But for those who served in Vietnam, Huey helicopter pilots and their crew ... “When he got into the cockpit we just left him alone with his thoughts. “After a good five or 10 minutes he ...

The emergence of the Huey, arguably the most iconic helicopter ever built, gave the U.S. Army a form of “air cavalry” during the Vietnam War ... and a tandem cockpit enclosed in a canopy ...

In 1974, an Army private stole a Bell UH-1B “Huey” Vietnam War-era helicopter and landed it ... When the loadmaster returned to the cockpit, McCauley announced that the plane’s No. 4 engine ...

He strapped into a cockpit and kicked off a military ... When the Air Force put out the call for more helicopter pilots in Vietnam, he raised his hand. No hesitation. He wasn’t looking for ...

The helicopter was commissioned for use in Vietnam in 1967. Log books show the Huey had more than 21,000 hours of flight time throughout its life, including years of use as a training craft by the ...

On April 25, 1967, while flying his Huey helicopter “Smiling Tiger 36” on a combat assault mission in Zone II Corps, near Qui Nhon, Vietnam, U.S. Army Captain Sam Prestipino felt a jolt that ...

Ricky Gerontis hadn’t seen Army helicopter gunship 19-A for ... Gerontis earned a Distinguished Flying Cross in Vietnam flying the Bell UH-1H “Huey” that now rests outside the Rocky Mountain ...

These included a digital weather radar system, improved flight controls, and an all-"glass" cockpit designed ... known as the UH-1 Huey) is a utility helicopter once employed by multiple branches ...

The H-13’s most iconic role was as a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) bird—famously featured as such in the opening credits of ...