Graham Family Reacts To Amazing Helicopters of the U.S. Military

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[@LarryHatch]

Many ex-military helicopter pilots in the US at least end up working for hospitals with their "Life Flight" programs of helping badly injuried people get to the ER in record time by chopper. These guys are sometimes called "double heroes", once in war and again in a vital civilian service that saves lives.

[@cp368productions2]

Medical helicopters are not usually operated by a hospital, they are a separate organization.

[@TheSRC88]

My uncle flew a Huey in Vietnam and came home and flew his areas version of "life flight" for over 30 years.

[@melissatuel862]

​@@TheSRC88Please thank him for his service - both military and civilian. My husband is a Vietnam Vet and is grateful for the brave helicopter pilots. ❤🇺🇲

[@shadowangel3995]

Or they fly for police/ fire departments or the forestry service doing various jobs like search and rescue, aerial support for fire suppression and traffic control.

[@MJ19438]

When I was taking (civilian) flying lessons my instructor said "Learning to fly a plane is like learning to ride a bike. Learning to fly a helicopter is like learning to ride a unicycle"

[@Craft-oh7uv]

Good analogy.

[@davidtillinghast9547]

The long pointy thing on the front is for mid air refuling.

[@robinfujiura4864]

no its not , it's called a pitot tube it measure air pressue

[@GlennMichaelHasting]

@@robinfujiura4864 Incorrect. It is for probe and drogue refueling . . .

[@CausticLemons7]

@@robinfujiura4864 Pitot tubes are much smaller, that is clearly a refueling probe.

[@saaamember97]

@@robinfujiura4864 Know what you are talking about, before you speak. It is a mid-air refueling boom. It has to stick that far out front, so that the hose and drogue from the refueling ship do not get close to the helicopter's spinning blades.

[@warrendavis9262]

When I was visiting my brother's grave, which is right across the street from a helicopter base, a flight of 6 Apaches went overhead. I felt like a Fisher Price toy person on top of concert speakers...

[@katiemcteague]

First, I must say that Garen is simply adorable. He’s so intelligent and curious about things and expresses his questions so well. He’s also a very polite young man and is always aware of interrupting others. Way to go Garen! Secondly, if you like to read, you may be interested in the Miranda Chase series by author M. L. Buchman. In the series, the lead character is a female, autistic National Safety and Transportation Board (NTSB) air crash investigator. Each title in the series bears the name of a specific military aircraft such as the Osprey and Chinook. In the story that particular novel’s aircraft crashes and her team is called into investigate the cause of the crash. Her autism provides an unparalleled level of understanding of each aircraft so she is called in on a lot of the military crashes that are highly sensitive and have political ramifications. There’s a great deal of information about each of these aircraft that you may find interesting.

[@Yoda518tx]

I worked as a contractor in Iraq and flew on the Chinooks all the time. The loadmaster told me once if I ever got on one and it wasn’t leaking hydraulic fluid on me to get off. That meant it was out of hydraulic fluid lol.

[@Cody38Super]

2 bladed rotors on the Huey's are responsible for the "thwap thwap thwap" sound he likes...that's where they got the nickname "Choppers".

[@eurekasquared9853]

Too cool! 😎

[@kdrapertrucker]

Nothing more distinctive then Huey rotor slap. You hear it long before you can see it.

[@KennyP62]

The Huey UH-1 will always be my favorite. They have that distinct "Thumping sound" when they are in the air. No mistaken of what is coming.

[@jamesleyda365]

Absolutely love that sound! Very distinct🤘

[@mosesmartinez4364]

APACHE IS SUCH A BAD ASS

[@jessestone7610]

Such a cool family

[@jimt503]

The probe in the front is for in-flight refueling.

[@Justme_1221]

Glad you are feeling better

[@davidcopple8071]

Statistics tend to say more people have survived helicopter crashes than have plan crashes with comparable passenger numbers.

[@wiilli7685]

The RAH-66 COMANCHE was my favorite that didn’t go into full production before canceling.

[@506thparatrooper]

That tube on the CH-53 is for in flight refueling. It has to be long enough to get out of the down wash from the rotors so the refueling tube and basket can make contact. Aerial refueling extends the flight range.

[@brucew7062]

The dates on them are when they first entered service. Many of those are still being built and are in some cases being upgraded to new systems.

[@ayejay5603]

No worries on the pausing. Love to hear your comments.

[@Daehawk]

That Chinook is fast. My nephew flew Blackhawks overseas and he said him and the Apache pilots would have to ask the Chinook pilots to slow down so they could keep up with them lol.

