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UH-1 Retired after 52 years of service!
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:12 am
by the330thbg
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:41 am
by tom d. friedman
it's been whooping butt in the fire service / u.s. parks dept for years, i'd guess you'll see plenty more with your news!!
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:08 pm
by RickH
The Army may have retired them but the Marines are rebuilding theirs and will continue to fly them long term !
You'll hear the whop whop for a long time...
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:00 pm
by Ztex
Wonder how many Whop whops are still at it out side the military...
I know there are a few "contractors" still using them. As well as a bunch of other operators not counting all the overseas military users.
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:51 am
by gary1954
I imagine that the Huey will be like the old warbirds....will be around for a while. The first Huey I ever took a stab at flight was 66-16096 in 1975, I flew the last time in a Huey in 1990 and was a great deal more proficient. When I hear the familiar thump of a Huey, it stops me dead in my tracks, and I scan to locate the ship. I do know that ifin I was a wealthy man....I'd owned not just a helicopter, but the old reliable a Huey
Sure hate to see them retired from the Guard
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Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:23 am
by rob_moll
gary1954 wrote:I imagine that the Huey will be like the old warbirds....will be around for a while. The first Huey I ever took a stab at flight was 66-16096 in 1975, I flew the last time in a Huey in 1990 and was a great deal more proficient. When I hear the familiar thump of a Huey, it stops me dead in my tracks, and I scan to locate the ship. I do know that ifin I was a wealthy man....I'd owned not just a helicopter, but the old reliable a Huey
Sure hate to see them retired from the Guard
Gary - I was a DAC at Glenview NAS in Glenview IL during the 80's and one of the Hueys I was responsible for was 66-16096. The facility name was USARASF #26 which has since been torn down. I thought you would like to know.
Rob (67n2f)
