Warbird Information Exchange

AKA Leon Cleaver. Here's a vintage batch of helicopters from the 1970s:


Ohio NG UH-1B 62-1956 at Canton-Akron Airport, 1-26-75. Per Baugher:

Airport-Data shows it as current, as a cropduster painted in a camo scheme:
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N841M.html


Ohio NG UH-1C 65-9462 at Canton-Akron Airport, 1-26-75


Ohio NG UH-1H 347 at Canton-Akron Airport, 1-26-75 (this could be 67-17347, 68-15347, 68-16347, 69-15347, 70-16347 or 74-22347 - can any Huey devotees narrow it down?)


Army UH-1H 64-13773 at Sundorph - Cleveland Hopkins Airport, 5-23-75




Mostly H-34s (no IDs) at Carson Copters, Perkasie, PA, 7-16-75


LH-34D 148121/N90937 at Carson, same date


LH-34D 148122/N90938 at Carson, same date
Despite the registrations, per Baugher they were parted out. Oddly, it looks like three of the side windows on '122 are fakes that are painted on - anyone know why?


OH-58A Army 70-15567 at Cleveland Hopkins Airport, 7-16-75
This one is currently N153PD with the Anne Arundel County Police Department in Maryland. 2004 photos here:
http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php ... rch=N153PD

And finally, ho ho ho :



Sikorsky S-55B N414A dropping off Santa. Landing near shopping center, Vermilion, OH 11-16-74 (ed. note: getting an early start? )
N414A had a checkered career; here it is in the early '50s with Los Angeles Airways, courtesy the Ed Coates Collection:



It later was involved in two accidents in 1970 and 1973 (with a fatality in the second ) but was repaired and served on until it was written off in 1987 after autorotating into trees due to engine failure during ag ops in Louisiana.

On that happy note , best holiday wishes from Leon, and I look forward to helping him post many more images!

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Some great shots there.

The UH-1H "347" was possibly 70-16347, which the OH NG still had on charge in 1991.

Here is another picture of N414A in happier days



I saw it at Theodore, AL in September 1992 after its accident



Then finally as a spares ship at Greenville, MS December 1996, it was scrapped soon after



Look forward to seeing more of Leon's shots.

Thanks for the photos

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!