My older neighbor, who knew me since I was a child after my parents moved next to him, spent over twenty years working on these as a mechanic at CCAD (Texas) after he was discharged from serving and fighting in Korea . A vast number of them were being sent here from Vietnam later and he was one of the men who fixed them so they could be sent back over there. He also was of a select few who had special knowledge and skills to work on a certain part/area of Chinooks to the point that they flew him out to California at one point to do work on them and train other mechanics. It was an honor to have known him.
As an Army Cessna O1E Bird Dog pilot in the Delta in 69, I had the opportunity to fly in a number of Hueys, always with the transmission over torque warning flashing due to the density altitude. They are tough machines to survive the conditions they were flown in, and the pilots deserve a lot of credit for keeping them in one piece.
If I woke up every morning knowing I was walking out to my Huey. My guy I would be freaking emotional, And a combat proven Huey. " Where's Mike?" " Crying at the back door again." Congrats man truly a dream come true
I wish I had one of those in my garden I would KID on I was flying it .By raising it up and down by hydraulic supports. GREAT MACHINE IF ICOULD AFFORD ONE I'D GET ONE RHANKS FOR THE WALK ROUND.
I'm in Pennsylvania and used to work on the engines (T53-L13A) in the H model Hueys. I was at Vinh Long in the Mekong delta with the 7th Squadron 1st Air Cav 68-69. Have you ever tried to start the engine? Best to do that on a flat spot, not on a side hill like where it is now.
Beautiful. Very fond of these. I grew up in the late 60’s - mid 70’s a half mile from the front gates of MAFB. I can still fondly recall the unholy deafening thumping of 10, 12, sometimes 15 or more of these coming in and leaving in formation at the base during the conflict. A local family of pilots here in Billings purchased one several years ago and restored it as a search & rescue unit. It went to aid in the relief effort in Indonesia after the Boxing Day tsunamis. In fact, it flew over me today, and I felt the hair on my neck stand up! These old birds are tough - they’re worth saving. Thank you for the vid. I hope you get to fly it someday!
Genuinely beautiful! I can understand how much love and passion you put into her and this awesome project. She is stunningly fascinating. Thanks for sharing!
I crewed on of these most of the 80’s. I’d point out your tailrotor driveshaft clamps should be indexed 90° to each other if not the shafts will be completely out of balance. And the clamps gaped with no more than .13 difference if I recall. Love to stop by and see this beauty being in Pa as well
Wow that is in incredible! Amazing to be able to own a piece of American history. Congratulations, hopefully you can do a video down the road of it fully restored.
I rode as a crew chief and door gunner for medivac 1st. Calv for 756 hours from 15 December 68 to middle of November 69. I don’t miss one damn minute of it.
Just Awesome!!! I remember UH1's (HUEYS) well. I could go to sleep with you running that thump, thump all night if you were my neighbor. You are a lucky man & thank you for preserving her. A friend of mine just had the exact one he flew put into a museum in Salt Lake City a few years back. Great music ending too!
Brings back so many memories, I was a rotor system repair specialist (68 E 2P) at Ft Bragg '75 - '78 with the 1 Sqdn / 17 AirCav, 82nd ABN. Wasn't onlt fun to work on the Huey's but we also had OH- 58's and AH- 1's (J & S models). God, I miss those days, even the pain in the ass swash plate adjusting.
Pretty cool man. I too, am a middle class nobody that bought a 1966 Learjet 24. A dream I have had of owning one since I was a kid. You never know you may have that thing flying sooner than you think. Opportunities present themselves.
WOW! Great video! It brings back memories as I was a infantryman with 2/5 Cav 87-90. When I got out they were just bringing the Blackhawks in. I have sat in the door ripping the treetops in this bad bird white knuckling lol. We also took our Air Assault training in these. A truly badass bird! So glad you have it American. Hoooaaahhhhhh!!!
