Just started reading a book called " Chickenhawk " by Robert Mason. He was a huey pilot in Vietnam. Really good so far.
As one of the teenaged (at the time) Air Mobile grunts. I logged many mission from insertion, extraction and alas a final dust off in the venerable Huey. Grew to love that bird and developed a real respect for the flight crews and pilots. Congrats to your Son, learning a very worthwhile career flying a historic airframe. Any Vietnam vet can tell you there was no sound or feeling standing on an LZ that a flight of these birds were landing and hearing the blades pitch change in the landing flare and feeling every rotation of the blades vibration in your guts. It's a sound and feel impossible to forget. (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cd/62/7a/cd627aaa4110a3d5a7dd19d876ef6a35.jpg)
It's a classic. Inspired one of my sons to learn to fly helicopters.
- oldman
As one of the teenaged (at the time) Air Mobile grunts. I logged many mission from insertion, extraction and alas a final dust off in the venerable Huey. Grew to love that bird and developed a real respect for the flight crews and pilots. Congrats to your Son, learning a very worthwhile career flying a historic airframe. Any Vietnam vet can tell you there was no sound or feeling standing on an LZ that a flight of these birds were landing and hearing the blades pitch change in the landing flare and feeling every rotation of the blades vibration in your guts. It's a sound and feel impossible to forget. (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cd/62/7a/cd627aaa4110a3d5a7dd19d876ef6a35.jpg)