[@TNugent]

My father worked at Corpus Christi Army Depot when I was a kid I remember seeing him load Huey helicopters into a cargo plane with a forklift they were headed for Vietnam. Peace from Central Texas Hook'em Horns 🤘

[@cp368productions2]

I have been in the back of a CH-47D Chinook. Back years ago the Air National Guard brought a Chinook and a Blackhawk down to a local event. Due to the rain the Chinook sunk into the baseball field and almost couldn't take off again. Blackhawks and Chinooks fly over frequently in training flights. The military trains helicopter pilots in New York that will be stationed in Germany due to the similarities between New York and Germany topography. Planes have propellers, helicopters have rotors. Helicopters are far more rugged than fighters, your chances of survival are far higher crashing in a helicopter. Well a military one, civilian and medical helicopters aren't much structurally. Military helicopters have a thicker body.

[@itsahellofaname]

In my military years, I rode in a Cobra (crazy flight with a crazy pilot!), shot a machine gun out the door of a Huey (loved it), unfortunately rode in a Chinook (hated it), and flew a helicopter simulator (coolest thing ever).

[@larrym.johnson9219]

Hey Graham Family 🔥⛪👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🇺🇸

[@michaelmacdermott6340]

Self-sealing tanks have layers of rubber and reinforcing fabric, one of vulcanized rubber and one of untreated natural rubber, which can absorb fuel when it comes into contact with it. When a fuel tank is punctured the fuel seeps into these layers, causing the untreated layer to swell, closing and thus sealing the puncture. A similar concept is also employed for making self-sealing run-flat tires. Apache helicopters do not have ejection seats. However unlike aeroplanes, helicopters can autorotate and land pretty much anywhere in an emergency; even controlled descents over water are possible, and the books teach us how to force-land in a forest, for example. The big long probe sticking out of the stallion helicopter is for in-flight refueling. The helicopter flies carefully behind slow aircraft that have a drug on the end of a fuel line behind it. They stabbed the drug which opens up a valve on the fuel line, and fuel is pumped through. That's the simple version of how it's done. There are many examples on the internet to find footage of that. If you want to understand how helicopters fly and the safety of autorotate, you should go to Fly With Kay and watch My First Time Flying a Helicopter. It is simple footage that is easy to understand.

[@kdrapertrucker]

Self sealing fuel tanks are fairly old technology, dating back to WWII.

[@Stepperg1]

Guys, my husband was in the infantry in Vietnam, when his time was up he extended so he could be a door gunner on a gunship during Tet, A big Vietnamese new year...I think, if I'm remembering correctly, which was a really big battle. He absolutely loved it. He was just one of those people. He was with the Robin Hoods.

[@warrenpeterson6065]

I live on the west coast of Canada and routinely travel to/from our outer islands via Heli-Jets (typically Sikorsky 12 seaters) and floatplanes (typically 6 to 20 passenger Beavers and Otters). It is a great way to commute to work!

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

During the Vietnam war, the military would sometimes relocate civilians away from the front. However, a military spy would sometimes board, get off and throw a grenade back at the helicopters. Riders were then told to get off and not turn around or they'd be shot.

[@Telrathian]

13:19 A helicopter can enter auto-rotation. This is when the transmission disengages the engine from the rotor (like putting a car in Neutral). When this is done the rotor can spin freely, and as the helicopter descends (falls) the air rushing over the blades causes them to spin. This creates lift again and slows the helicopter's descent. It is sort of like a parachute in effect. This allows an AH-64 Apache, for example, to "safely" descend in a crash landing even if both engines are destroyed, so long as the transmission is still functional enough to disengage.

[@aaronwilcox6417]

I used to work on an firefighting crew and helicopter logging operations when I was young. The guys at that time in the 90's were Vietnam veteran pilots. Those guys were phenomenal operators and running it to the edge is very much what they did. It's as if they had zero fear.

[@williamjohnson9555]

The long round piece of metal sticking out of the nose of the CH53 is for refueling

[@NorthWestViking]

The H-60 air frame is also used by the Coast Guard as the H-60 Jayhawk and is the Coast Guard’s primary Search and Rescue platform.

[@jrafel1707]

I got to ride in a Huey with the side doors open when I was in the service. I've never skydived, but after feeling the openness that planes don't give and seeing such spectacular views, I could then understand why people skydive after that ride.

[@brucegreenberg7573]

You guys are so adorable!

[@davidcopple8071]

Yes they have seatbelts. As a Combat Military Policeman I traveled in several Huey helicopters. It was always enjoyable to me.