You Sir are not , repeat not a nobody. You are a very committed individual , that I admit to being very very jealous of. I live in the UK so getting a helicopter in a used and striped condition out ot the question. Good luck with you project and don’t stop. Thank you JR/UK
Just another old Army Huey Pilot here. Not just Rucker Advanced Training in B models but 5K total mostly in D models in my 23 year career. Wanted to thank you for the memories! You either learned your terminology from rebuilding it piece by piece, or you crewed or flew them. You are one lucky guy to have gotten one and even though your family may not understand your want of it, they need to know you love your family very much for letting you enduldge yourself into it. They are special and keepers (as we used to say at the o club…haha). Maybe someday you’ll get a chance to pull pitch on her! Just remember to keep the oily side down!
Thank you sir for the kind words and taking the time to write something so thoughtful. I’m doing my best to restore this to standards that you old Huey crew would respect. - Aaron
I can only imagine the cost at firs purchasing this Aircraft and then the cost of procuring the parts not to mention the manhours on restoring it. You have done a great job from what we can see in the video I am impressed with not only the state of the Aircraft but you actually have an engine most restorations are lacking that. The Door Gunner side of the Aircraft which is the side you first show from the nose back to the tail is great (it is not the Crew chief side of the Aircraft). Pilot on the right seat and door gunner on the Right hand crew seat Aircraft Commander on left front and Crew Chief on the left crew seat. The Armor seat were not Kevlar but instead they were Ceramic much the same as the Chicken Plate that we were issued for a chest protector. The Engine is or was in the H model was a TH53-13 not a -11 that was one of the differences between the D Model and H model you have. Not knocking you on the corrections just updating what you were saying. Love the job you have done this is very impressive and is actually better looking and more correct than some Aircraft you may see on display in a Museum. Believe it or not not the paint patchwork on your aircraft and it's wear and tear condition was very indicative of how our aircraft looked with them having been used sometimes 10 to 12 hrs or more per day sometimes 7 days a week. I was assigned to the 174th AHC LZZ Bronco at Duc Pho and was there from Feb 1969 to Feb 1970. Working as PE Team leader performing 100 hr Maintenance Cycles on our Aircraft I got to see a lot of them almost on a weekly basis. Great jp you have done on this Aircraft. You are living the dream a lot of us who served in Nam and worked on or manned these Aircraft have and that is owning our own Huey. Keep up the good work and share your progress please.
Thank you sir for the very thorough and detailed write up. I appreciate you taking the time to do it. Yes I know they went to the - 13 when they converted them from D to H… I had mentioned in the video that the - 11 was the correct engine when it was issued in 1965. From what I understand this was converted to H in 1967…. Attention to detail is very important for me. I have all the door Gunner stuff for the other side of it as well….. most restorations I see have brand new paint on them. All of the paint on this helicopter is original and it looks old and war-torn. Which is exactly how I like it. I believe it gives it character. But a lot of Vietnam vets I talked to like yourself also affirmed that these helicopters looks like this in Vietnam.. lots of hard use… Thank you again for the kind words and for taking the time to give me your feedback. It means a lot. Thank you
I am without words at the moment! Let me take a breather..... I still have dreams now and then of these work horses of aviation. I served in the Marine Corps at New River Air Station early 70's. Nothing but helicopters and A-10's. Rode in a few of these along with some CH-46's. Some great memories. I would give anything to be back flying again. Such a tremendous job. Thanks to all who were involved in getting this "girl" back to flying condition. Semper Fi!
@@steventwiddy3402 Been back to my old stomping grounds a few times and yes it has changed tremendously from my days in. Thanks so much for your expertise on your mechanical skills for working on those flying Marine Corps "Birds".I Semper Fi!!!
My friend J.C Watson flew these and the gunships in Vietnam. He talked about the engine consuming a gallon a minute of fuel too. Yes they were a tough helicopter and were like the B-17 it would take a beating and bring you home.
This is amazing! I wish you were my neighbor lol. I grew up near West Point and watched these fly my entire life. Incredible helicopter, please keep us posted. You earned my subscription
Your welcome. It’s great your doing that you know. Keeps memories alive. My old man was in Vietnam 66-69. He never said much about it but he always spoke about the hueys…that noise from the rotors..my old man used to say ‘that’s the sound of Vietnam boy’. Thanks friend.
Your welcome. It’s great your doing that you know. Keeps memories alive. My old man was in Vietnam 66-69. He never said much about it but he always spoke about the hueys…that noise from the rotors..my old man used to say ‘that’s the sound of Vietnam boy’. Thanks friend.
