Why we fly
Jan 30, 2016 11:52:49 #
Jan 30, 2016 12:35:54 #
those Huey pilots had balls, do not know how to make it any plainer, always glad to see them especially when they were taking us back to base. tHANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU .
Jan 30, 2016 13:16:03 #
Robin19966 wrote:
those Huey pilots had balls, do not know how to make it any plainer, always glad to see them especially when they were taking us back to base. tHANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU .
I had a friend who was a Huey driver (warrant officer) had 5 birds shot out from under him. As a thank you gesture for his service, when the war was over he was RIFed down to staff Sargent and invited to re-inlist.
Jan 30, 2016 17:42:48 #
Thank you for your service all you guys that saw combat. I was in during Korea But I spent my tour of duty on a tin can out of Cuba. We plane guarded the carriers that were down there for training.
Jan 30, 2016 18:23:07 #
Jan 31, 2016 16:06:26 #
Huey Driver wrote:
Why we fly
Bring back any memories? Phan Thiet, 1969. A scan of one of the many slides I shot back then.
Jan 31, 2016 17:03:23 #
Robin19966 wrote:
Hey Hal you served your country. Thank you.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Jan 31, 2016 17:07:04 #
Boy back in 1964-65 Phan Thiet was nothing more than a bldg. that house about 50 personnel and a nookbalm factory. I spent a month or so flying a Huey supporting them.
LFingar wrote:
Bring back any memories? Phan Thiet, 1969. A scan of one of the many slides I shot back then.
Jan 31, 2016 19:04:52 #
Jan 31, 2016 19:29:13 #
Huey Driver wrote:
Boy back in 1964-65 Phan Thiet was nothing more than a bldg. that house about 50 personnel and a nookbalm factory. I spent a month or so flying a Huey supporting them.
Why, by '69 it was a regular boom town! The mess hall had an all-the-dust-you-can-eat buffet! I even bought a "genuine elephant hide" wallet at the local "shopping mall"!
Jan 31, 2016 19:40:40 #
I only road in a helicopter one time. A church hired me to photograph their building. I had the pilot make four passes. Took four photos on each pass. It was back in my film days. They loved the photos. It was the only time I ever gave up the roll of film. They had a printer that wanted the negs.
Jan 31, 2016 21:26:22 #
Hal81 wrote:
I only road in a helicopter one time. A church hired me to photograph their building. I had the pilot make four passes. Took four photos on each pass. It was back in my film days. They loved the photos. It was the only time I ever gave up the roll of film. They had a printer that wanted the negs.
Three yrs in the Army, 18 mo of it in 'Nam, and I never rode in a chopper. Been a skydiver since '88 and have never rode in a chopper. Finally, in Oct of 2014, during vacation on Oahu I went for a helicopter ride. An MD500. Liked it so much I went back 2 days later and did it again. They were doors-off flights. You could swivel around in your seat and hang part way out to get some good shots. Especially when the pilot did steep banks, which he would if everyone was OK with it. At those times you were looking straight down. Lot of fun! Couldn't talk my wife into going though!
Jan 31, 2016 22:16:10 #
In Nam if we had to haul someone we didn't like I would make them sit in the jump seats. That way when I made a sharp turn they would be sitting in that seat staring straight at the ground. I use to love doing that to some of the upper brass.
LFingar wrote:
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