[@rmh258]

The pipe on the nose of the stallion is for mid-air refueling

[@dallhoc2895]

The town we live in here in states was founded by the railroad. So sometimes we see full trains of military vehicles be shipped to the coast.

[@ericthompson8409]

I was with HC-6 in the Navy. We had the CH 46 Seaknight. Little brother of the Chinook. Funny how she said the Chinook looked like a frog. We would always say Phrogs forever. No idea why they spelled it that way. The 46 has been fazed out of the Navy now. I fortunately can see the actual helicopter that I took out on deployment at anytime. She is hanging from the ceiling of the Naval Aviation Museum in Florida. She was with us when sept 11 2001 happened. Love your videos.

[@ViolentKisses87]

The Blackhawk Replacement has been selected. The Bell V-280 Valor (worth its own video) It's a new tilt rotor promising far less maintenance and greater reliability compared to the Osprey

[@thumper7047]

The first one (where Garin(sp?) says he likes the sound) is called a "Chopper" because it makes a Chopping sound - Famous in 1960's and 70's

[@scottdeyo39]

2 things, they do have a Ejection seats when deployed, the rotor blades.Fly off and then the seat goes. And the helmet for the pilot on an Apache.Is over four hundred thousand dollars.

[@jamiesweitzer8469]

Id like to recommend you guys react to the many amusement parks and water parks across America and hear which is each of your favorite ones, please! LOVE THE WHOLE FAMILY! ❤💛 💚

[@Zankaroo]

Some helicopters do have ejection seats but most don't. The ones that do have ejection seats use explosives to disconnect the rotors first then the roof panel/glass explosives go off removing the roof then the rocket motors in the seats fire ejecting the crew. The V-22 Osprey is classified as a tilt rotor, so it is not a plane or a helicopter. But it is normally grouped with helicopters because it has to VTOL or STOL and can't do a normal plane take off due to how large the blades are and them hitting the ground if tilted all the way forward.

[@eurekasquared9853]

Yeah! Another video! ❤

[@jerrymanderer8464]

I've not been in a military helicopter, but I have flown in civi choppers. The most memorable was in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. I paid the pilot a bit extra to do some extreme maneuvers. I did not tell the wife about that ahead of time. She was not happy with me, but I had a blast.

[@LarryHatch]

A friend of mine was special forces in Vietnam. He got shot down in a Huey once and lived. He re-enlisted and got shot down a second time. He retired, figuring the odds for a third crash were not so good.

[@dacrosber]

Smart man, that seems like the right thing to do at that point lol

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

2:26 Mark! Hmm. 🤔 "Helicopter crashes" you say? 😮 "AIRWOLF versus BLUE THUNDER!" Airwolf, she was purchased by a medical company after her show business career ended. She responded to an emergency, got her patient, and then her pilot flew her into a mountain! No survivors! 😢 Blue Thunder, she got to stay in the show business by being put on static outdoor display next to a roller coaster in an amusement theme park. But without proper maintenance, she has become a victim of the elements for decades now! 😢

[@davidhardy5656]

We can't wait until y'all get to come to America. Jono if you are having a hard time flying the drone, Garin like most kids do well at that kind of thing. We would love to see more videos of Slovakia and projects you are doing. Can't wait until you fire up your pit. It's great to see that you're feeling better. Take care and see you soon.❤

[@Roboto2073]

I live about 60 miles away from a military base, used for training basically, but sometimes the Chinooks go over for flight time for the pilots and it's really cool.

[@user-hj1wn4rb7v]

Rancho Cucamonga!!

[@matthewclark2123]

The Russians have helicopters with ejection seat. First, the blades of the helicopter fly off and then the Seat ejects.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

5:30 Mark! Hmm. I don't know about my age when I was your son's age, but my father paid $3.00 each in the early 1970s for my brother and I to be able to ride in a helicopter that was visiting a local shopping center, not a mall, just for the purpose of selling rides! It resembled the ones seen in "MASH" but had red metal parts rather than green. The pilot didn't have the doors on, but of course, there were safety belts! My two-years younger brother in back while I sat up front on the right! It was a thrill to look down upon Dad and wave at him! Then as a twenty-something I went to "Aerospace America" and I got to sit next the pilot again so that a couple could share the backseat and hold hands. It was the first "Newschopper 4" with an old man for a pilot and it had doors. The other option was just a regular helicopter typically used at airshows as a ride! But they looked like the same model.

