Friday, May 27, 2011

UH-1

That's the Huey to you old warriors. Old NFO reports that it's been retired.


The Huey was the helicopter of my misspent youth. I've flown many miles in the damned things, short hops as a passenger. I learned to rappel from a Huey and I've gotten out of them when it was so dark all I could see was the dim lights from the cabin and a piece of rope dangling in the darkness.

What an adventure the Huey was.

3 comments:

Flintlock Tom said...

Very distinctive sound too. I can recognize it's signature thump from miles away.

Old NFO said...

Thanks for the link, and thanks for what you did Paw! I preferred NOT to leave a perfectly good airplane (or helo) in flight... :-)

Termite said...

Man......I have good memories of days spent behind the controls of a Huey....