Your welcome. It’s great your doing that you know. Keeps memories alive. My old man was in Vietnam 66-69. He never said much about it but he always spoke about the hueys…that noise from the rotors..my old man used to say ‘that’s the sound of Vietnam boy’. Thanks friend.
I rode on a couple of hueys while stationed in Saigon back in 1967-68. In 1974, I worked on a oilfield project in New Guinea ( Irian Jaya) , we had 14 Hueys on the project since we were working in the jungle. even the drilling rig were moved and assembled by the helicopter took 47 load to move a rig. The helicopter flew out pipe for the pipeline, and every morning 14 of us including the pilot flew out to the jungle to clear the jungle and build pumpstation and pipelines. All the piolets were ex-Vietnam combat piolets about my age of 27. One pilot named Appelton would come out where I was working and pick me up for a fly around he would show me how to fly the Huey. Which was very complicated. They were 5 controls you had to use the 2 foot pedals controlled th back rotor, then on the side of the seat was rather collector that controlled the pitch of the top rotor. Between your legs was a rod with different buttons on it but it controlled the orientations of to Huey. I war never good at flying the Huey. My father had a Cessna170 that was far simpler to fly. But for a 27 year old flying on helicopters and building pipelines in the jungles of New Guinea working 4 weeks on and getting 2 weeks off in Bangkok, LIFE COULD NOT GET ANY BETTER for the 3 years I spent on that job. Also on that job we had 2 Bell jet Rangers and 2 Hugh's 500s(fly Easter eggs).
Looks amazing. I have an OH-6 fuselage sitting in my garage roght now 😂, I'm going to put it on an M35A2 with the front end of the truck for my powerhouse and a cut bed that will match up with the fuselage so I can drive a helicopter around on a 6x6 with a Chevy big block gasoline engine. Since I never got to fly or ride in any, I'll at least drive her and enjoy every bit of it.
I recently got to check out my first huey. Penn college has one for the students in Williamsport PA. As an electronics diagnostic guy, seeing the wiring harness running into the cockpit gave me anxiety.
We would catch rides on them in the early 80s still. They were phasing in the blackhawks on active duty but guard units still had them. Because of the seat arrangements facing out, you were to secure your rucksack and weapon into the seat belt. A buddy failed to do so and his rucksack slid out of his hand and he had to hook it with his foot.. and keep it hooked or let it and all his stuff fly away and be hungry, cold and wet for the next few weeks… was too funny
Really nice paint, almost like we had in Viet Nam. Doors and parts were miss matched and therefore the different colors. I might add that the H model had the -13 engine. A -11 engine would make it a D model. Just a small point! Otherwise, a fine job. Do you hope to certify it and get it flyable? 600 hrs in this baby in VM and many more in the US. Last flight in one would be in 1996 in my reserve unit.
Very glad to see this ole girl getting some serious TLC.. man would be awesome to have a fly over done by this bird.. you ever get an itch to slide on down to TX, be it NOV or MAR the museum I work with would welcome ya for the weekend for sure.. again OUTSTANDING and stunning job so far.. please keep posting up updates as you progress with her.
It's been a year now since you posted this video. Is there any cool updates on the progress of the chopper? Thanks for sharing. This is an absolute beauty of a helicopter.
Thank you for preserving some of the best equipment of freedom and sharing it with everyone ✌ Love me some Pennsylvania! Beautiful state, my 2nd home Over by Duncannon north of Harrisburg is Military Tactical Law surplus ... small shop but they have full legit WW2 & Vietnam gear If you need to add some things, he might have it. Otherwise he can get it Appreciate ya!
Excellent detail on the C Ration can on the gun mount ( commonly improvised to help the ammo belt feed better ) . That one Spaghetti or was it Ham & Lima's ? 🤙🏼
the pilot protection was not Kevlar which was not used until after the Vietnam war. A ballistic nylon was used. Kevlar started to be used in the 1970's
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I think every man's dream is to have a Huey in their backyard haha!
outstanding.