[@katherinedinwiddie4526]

Great to see you are up and about! Glad you chose the helicopter video. My oldest son was a helicopter mechanic and flight medic. So proud of him. Lovely family. Keep up the good work don't worry about haters they are just jealous. We love ya here

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

19:11 Mark! 1.3K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! 😊 Notes: Hmm. A favorite of mine? 🤔 Well, your family may have fun viewing movies featuring helicopters just to see them in action! 😎 Randomly, "Airwolf", "Blue Thunder", "M*A*S*H", "When Worlds Collide", "Birds of Prey" starring David Jansen, "The Green Beret", "Black Hawk Down", and....

[@PreditorGhost]

if the engines fail they do a thing called auto rotation where they literally dive down to get the helicopter blades spinning. then they pull up on their joystick and level out. when the propeller rates slow down enough they dive again to spin up the propeller blades and they do that until they get to the ground and that's what they do in emergency situation

[@Green.P3]

I love the Apache

[@user-sy7oy2xl8m]

Never been on a military helicopter, only sightseeing ones. Once over Corpus Christi, TX the passenger door flipped open. Was shocked but not scared. Just leaned over an shut the door. Fun times.

[@eurekasquared9853]

Scary!

[@wallybeecher3799]

the long thing sticking out from the front of the CH-53 is for refueling

[@terminator2judgmentday30th4]

Oh my god i'm in heaven so many choppas 🚁

[@Telrathian]

7:44 That rod extending from the front is the aerial refueling probe. Used for mid-air refueling.

[@Strikemix05]

A former coworker of mine was in the marines and said the ospreys have a history of crashing

[@the-superbike-squad]

You have a lap belt in hilos, but pretty much the centrifugal force keeps you pinned to your seat during turns.

[@akirasho719]

Welcome to a new drone pilot!!!

[@kevinbrown3075]

There’s a recent video floating around on KZbin of a Marine CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter carrying an F-35C and performing a midair refueling from a KC-130. It’s pretty insane.

[@davidsuttles101]

Great reaction! I am a former Army attack helicopter pilot and have flown some of these! The “Cobra” was my favorite!

[@garyemagee7177]

" Back years ago the Air National Guard brought a Chinook to a local event. Due to the rain the Chinook sunk into the baseball field and almost couldn't take off again." I can relate. A few months after 9/11, My office was scheduled for a quick flight to a local military base for a tour. The Air National Guard sent a 45 year old Chinook to take us. I'm sure it was well maintained, but the appearance of that "copter" was not too good. I didn't continue the tour.

[@claydragon6055]

I wish they had spoken more about the viper. Because there is a world difference between the viper and the cobra. It's like comparing a wagon to the simi truck or a paper airplane to a drone.

[@socket_error1000]

The thing often not talked about in these videos with the Apache and a tech that made me go wow when they first incorporated it is that the gun under the nose tracks in the direction the pilot looks. If the pilot can see you, they can kill you. Having guns that followed the exact motion of a pilot and targeted what they looked at... that seemed like Sci-fi stuff back in the day, lol. Now it is just, meh, I have eye and head tracking for my PC racing SIM, lol.

[@metfish]

Self sealing fuel tanks were common on US fighters during WWII, most notably the F6F Hellcat. That gave the Hellcat a great advantage over the Japanese Zero, which did not have the self sealing tanks.

[@curtjoyner4493]

Self sealing fuel tanks are not new, many of the WW2 fighters had them.

[@P-M-869]

My brother was going to college outside of Pensacola, FL. While traveling to the ship I was assigned to, I stopped in to see him. While walking across campus a Huey flew over. My instinct was to dive into the bushes and shot at it. Mind you I didn't have a firearm. When I told my brother, he said he had the same reaction when he heard his first Huey. lol ... It is safe to fly in a plane than ride in a car. You should check out the movie "We Are Soldiers". It is based on a battle in Veit Nam. The Osprey folds up to fit better in a carrier's hanger.

[@eurekasquared9853]

Greetings from Pensacola! Was your brother at UWF? Great school!

[@brucew7062]

Riding in the back of a CH-47 (and the now retired CH-46 the Marine Corps used) is like riding inside a washing machine because you get tossed about in a circular motion due to the rotors turning in opposite directions from each other.

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

On probe sticking out of the CH-53 Super Stallion is an In Flight Refueling boom. It helps to keep the helicopter flying by taking fuel while it is flying from a tanker aircraft like most naval aircraft.

[@thumper7047]

The big long pole out the front is for Aireal refueling.

[@royce702]

They have had some trouble with the Osprey lately and a bunch were grounded.

[@rustyc]

Osprey, the futuristic airframe that no Marine wants to fly in.

[@darrylkoehn-ec8mk]

The slimness of the Cobra makes it harder to hit by ground fire because of it's narrow profile.

