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A different war... Pranged Little Birds

Fri May 31, 2019 8:17 am

We don't cover Vietnam here as much as we should. Let me know if you would prefer the Vietnam stuff to be moved to a different section. To start off with, here as some OH-6 Cayuse (later know as little birds) that have had a rough go of it.

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Re: A different war... Pranged Little Birds

Fri May 31, 2019 9:57 am

Part II


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Re: A different war... Pranged Little Birds

Fri May 31, 2019 10:25 pm

Thanks for sharing the pictures Scott.

Reportedly the OH-6's fuselage design lent it self to a high surviability rate in accidents according to some anecdotal information I've read.

Re: A different war... Pranged Little Birds

Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:34 am

maxum96 wrote:Thanks for sharing the pictures Scott.

Reportedly the OH-6's fuselage design lent it self to a high surviability rate in accidents according to some anecdotal information I've read.


From what I heard the egg shape is for safety, everything else detaches
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