40 Years Since Vietnam, Huey Choppers Still Have Impact

[OldDoorGunner]

40 years since Vietnam, Huey choppers still have impact


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[holdenmonty]

hell yeah, the Huey has earned it's place. In my personal opinion it revolutionized choppers.

 

[vikingr24]

I work in Scottsdale and the airport is nearby. Every once in a while, maybe once or twice a week, some Apaches come down from a repair station up north on an exercise. I can feel them before I see them. The hair rises on my arms and everybody wonders what is going on with me. I know a military power rotor when I (don't hear) feel one. I feel like I am having a Quickening as in the Highlander. Hueys too and dear to my heart, the CH-3 Jolly Green.

Other civvie stuff sounds like an eggbeater. There is something about the whump of those rotors......I can feel it right down to my shit pincer.

 

[OldDoorGunner]

We have some Hueys down here and every time they fly over I do a flashback.....Wife told me one of them was 25 secs long, hell I was gone and back in the Nam.....

J R

 

[atilla]

Loved flying in the hueys, and Viking, the hair stands up on the back of my neck when I hear them, lol almost gives me a woodie. Best ride i ever had was going N.O.E through mountains and hanging out the door.. Some of the craziest f*ckers I knew were huey pilots;)

 

[OldDoorGunner]

The stories I could tell......:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::):):):eek::eek::eek::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

 

[Sarg]

Hueys and Herks.

Sarg

 

[atilla]

Spooky and BUFFs

 

[Sludge]

Hueys. Yeah, they make an impact all right...very dissatisfying crater though...

Sorta sorry gang, but I was an anti-aircraft guy first and a scrawny fish out of water second. I do miss the Tac Vest though...

 

[atilla]

Fuel bladder over top of the cargo area was a bad idea though.

 

[vikingr24]

I am with DG. So many memories. So little time. And they would sound like "there I was" stories. I guess I helped save some men but the Beast makes me think of the losses. Like carrying an anchor chained to your leg.