[@JessieSpence-ej1sl]

There are Helicopters that do have ejection seats. The rotors would shoot off before the seats.

[@Merlinherk]

When they talked about Blackhawk/Seahawk they left out USAF Pavehawk variant. The long probe out front is air-to-air refueling port.

[@ISAFMobius18]

There are a couple helicopters in the world that do have ejection seats. The Russian KA-52 has explosive charges set at the root of each rotor blade that blow off the props right before the canopy is blown off and the pilots eject.

[@brettbaker3589]

On the Stallion, that’s an air to air refueling system.

[@therealimnotjiminy]

PLEASE don't pay any attention to these weird people complaining about how often you pause the video OR if you happen to go off topic. People are here to see your reactions and that includes the off topic stuff, like the phone conversation today. I'd be happy with 20+ minute videos. Shorter is NOT better. Rushing the videos to make the anti-pause weirdos happy is not good. Waffles are good. Waffling is good. Keep waffling. It's what we're here for. PS - you should do some U.S. TV show and movie reactions as a family. Just saying.

[@KnOnHeavensDoor]

I know that there are a few helicopters that have ejection seats . One of them have exploding bolts on the blades and after the blades fly off you are then able to eject . Another one I believe ejects you out to the sides .

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

The protruding device on the front of the helicopter is for inflight refueling.

[@kdrapertrucker]

Back in 1991, I was walking home from the bus stop andheard a strange sound that sounded like a helicopter, but also sounded like a prop plane. I looked up and saw a KC-130 hercules aerial refueling 2 CH-53 Helicopters. Not something you see in North Central Indiana much.

[@Ash_spadesman007]

The long pole on the helicopter where you do arial refueling. It’s a giant pipe that carries the fuel that is inserted to the fuel tank.

[@bronsonthefrenchie]

Love the Rancho cucamonga t shirt! Grew up near there.

[@FEEZ2112]

If you ever come to Ohio we have a "National Museum of the United States Air Force". I think you guys come to US you should go a battle ship tour that would be bad ass!!!

[@shadowangel3995]

The Osprey along with some other aircraft are called tilt/ rotor aircraft.

[@momoneymjp]

If you like the Apache Helicopter you should watch a movie called "Blue Thunder" as it's pretty much the Apache Helicopter. Great movie.

[@michaelkrise2617]

There's foam that expands when it gets shot at

[@royce702]

I am afraid of heights, but love flying in airplanes.😅😅😅

[@jamiesweitzer8469]

I hope Garin will get over not being able to fly, or he won't likely be able to come to America. You can do it, bro!💙 💛

[@robertcampopiano6001]

The only part of a helicopter that flies is the main rotor. Everything else is just along for the ride. The main rotor can pivot to determine which direction you want to go. The tail rotor counteracts the torque from the main rotor. The contra-rotating main rotors on the CH-47 cancel out each other’s torque so there’s no need for a tail rotor.

[@n3v3rforgott3n9]

You should look up the V-280 Valor as it is a new tilt rotor that is meant to replace all the Black Hawks in the US Army inventory.

[@wesleypeters4112]

Self-sealing fuel tanks were a key factor in American aircraft having a better chance of survive combat missions such as dogfights and bombing missions during World War II. The Japanese didn't possess this technology and their best fighters (Zero) and bombers (G3M, Nell) were subject to intense fuel fires after hits by anti-aircraft rounds. This usually led to either explosions or burn downs, which almost always killed the pilots. Watching footage from the Battles of Iwo Jima or Okinawa show this to be the overwhelming result.

[@KnOnHeavensDoor]

The Chinooks fly over my house regularly and it seems like they fly so low , like 500 feet . I'm probably wrong though. However when they fly directly over it feels like every picture is going to fall of the walls . It's like a small earthquake.

[@markhopkins222]

Both my father and younger brothr served with the First Air Cav dad in Nam and Pat in Afghanistan

[@thumper7047]

Love the red, white and blue skeleton Fish. Is that a Bass Pro Shirt someone sent you? Also glad your getting some sun. This helps the body create Vit. D which is good for your health. It is believed to help avoid or at least lessen things like Flu, Covid, infections and even helps prevent autoimmune problems like rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, and inflammatory bowel disease amongst others. So, get more sun (but not too much as skin cancer is not fun).

[@jimcathcart5116]

The spear on the front is to refuel in midair

[@generichardson4771]

the long thing on the ch53 is the fuel probe for mid air refueling

[@EG_Soul_Reaver]

Your son isn't entirely wrong about ejections. The Russian KA50 does actually feature an ejection system that, when triggered, blows off the rotor blades before ejecting the pilots upward.