I want a Blackhawk fly it low and fast
100% 👍🏻
My older neighbor, who knew me since I was a child after my parents moved next to him, spent over twenty years working on these as a mechanic at CCAD (Texas) after he was discharged from serving and fighting in Korea . A vast number of them were being sent here from Vietnam later and he was one of the men who fixed them so they could be sent back over there. He also was of a select few who had special knowledge and skills to work on a certain part/area of Chinooks to the point that they flew him out to California at one point to do work on them and train other mechanics. It was an honor to have known him.
Thank you for keeping this important piece of history alive
As an Army Cessna O1E Bird Dog pilot in the Delta in 69, I had the opportunity to fly in a number of Hueys, always with the transmission over torque warning flashing due to the density altitude.
They are tough machines to survive the conditions they were flown in, and the pilots deserve a lot of credit for keeping them in one piece.
If I woke up every morning knowing I was walking out to my Huey. My guy I would be freaking emotional, And a combat proven Huey. " Where's Mike?" " Crying at the back door again." Congrats man truly a dream come true
I wish I had one of those in my garden I would KID on I was flying it .By raising it up and down by hydraulic supports. GREAT MACHINE IF ICOULD AFFORD ONE I'D GET ONE RHANKS FOR THE WALK ROUND.
This is really a dream! Fantastic historical piece! Greetings from Brazil
I'm in Pennsylvania and used to work on the engines (T53-L13A) in the H model Hueys. I was at Vinh Long in the Mekong delta with the 7th Squadron 1st Air Cav 68-69. Have you ever tried to start the engine? Best to do that on a flat spot, not on a side hill like where it is now.
Beautiful. Very fond of these. I grew up in the late 60’s - mid 70’s a half mile from the front gates of MAFB. I can still fondly recall the unholy deafening thumping of 10, 12, sometimes 15 or more of these coming in and leaving in formation at the base during the conflict. A local family of pilots here in Billings purchased one several years ago and restored it as a search & rescue unit. It went to aid in the relief effort in Indonesia after the Boxing Day tsunamis. In fact, it flew over me today, and I felt the hair on my neck stand up! These old birds are tough - they’re worth saving. Thank you for the vid. I hope you get to fly it someday!
This guy is living the dream for real.!!! Nice video brother beautiful piece of history
Thanks man
I was a gunner on a UH-1D in Vietnam. 1966-1968. Love this bird. 1st Aviation Battalion, 1st Infantry Division.
Luv the Huey U.S.ARMY 1979
Genuinely beautiful! I can understand how much love and passion you put into her and this awesome project. She is stunningly fascinating. Thanks for sharing!
I crewed on of these most of the 80’s. I’d point out your tailrotor driveshaft clamps should be indexed 90° to each other if not the shafts will be completely out of balance. And the clamps gaped with no more than .13 difference if I recall. Love to stop by and see this beauty being in Pa as well
Hi I’m from England 🏴 and I absolutely love history and things to do with military stuff including helicopters… that set up is amazing 🤩
65 Would be a -11B, correct. -13B improved version in 1968. She is a beauty. I crewed them from 1983 to 1988.
Wow that is in incredible! Amazing to be able to own a piece of American history. Congratulations, hopefully you can do a video down the road of it fully restored.
I rode as a crew chief and door gunner for medivac 1st. Calv for 756 hours from 15 December 68 to middle of November 69. I don’t miss one damn minute of it.
Just Awesome!!! I remember UH1's (HUEYS) well. I could go to sleep with you running that thump, thump all night if you were my neighbor. You are a lucky man & thank you for preserving her. A friend of mine just had the exact one he flew put into a museum in Salt Lake City a few years back. Great music ending too!
Brings back many memories some good more bad.
I have never have felt more alive as I did flying into a hot LZ.
Hey brother, nobody is a nobody! You inspire a lot of people with this. Beautiful machine! Congrats
Absolutely I am a Huey fan big time. U.S.ARMY 1979
To me, you've achieved a rare status in life. I mean, who the fuck else can say they own a Huey and a bunch of machine guns? America baby, FUCK YEAH!
Excellent !!!
USAF 66-70, weapons & munitions specialist, F-4 D
Brings back so many memories, I was a rotor system repair specialist (68 E 2P) at Ft Bragg '75 - '78 with the 1 Sqdn / 17 AirCav, 82nd ABN. Wasn't onlt fun to work on the Huey's but we also had OH- 58's and AH- 1's (J & S models). God, I miss those days, even the pain in the ass swash plate adjusting.
