I loved the Huey. With the doors locked back and doing 120 mph with a unobstructed view is priceless. They were just simple well made machines. All the young bucks and the older pilots loved the new toy the UH-60. They were complicated but with the two GE 700-701 engines you can travel all day at 180mph. We shut one engine down one day as a joke and still doing 160 mph. Of course with these speeds we couldn't have the doors open. You can but your restricted to 130 mph. The photo above of the UH-60 has the ESSS [External Support Suply System] and they really slowed down the Hawk to 135 mph which is only 15 mph than the Huey.
YouTube - Top Ten Helicopters: UH-60 Black Hawk I admit my first school was the AH-1 Cobra and there is nothing like flying in the front seat. I begged and got to fly the OH-58. They are small and so am I 5'7" 145lbs and it was my favorite to this day. We were shot down in 92 in 15303 which took them 6 months to repair. I was happy they let me ferry it across the country to get a fresh paint job and my Unit sent a UH-60L ESSS to pick me and my buddy up. I have only about 2500 hrs in 4 aircraft. Damn I miss that shit and what was funny they paid me.
