NickelCigar wrote:
First flight in a Huey, pilot says, "Want to see something cool?" He put the Hiey almost on it side. I was looking out the door at the ground hanging on for dear life.
When in Nam sometimes the Arvin officers would request a chopper to travel 10 miles or so down through a secure area. I guess it made them feel important going by chopper instead of a jeep. If we had flown a long day and the crew was worn out I saw no reason to make this flight but orders are orders. I would usually fly low level and like you said with the passengers in the jump seats when I would lay the Huey on it's side they were looking out the door straight at the ground. I did this side to side the whole trip. Numerous times when we got to our destination they would call me a "huckin' number 10 pilot". For those of you don't know that's suppose to be an insult as it means "fuckin bad pilot". Many times after that little ride they wouldn't ride back with us and would just take a jeep. That would make my day!