Pretty cool man. I too, am a middle class nobody that bought a 1966 Learjet 24. A dream I have had of owning one since I was a kid. You never know you may have that thing flying sooner than you think. Opportunities present themselves.
that's the coolest thing ever glad someone has it that loves it
Wow, thats a REAL LAWN ORNAMENT! John P.
I would love to travel to come see this beautiful bird!!!
WOW! Great video! It brings back memories as I was a infantryman with 2/5 Cav 87-90. When I got out they were just bringing the Blackhawks in. I have sat in the door ripping the treetops in this bad bird white knuckling lol. We also took our Air Assault training in these. A truly badass bird! So glad you have it American.
Hoooaaahhhhhh!!!
Looks good.
You’ve really got to be on the repairs though, as I understand the FAA is really proactive about making sure everything is just right
Classified it as an experimental aircraft when ready to fly?
You Sir are not , repeat not a nobody. You are a very committed individual , that I admit to being very very jealous of. I live in the UK so getting a helicopter in a used and striped condition out ot the question. Good luck with you project and don’t stop. Thank you JR/UK
Just another old Army Huey Pilot here. Not just Rucker Advanced Training in B models but 5K total mostly in D models in my 23 year career. Wanted to thank you for the memories! You either learned your terminology from rebuilding it piece by piece, or you crewed or flew them. You are one lucky guy to have gotten one and even though your family may not understand your want of it, they need to know you love your family very much for letting you enduldge yourself into it. They are special and keepers (as we used to say at the o club…haha). Maybe someday you’ll get a chance to pull pitch on her! Just remember to keep the oily side down!
Thank you sir for the kind words and taking the time to write something so thoughtful. I’m doing my best to restore this to standards that you old Huey crew would respect. - Aaron
A true beauty!
Fantastic is all I can say. Ex Huey technician here.
That’s awesome. Hope to her take flight again some day. 👍🇺🇸
That is awesome. Greetings from the UK. I like random stuff and this is right up my alley!!!!
I can only imagine the cost at firs purchasing this Aircraft and then the cost of procuring the parts not to mention the manhours on restoring it. You have done a great job from what we can see in the video I am impressed with not only the state of the Aircraft but you actually have an engine most restorations are lacking that. The Door Gunner side of the Aircraft which is the side you first show from the nose back to the tail is great (it is not the Crew chief side of the Aircraft). Pilot on the right seat and door gunner on the Right hand crew seat Aircraft Commander on left front and Crew Chief on the left crew seat. The Armor seat were not Kevlar but instead they were Ceramic much the same as the Chicken Plate that we were issued for a chest protector. The Engine is or was in the H model was a TH53-13 not a -11 that was one of the differences between the D Model and H model you have. Not knocking you on the corrections just updating what you were saying. Love the job you have done this is very impressive and is actually better looking and more correct than some Aircraft you may see on display in a Museum. Believe it or not not the paint patchwork on your aircraft and it's wear and tear condition was very indicative of how our aircraft looked with them having been used sometimes 10 to 12 hrs or more per day sometimes 7 days a week. I was assigned to the 174th AHC LZZ Bronco at Duc Pho and was there from Feb 1969 to Feb 1970. Working as PE Team leader performing 100 hr Maintenance Cycles on our Aircraft I got to see a lot of them almost on a weekly basis. Great jp you have done on this Aircraft. You are living the dream a lot of us who served in Nam and worked on or manned these Aircraft have and that is owning our own Huey. Keep up the good work and share your progress please.
Thank you sir for the very thorough and detailed write up. I appreciate you taking the time to do it. Yes I know they went to the - 13 when they converted them from D to H… I had mentioned in the video that the - 11 was the correct engine when it was issued in 1965. From what I understand this was converted to H in 1967…. Attention to detail is very important for me. I have all the door Gunner stuff for the other side of it as well….. most restorations I see have brand new paint on them. All of the paint on this helicopter is original and it looks old and war-torn. Which is exactly how I like it. I believe it gives it character. But a lot of Vietnam vets I talked to like yourself also affirmed that these helicopters looks like this in Vietnam.. lots of hard use… Thank you again for the kind words and for taking the time to give me your feedback. It means a lot. Thank you
Super clean looking engine, lines, etc!! Bet you could get it started in short time, maybe not legal but running!!❤
Thank you for preserving History, amazing!
