UH-1 Iroquois | Behind the Wings on PBS

[@ClintThrust-e8r]

Gunship is the sexiest word in the English language.

[@lbbradley55]

Lost our uncle on one of those in Vietnam. Sgt. Coley Leon Andrews Crew Cheif 1/503rd 173rd Abn. 335th COWBOYS... Volunteerd Second Tour K.I.A. 12-19-66

[@amig-2143]

lbbradley55 Respect to your uncle, he served our country well.

[@lbbradley55]

Pepe Popo THANK YOU... He was killed 2 weeks into his second tour. They flew him home for Christmas. 1966

[@amig-2143]

lbbradley55 My regard to your family that had to go through that.

[@bobtis]

Respect to your Uncle for making the ultimate Sacrifice

[@lbbradley55]

@@bobtis Thank you Sir

[@PollyWhopper]

This series is truly amazing and plane awesome!!

[@zellimse]

very nice and informative video to watch while in lockdown I hope that you guys and families there at the Wings Over the Rockies Air&Space museum are safe and healthy.

[@jamesmccarthy6430]

This helicopter would have been originally built as a Charlie Model Gunship. Same body as the "Alpha" and "Bravo" model gunships. We used the larger stretched "D" and "H" models as troop ships or SLICKS. The Charlie model could carry more load and was faster than the 'B" or "C" models because of the 540 rotor head, which was similar to the rotor system of the AH-1G Cobra. Later the "C" models were upgraded with more powerful engine /drive trains and became "M" models. I flew "B" model gunships and "H' models during two tours. Our door gunners, who did not sit in an armored seats were the real heroes for the Hueys in my book. One of the door gunners was also the Crew Chief. As a pilot I was in charge of everything from the back of my seat forward, and my Crew Chief was in charge of every thing else. He was always on the flight line before I arrived for a mission and he was there for a long time after I was done. Although the Cobra was faster and carried a lot more ammo than the "B", "C" models they didn't have door gunners and were not as effective as providing armed escorts to us Slick pilots during Combat Assaults. I always felt better seeing a "B" or "C" model gliding by my aircraft at the bottom of an approach into a hot LZ. as for penetration of the airframe by bullets, a BB gun could put a hole through the thin aluminum. It was so thin that we sometimes used flattened beer cans to repair holes - they always made us paint the repairs O.D. green.

[@89DerChristian]

Thank you for that additional insight! Really interesting to hear it directly from someone who flew these

[@nikelinq2899]

Wow you guys used beer cans to patch holes? Amazing

[@muzzaball]

Wonderful presentation, thank you.

[@fazole]

The book "Chickenhawk" is a good autobiography about a Huey pilot in Vietnam. People don't realize how lightly built the Hueys are. The body is just very thin aluminum, that even a .22LR can penetrate. Only seats were armored and the crew wore armored vests. These would not stop a direct bullet hit.

[@warrenchambers4819]

I was told "If you wanna fly on'em don't work on'em" 4 quarter inch bolts JUST 4 hold the entire tail boom on. But I flew on'em any dam way cause I love'em.

[@Al-yx2te]

YES!

[@sparks2spare782]

My father Marshall E Smith from Arlington TX was part of the 1st/9th Air Cav 70-72.

[@amig-2143]

Sparks2spare We are grateful of your father’s dedication to our protection.

[@noah._.powell]

This series is amazing.

[@hachipanki8634]

Fortunate son was always in my head while watching this episode

[@itwasme2435]

Awesome vid like usually in this epic channel. Greeting from France

[@kevintang2605]

“Ride of the Valkyries” intensifies

[@brandonnixon7105]

Whaaat you were in SD? I live like 15 minutes from the coast guard station by SAN airport.

[@geomodelrailroader]

The legendary Huey if there is a chopper that defines Nam this would be it. The Huey had one drawback the early models kept getting shot down. By Desert Storm it was replaced by the Blackhawk which is what we still use.

[@angusloughor-clarke386]

This was a great video. Probably one of your best

[@enigmaticmeloncholy]

Thanks again for such an amazing video

[@victormanuelpolanco922]

Awesome episode!!!!. You guys can't even imagine what you doing to promote Aviation across the world. Me a naturally born Aviation fanatic I go even more fanatic with each episode!!!. Have you ever thought about marketing and selling a Behind the Wings all- seasons CD set for all of us Aviation buffs out here to have, enjoy and cherish in our homes for time to come????. How cool is that!!!!!.

[@AndreBSaba]

This video is awesome!

[@secretcode_]

You guys rock

[@topguntopcat]

I used to love watching the bright yellow RAF sea kings in the lakes

[@mustanlab302]

Love the uh-1

[@robinfarrell6383]

Great job Zach! This is very interesting.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

Kevlar??? I swear i heard and read stories about some models of hueys not having any pilot protection. Some chopper pilots managed to scavenge some armor plating that were used for fighter jets and tucked it under their seats, on their seats and into door panels and if they failed to secure any then they would use flak jackets and vest. I dont think Kevlar made its way into vietnam war maybe towards the end stages of the war?? but im no historian nor was i there. I just read a lot of books from people who said they were there. I think i got up until the point where they were making the flooring of the huey out of magnesium or a magnesium alloy because it was cheaper to make and easier to work with since they were losing so many hueys to groundfire, Bell needed to get as many choppers off their production lines as possible. But who knows whether Bell did or didn't know is that magnesium is more flammable than other metals and alloys. This could of also been for a security reason though as the US didnt want their choppers falling into enemy hands so if you were shot down. your orders were to destroy the aircraft. If it didnt explode or catch fire when you hit the ground. you needed to set fire to it or blow it up.

