Tank Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Googlefu suggests 67-17160 http://www.48ahc.org/html/6717160.htm She is still flying today as N444XL http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=444XL I will defer to others if this is correct. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 6 hours ago, snake36bravo said: Here is one from my collection. 35mm slide circa 1978. Still has many of the era specifics such as the FS Safety Orange sync elevators, gull gray mast and hubs before they went to black, all OD nose. 17160 - if anyone can help with a full s/n that would be great. I'm sure you are right about the date date, Lloyd, but it is very unusual not to see a whip antenna on the roof on a bird in 78. Did you notice the red unarmored pilot seats as well? Pretty neat bird. Thanks for sharing. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snake36bravo Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 5 hours ago, Tank said: Googlefu suggests 67-17160 http://www.48ahc.org/html/6717160.htm She is still flying today as N444XL http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=444XL I will defer to others if this is correct. Spot on Tank. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snake36bravo Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 3 hours ago, rotorwash said: I'm sure you are right about the date date, Lloyd, but it is very unusual not to see a whip antenna on the roof on a bird in 78. Did you notice the red unarmored pilot seats as well? Pretty neat bird. Thanks for sharing. Ray Great spot Ray. I had the details wrong. 25 April 1972 at Crissy Army Air Field at the Presidio in San Fransico, CA. (amending the original post) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snake36bravo Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Project Left Bank operated by the ASA Army Security Agency- Originally there were three platforms operated. They were known as 'The Good' 'The Bad' and 'The Ugly' Here is one from April 1973 per the date on the photograph. The large nose mounted antenna was known as the Elephant brander. ASA ARDF Left Bank The Ugly one of the three original UH-1D Project Left Bank Hueys. Photo Col. Carlos Collat The equipment package slide into the troop cabin and made it into a giant listening post in the sky Unfortunately they were underpowered and of the three two ended up like this Not sure if anyone has built one but I think it would be a good challenge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crash Test Dummy Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 I work for a small company that collects flight test data for use in simulator development and certification. Summer of 2014 I was involved with a Bell 212 test project where we installed boom to get pitot-static pressures and angles of attack and sideslip. The helicopter was manufactured in 1983 and our pilot was drafted and trained to fly for Vietnam. I do remember the yaw pedals being embossed BELL on the left and HUEY on the right. I found the Project Left Bank interesting due to the similarity between the Elephant Brander and our booma. Are there any close ups of the antenna and how it attaches to the bottom of the airframe? I did a google search and only found the photos in this thread. My seat on board to run our equipment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snake36bravo Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Crash Test Dummy said: I re there any close ups of the antenna and how it attaches to the bottom of the airframe? I did a google search and only found the photos in this thread. The only one's I haven't posted do not give a sharp decent view of the underbelly attachment points however as you can see they structurally enhanced the nose with rod like they did for Hueys equipped with the M5 nose mounted grenade launcher. 2 attachment points along the avionics panel for the support rods attached to the main Elephant Brander boom and there were two on the underbelly for the brander itself. Only one appears to have had the extra tail mounted blade antenna. There is also a longitudinal beam across the underbelly in the first image with a whip antenna mounted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snake36bravo Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Here is another slide from my collection. UH-1H 71-20169 US Army Apache Det at Chandler Municipal Airport 3 miles Southeast of Chandler, Arizona on 23 March 1991 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 That is a beauty, Lloyd! Any chance you have a view of the nose? She is definitely a candidate for decals. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snake36bravo Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Just sent you the full resolution by email. 169 on the nose. Love that paint scheme Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, snake36bravo said: Just sent you the full resolution by email. 169 on the nose. Love that paint scheme Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snake36bravo Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 (edited) Ray, that would be tops on a decal sheet! Here is another slide from April 2007 71-22367(?) part of the White Sands Missile Range inventory Edited May 15, 2017 by snake36bravo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 (edited) Another great one, Lloyd! Ray Edited May 15, 2017 by rotorwash Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snake36bravo Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Where'd everybody go? JUH-1H C Co 3-159th AVN at NTC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Here's you one. A 173rd AHC "Crossbow" UH-1C gunship armed with the M21 system. The 173rd was the first in country unit to receive the new M21 minigun system in 1966. Photo is from the US Army Transportation Museum archives. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Todd Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I saw this exact Huey at Hohenfels Joint Multinational Readiness Center in 1997 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 17 minutes ago, Todd said: I saw this exact Huey at Hohenfels Joint Multinational Readiness Center in 1997 Todd That bird is a JUH-1H OPFOR bird form the National Training Center at Ft. Irwin. Are you sure you didn't see a bird painted like this? This is a beautiful OPFOR UH-1H from the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. Photo by Oliver Tafel. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Todd Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 10 minutes ago, rotorwash said: Todd That bird is a JUH-1H OPFOR bird form the National Training Center at Ft. Irwin. Are you sure you didn't see a bird painted like this? This is a beautiful OPFOR UH-1H from the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. Photo by Oliver Tafel. Ray Ray, I know exactly what it is. Trust me. 15 yrs as a 15M. I took a 100 photo shoot of it while I was there. The Hind D that is at NTC also came from Hohenfels, (which I saw also) As for the other UH-1H never saw it. Hohenfels also has numerous types of armor. an Mi-4,Mi-8, 2 other hinds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Just now, Todd said: Ray, I know exactly what it is. Trust me. 15 yrs as a 15M. I took a 100 photo shoot of it while I was there. The Hind D that is at NTC also came from Hohenfels, (which I saw also) As for the other UH-1H never saw it. Hohenfels also has numerous types of armor. an Mi-4,Mi-8, 2 other hinds Well dang, Todd, don't keep us all in suspense,post some of those 100 photos!!!! This is a Huey photo thread after all! Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Todd Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Just now, rotorwash said: Well dang, Todd, don't keep us all in suspense,post some of those 100 photos!!!! This is a Huey photo thread after all! Ray LOL, I took them because I was a Huey crewchief, It's a JUH-1H (VERY RARE) which I would never would stand next to again, and I BUILD ROTOR THINGS in Plastic. side note: When I took pics of it it had all of it's Electronic Weapons Simulator kit installed as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 1 minute ago, Todd said: LOL, I took them because I was a Huey crewchief, It's a JUH-1H (VERY RARE) which I would never would stand next to again, and I BUILD ROTOR THINGS in Plastic. side note: When I took pics of it it had all of it's Electronic Weapons Simulator kit installed as well. We'd love to see the pics. So she looked like this bird with the modified M5 grenade launcher on the nose and the M22 racks? Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 JUH-1H 67-17223 at NTC in 1988. Photo by Bob Neidermeier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Ft. Irwin JUH-1H's from the USAAM archives. These birds have M22 launchers and M5 turrets to simulate the Mi-24Hind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Most of the JUH-1Hs came that were at the NTC came to Bell Ozark a few years back. I photographed them on the tarmac there. At least one has now been converted to a Huey II. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Todd Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, rotorwash said: We'd love to see the pics. So she looked like this bird with the modified M5 grenade launcher on the nose and the M22 racks? Ray That bird but the M22 rack didn't have the rockets, It had Electronic equipment hanging there. A tube that looked like a Stinger and some camera lense stuff. I was in formed by the CrewChf that it was for Mock Battle events recording. They could watch recorded video of target strikes and ground troop responses, to help in Unit METL training Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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