I am without words at the moment! Let me take a breather..... I still have dreams now and then of these work horses of aviation. I served in the Marine Corps at New River Air Station early 70's. Nothing but helicopters and A-10's. Rode in a few of these along with some CH-46's. Some great memories. I would give anything to be back flying again. Such a tremendous job. Thanks to all who were involved in getting this "girl" back to flying condition. Semper Fi!
Jacksonville has grown quite a bit since then, I work on OV 22s and H 53s at cherry point
@@steventwiddy3402 Been back to my old stomping grounds a few times and yes it has changed tremendously from my days in. Thanks so much for your expertise on your mechanical skills for working on those flying Marine Corps "Birds".I Semper Fi!!!
@@charlesmiddleton3247 I’m just trying to do my best and support our warfighers
I concur the experience U.S.ARMY 1979
I envy you sir, absolutely bad ass. Wish we were neighbors!.
Very well done,greetings from ireland
My friend J.C Watson flew these and the gunships in Vietnam. He talked about the engine consuming a gallon a minute of fuel too.
Yes they were a tough helicopter and were like the B-17 it would take a beating and bring you home.
The men who flew these birds were just incredible. Sweet ride!
This is amazing! I wish you were my neighbor lol. I grew up near West Point and watched these fly my entire life. Incredible helicopter, please keep us posted. You earned my subscription
Nice looking Bell UH1H
Nice project. Looks sweet, please continue. Without breath.
Labor of love,nice job!
Vietnam vibes here. For some it's nostalgia, for others it's something they'd rather not remember.
That is the best looking helicopter ever made!
Hey man, great. You ain’t a nobody. You done real good with that.
Thank you sir. I appreciate that man
Your welcome. It’s great your doing that you know. Keeps memories alive. My old man was in Vietnam 66-69. He never said much about it but he always spoke about the hueys…that noise from the rotors..my old man used to say ‘that’s the sound of Vietnam boy’. Thanks friend.
Your welcome. It’s great your doing that you know. Keeps memories alive. My old man was in Vietnam 66-69. He never said much about it but he always spoke about the hueys…that noise from the rotors..my old man used to say ‘that’s the sound of Vietnam boy’. Thanks friend.
Your welcome. It’s great your doing that you know. Keeps memories alive. My old man was in Vietnam 66-69. He never said much about it but he always spoke about the hueys…that noise from the rotors..my old man used to say ‘that’s the sound of Vietnam boy’. Thanks friend.
Thank you to the pilot's that brought our boys and girls home safely.
Thank you to the pilots who lit Vietnamese women and children on fire. 50,000 American patriots came home in a bag.
Wow great chopper !
Nice many memories first air cav vietnam 1968 what a workhorse.
Got a data plate? possibly flyable?
Beautiful machine
I rode on a couple of hueys while stationed in Saigon back in 1967-68.
In 1974, I worked on a oilfield project in New Guinea ( Irian Jaya) , we had 14 Hueys on the project since we were working in the jungle. even the drilling rig were moved and assembled by the helicopter took 47 load to move a rig. The helicopter flew out pipe for the pipeline, and every morning 14 of us including the pilot flew out to the jungle to clear the jungle and build pumpstation and pipelines. All the piolets were ex-Vietnam combat piolets about my age of 27. One pilot named Appelton would come out where I was working and pick me up for a fly around he would show me how to fly the Huey. Which was very complicated. They were 5 controls you had to use the 2 foot pedals controlled th back rotor, then on the side of the seat was rather collector that controlled the pitch of the top rotor. Between your legs was a rod with different buttons on it but it controlled the orientations of to Huey. I war never good at flying the Huey. My father had a Cessna170 that was far simpler to fly. But for a 27 year old flying on helicopters and building pipelines in the jungles of New Guinea working 4 weeks on and getting 2 weeks off in Bangkok, LIFE COULD NOT GET ANY BETTER for the 3 years I spent on that job. Also on that job we had 2 Bell jet Rangers and 2 Hugh's 500s(fly Easter eggs).
Ya GOTTA get straight & FLY it!
