dot in the Mediterrenean suddenly became nothing...

The next would be the CH-46 ... I flew medevac with the Navy and this was definitely the cadillac as far as ride... smooth and stable.. the versatility was unmatched as well... some of the 46's we flew in were circa Viet Nam... and still pounding away.

I flew a few CH-53's and they were like riding rodeo style, nothing but bucking and rocking... not to mention the scary hydraulic fluid leaks... the crew chiefs always said if you didn't see the leaks THEN it was time to worry... but all in all you had to be impressed with the size and power of em...
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by subfixer on Saturday, March 13, 2004 4:15 PM
I like the CH-3 Sea King cuz it was the first helo I ever rode in. Got lowered to a destroyer. Two weeks later I got lifted by an armored version painted green. It was a Navy bird used to rescue pilots off of North Vietnam. Does anyone know the designation? I believe it had a mini gun mounted, too.

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Posted by adrake2 on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 12:12 AM
I'm a big US Special Ops fan, so just about any helicopter in the 160th or AFSOC. However, nothing tops the Army's MH-60K or the AH-6J. Maybe someday I'll be flying one of them... Approve [^]
-Aaron
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Posted by Trigger on Monday, March 8, 2004 11:16 PM
AH/MH-6 Little Birds (simple, inexpensive and effective)

Black Hawks (worthy successor to the UH-1; can do just about anything)

USCG Dolphins (A friend has a 25 ft. Protector and we'll go off the Carolina coast and go say "Hi" to one. After an quick inspection pass, we all get a kick out of them buzzing the boat.)
------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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Posted by roadkill_275 on Monday, March 8, 2004 5:36 PM
I love the MiL-24 Hind, The MiL-28 looks to much like a rabid rodent!!!!Big Smile [:D]
Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 8, 2004 5:14 PM
Hey there,

I've been searching for a model kit of the AH-1G or its variants used in the Vietnam War. My father worked on them in Chu-Lai. He would love a built model or diorama. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks
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