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CHEYENNE56

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  1. The Calif. NG retired its last Huey about 1 1/2 years ago......they are done. Sacramento Fire Dept got the 2nd to last one and its been Super Huey`ed since then. The last Calif. NG Huey is reserved for a Museam.
  2. The HUEY 210 program was the was the way to go on the LUH. Its hot-high performance is on par with the UH-60L , if not better for the weight it operates. The 205A+ and A++ in the civil world are spectacular performers. If a base UH-1H can run circles around a UH-72A (in payload and lift) , imagine what a Super Huey can do. The UH-72A doors cannot let more then one person out at a time and they break ! The Cabin size is OK and the Rotor system excellent. That said, in most places east of the rockies the UH-72A has decent performance , but once over 5000ft they are way power limited and payload
  3. NTCs AVCO will operate 6 UH-1Hs till the end of 2011. Their life was extended 6 months as the UH-72s are so power limited ,when they need lift they use the Hueys. They are only used for support and havent flown OPFOR for years now , although some are still painted in Camo. They will part out aricraft to keep the others running. I took pics of one on-base last week.
  4. A couple of my Copyrighted photos....Skip Robinson 1st flight between a LACoFD S-70-33A and a Calif. National Guard UH-60L Firehawk (2007) "Copter 16" flares before hoverfilling more water during the Malibu fire in 2007.
  5. SA-135 Lama.....Corona Airport....drill-bit movements into the hills...very cool helo
  6. Bell 214B Biglifter....Sesnon Fire...LA
  7. Fire 3 and Fire 5......copyright
  8. N247AC prepares for another two hours of firefighting during the Sayre fire in Los Angeles. This was on a US Forest Service contract.
  9. That HH-34 is very cool , never seen that shot.
  10. Some Defenders being test fitted into a C-130....about 1982
  11. Even with a medium load the Bell 412 /CH-146 is power limited on hot days , much less with altitude added....should be a interesting event.
  12. Yea , he does look asleep......with all that noise ?
  13. Fire 1 and the fire...... Tanker 720 CH-54B hoverfills from a lake during the LA Fires. LA County Fire S-64E (ERICKSON contract) hoverfills during the LA Fires.
  14. "Fire 5 " lands for more water during the peak of the LA fires last week. Smoke and fire and strong winds surrounds the helispot. Very impressive flying.
  15. "Fire 5 " lands for more water during the peak of the LA fires last week. Smoke and fire and strong winds surrounds the helispot. Very impressive flying.
  16. Sorry but you guys have Customs and the DEA mixed up. Customs or whatever they call themselves this week fly Blackhawks. The DEA fly Bell 412s near the USA, Contract Mi-8s and Mi-24s in a county we all know but cannot say and the standard AS-350s and other US and German made Helicopters in the USA. They are also procuring S-76s for operations that are now handled by the 412.....the 412 will then come back to the USA. So , im not sure about the past but as of now DEA doesn`t directly fly Blackhawks....not in the USA , and they would never be marked.
  17. Yea , still have the Top-Gun thing in my head.........
  18. AH-1Z....Miramar NAS....Copyright
  19. I think you mean LA City Fire Dept. They crashed their Bell 205A-1 in March 1998. A young girl and three crew were killed. Ill get some pics of the H-3 LASD at Miramar.
  20. LACoFD has three Firehawks.....but none have ever crashed. One had an engine failure in-flight but it simply flew home. The new LASD Seaking willl be going to the Miramar airshow this weekend .
  21. LAPDs getting a EX-LAFD Bell 412.....and it will hardly be ever flown. A LAPD Hawk probably will never happen. And a LASD Hawk will be a huge waste of money.....better for LACoFD to get three new FIREHAWKS.
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