Outstanding job -- looks like the hard part is done
Go get em 👍🏼
Looks amazing. I have an OH-6 fuselage sitting in my garage roght now 😂, I'm going to put it on an M35A2 with the front end of the truck for my powerhouse and a cut bed that will match up with the fuselage so I can drive a helicopter around on a 6x6 with a Chevy big block gasoline engine. Since I never got to fly or ride in any, I'll at least drive her and enjoy every bit of it.
My grandfather worked for Lycoming and built those exact engines. His handy work is probably in yours!
Hat's off for you restoration on the Huey. 69/70 Americal Vietnam 👍👍
Very cool at the end.
Lovely. Saw a video of a dude carving up the valleys somewhere in the southeast USA. Hope you get it flying some day.
Incrível! Esse está 100% original! 🌟👏
I’d be standing in the yard every morning yelling, “get to the chopper!”
Looks fantastic, well done sir
Very very cool...nice job.
I recently got to check out my first huey. Penn college has one for the students in Williamsport PA. As an electronics diagnostic guy, seeing the wiring harness running into the cockpit gave me anxiety.
Id be proud to have a Huey in my yard .
I want one even if it’s flying nice job restoring her
We would catch rides on them in the early 80s still. They were phasing in the blackhawks on active duty but guard units still had them. Because of the seat arrangements facing out, you were to secure your rucksack and weapon into the seat belt. A buddy failed to do so and his rucksack slid out of his hand and he had to hook it with his foot.. and keep it hooked or let it and all his stuff fly away and be hungry, cold and wet for the next few weeks… was too funny
Beautiful
Well done my friend....love the Huey
Thank you so much. You Rock! ✌🏻
Great video what a great place as well ❤
Really nice paint, almost like we had in Viet Nam. Doors and parts were miss matched and therefore the different colors. I might add that the H model had the -13 engine. A -11 engine would make it a D model. Just a small point! Otherwise, a fine job. Do you hope to certify it and get it flyable? 600 hrs in this baby in VM and many more in the US. Last flight in one would be in 1996 in my reserve unit.
That is awesome!
Very glad to see this ole girl getting some serious TLC.. man would be awesome to have a fly over done by this bird.. you ever get an itch to slide on down to TX, be it NOV or MAR the museum I work with would welcome ya for the weekend for sure.. again OUTSTANDING and stunning job so far.. please keep posting up updates as you progress with her.
Great stuff 👌😎
Oooo she is beautiful 😢
Beautiful I would love to have a helecopter
That is incredible
That is waay cool. Now you are somebody. ...
This is fucking awesome!!!
Very cool!
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MOS 68GULF Worked on many of these. Miss it.
is that a clamp on the mast boot?......we always lock-wired it
Keep up the good work definitely got a passion for it hope you get it to the point of flying status
It's been a year now since you posted this video. Is there any cool updates on the progress of the chopper? Thanks for sharing. This is an absolute beauty of a helicopter.
That's awesome hopefully you get her in the air someday
Hey I'm building a helo set and need to know some measurements for a little more accurate filming could you please help me?
That’s really cool will it ever fly again
Thank you for preserving some of the best equipment of freedom and sharing it with everyone ✌
Love me some Pennsylvania! Beautiful state, my 2nd home
Over by Duncannon north of Harrisburg is Military Tactical Law surplus ... small shop but they have full legit WW2 & Vietnam gear
If you need to add some things, he might have it. Otherwise he can get it
Appreciate ya!
Excellent detail on the C Ration can on the gun mount ( commonly improvised to help the ammo belt feed better ) .
That one Spaghetti or was it Ham & Lima's ? 🤙🏼
You’ve even got an OG C-rat can to aid the belt feed!?
the pilot protection was not Kevlar which was not used until after the Vietnam war. A ballistic nylon was used. Kevlar started to be used in the 1970's
You can't be a "nobody" with a Huey in your yard.
My last jump at Bragg was from of those!!
Does it fly? or is it intended that it will be restored to airworthy condition?
Update??? Thanks for sharing.
You are the bomb. Both of my brothers were in Nam .Th .ey wouldnt take me due to carring on family name.
Is this a static display, or are you going to fly it?
I hear fortunate son in the background!