Monday, March 10, 2014

Texas Military Forces Museum- UH-1H Huey Utility Helicopter Mopac Expressway display

Bell UH-1H "Huey" Troop Utility Helicopter

Also known as the Bell model 205 UH – 1H like the UH – 1D before it had a longer fuselage then the original Huey giving it room for to carry 14 Fully armed troops. The UH 1H was first delivered to the to the Army in September 1967 it is regarded as the workhorse helicopter of Vietnam.
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (unofficially Huey) is a military helicopter powered by a single, turboshaft engine, with a two-bladed main rotor and tail rotor. The helicopter was developed by Bell Helicopter to meet the United States Army's requirement for a medical evacuation and utility helicopter in 1952, and first flew on 20 October 1956. Ordered into production in March 1960, the UH-1 was the first turbine-powered helicopter to enter production for the United States military, and more than 16,000 have been produced worldwide.
The first combat operation of the UH-1 was in the service of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. The original designation of HU-1 led to the helicopter's nickname of "Huey". In September 1962, even though the designation was changed to UH-1, "Huey" had stuck and remained in common use. Approximately 7,000 UH-1 aircraft saw service in Vietnam. Closely related to the later development of the Bell attack helicopter AH-1 "Cobra" is the story of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois—predecessor of the modern helicopter, icon of the Vietnam War and one of the most numerous helicopter types built.
The UH-1 made the theory of air cavalry practical, as the new tactics called for US forces to be highly mobile across a wide area. Unlike before, they would not stand and fight long battles, and they would not stay and hold positions. Instead, the plan was that the troops carried by fleets of UH-1 "Hueys" would range across the country, to fight the enemy at times and places of their own choice.
It soon became clear that the unarmed troop helicopters were vulnerable against ground fire from Việt Cộng and North Vietnamese troops, particularly as they came down to drop their troops in a landing zone. Without friendly support from artillery or ground forces, the only way to pacify a landing zone was from the air, preferably with an aircraft that could closely escort the transport helicopters, and loiter over the landing zone as the battle progressed. By 1962 a small number of armed UH-1As were used as escorts, armed with multiple machine guns and rocket mounts.
The massive expansion of American military presence in Vietnam opened a new era of war from the air. The linchpin of US Army tactics were the helicopters, and the protection of those helicopters became a vital role.
The Huey transport & gunship reshapes modern warfare -1 minute.
A Civilian UH-1 Huey Approach and Landing.- 3 minutes
 
A modern day, terrain hugging flight in a vintage civilian Huey. Gives one real feeling of the maneuvering capability of this Helicopter.
UH-1H Huey Technical Data
General characteristics
  • Crew: 1–4
  • Capacity: 3,880 lb (1,760 kg) including 14 troops, or 6 stretchers, or equivalent cargo
  • Length: 57 ft 9.5 in
  • Width: 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) (Fuselage)
  • Height: 14 ft 6 in (4.39 m)
  • Empty weight: 5,210 lb (2,365 kg)
  • Gross weight: 9,039 lb (4,100 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 9,500 lb (4,309 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming T53-L-11 turboshaft, 1,100 shp (820 kW)
  • Main rotor diameter: 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
Performance
  • Maximum speed: 135 mph (217 km/h; 117 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 127 mph 
  • Range: 318 mi (274 nmi; 507 km)
  • Service ceiling: 19,390 ft (5,910 m) (Dependent on environmental factors such as weight, outside temp., etc)
  • Rate of climb: 1,755 ft/min (8.92 m/s)
  • Power/mass: 0.15 hp/lb (0.25 kW/kg)
Armament
Variable, but may include a combination of:
"Ballad of the Green Berets" the unofficial song of Air Calvary, by SSGT Barry SADLER -3 minutes


"Huey" in a Helicopter War - Vietnam 1967. Original Bell Aircraft promotional film. - 24 minutes.
This film was produced by Bell Aircraft to show the essential part played of their "Huey" UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter in nine different of rolls, including recon & fire direction, transport & supply, a variety of assault gunships configurations and medical evacuations. The film uses dramatic combat footage to illustrate the theory, tactics and practice of Huey operations, including from the cockpit views of airborne assaults and the establish and development of LZ's in Vietnam. The advantages over and differences from traditional ground assault tactics are discussed and shown detail, along with varying tactics for different situations. This film is a dramatic combination of a thorough examination of Huey operations with down and dirty combat footage.

UH-1 Huey Helicopter at a 2013 air show.- 6 minutes.


Short History of the Vietnam War 1947 - 1975.-24 minutes 


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