[@Galf506]

A quick google told me Kevlar was invented in 65, so right in the middle of Vietnam, and there's seats from that time that appear to be fitted with kevlar panels on the sides. The issue is that this doesn't make what you said untrue. Kevlar is not magic. First, what usually reaches a helicopter is not just small arms fire so good luck stopping heavy machine guns with kevlar. Second. the panels don't offer complete coverage and modern kevlar already doesn't block rifle caliber rounds, it wouldn't do better in Vietnam. It would surely stop most shrapnel and tumbling rounds though.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

@@Galf506 Im not disputing its effective or ineffectiveness. I just hadnt heard it being rolled out. Any protection is better than no protection no matter how ineffective it is.... The U.S lost a hell of a lot of hueys. regardless 😂 Unfortunately im not in a position to find out how many were lost to ground fire, pilot error or cannibalised for parts.

[@dobiedude7479]

I was lucky enough to work on the H model in the 227th Avn Bn 1st Cav. Then later in Germany and Ethiopia.

[@italianbadass656]

I wonder if Matthew is actually at the museum all the time or not

[@GaryPigott]

Italianbadass 656 I think he’s moved to the Museum of Flight in Seattle

[@EamonMYT]

@@GaryPigott Yes, I found his Linkedin page and it says that he left Wings Over the Rockies in September 2019.

[@Rascal_the_Raccoon]

Ah yes the iconic *fpfpfpfpfpfpfpfpfpf*

[@CarlinDontCare]

Kinda disappointed to see that only half of the video was dedicated to the Huey and they didn’t really go through the whole chopper and it’s specs.

[@phantomf4747]

I do business with our local guard unit at KMCC. I tried to get the Lt. to get me a ride, but no dice.

[@jakeshobbysimulator2188]

In my town out to see yall

[@nikoteen9110]

1st cav. Look at the patch. You have the horse you never rode, the road you never crossed and the color is why.

[@nexpro6118]

The Coast Guards BlackHawk burns just over 2 gallons of fuel per minute. Feed those powerful engines ha. It holds just shy of 900 gallons. So yeah, 2 gallons per minute is a lot to burn, but it has a lot of fuel capacity.the 2 gallons per minute is the combination of flight time plus hover time during 6 hours

[@radarmike6713]

Where have you give with these videos? Been a year or longer.....

[@couchfighter]

Sneak preview maybe ...??

[@Wings_Museum]

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[@TheYatkinson]

what happened to the theme song?

[@Pgcmoore]

outstanding!!! not a fan of commercial flying at all, but i got to fly several times in a bell jet at work and loved every minute. everyone should get a chopper ride at least once

[@nexpro6118]

What?!?!?! 80 boxes of the 500 round mag, is 40k rounds!!! Wtf. No way the heli can lift with that much weight. Even if only on like half a fuel load for a short range mission.

[@meadmaker4525]

It's worth mentioning that a lot of UH-1 crews died because of mast bump induced by that teetering rotor design. The UH-60's fixed rotor head essentially nullified this flaw, making for a MUCH safer aircraft. The Robinson helicopters you see everywhere nowadays adopted the teetering rotor design to save money, and they have one of the worst fatality records of any helicopter, again due to mast bump (wherein the rotor leaves the helicopter mid-flight, leaving the fuselage to fall to the ground like a rock).

[@fazole]

Why did he say "I hate to say it, but I consider you a friend"?

[@ClintThrust-e8r]

Either banter or didn't want to seem to be too familiar. I'm British, therefore I choose banter.

[@uragan575]

Всё равно хьюи самый лучший.

[@1985_Honda_CRX_Si]

Yos

[@mattgaetz5548]

As a native American I'm offended by the use of the word "Iroquois" for a war machine.

[@kristov29]

You may want to keep quiet about that. The Iroquois practiced slavery, so you may owe reparations.

[@doenjangstew4438]

The United States tried to liberate Vietnamese people from slave country and prosper it from kleptocracy society of Vietnam. The U.S. Army has never been stationed above the 17th north latitude and attempted to liberate South Vietnam alone. South Vietnam had its first election and was also first ruled by law and enjoyed freedom and human rights. All of this was thanks only to the United States. But the Vietnamese people didn't even know what this was. Rather, they thought of the US military as an invader. The mistake here is that Asian countries have never had these concepts. Many of Asian countries still do not know about freedom, human rights, democracy and rule of law. Rather, they have been thoroughly trained racist education. In the name of "ethnical tribal one nation", they are still educated it with the highest concept of all thoughts. For example, in South Korea and Japan, You might think that South Korea and Japan are modernized, but more than half of people still put this above civilized elements. I'm going to show you Jeolla tribe in southern west of Korean peninisular. Jeolla tribe is completely different people in South Korea's the others many of South Koreans. Jeolla (Cholla, 전라도) tribe people are organized as one very strongly. They have voted for their tribal political party about 93% to 97% always since 1987. In fact, except the expatriates, they have voted for their tribe party 100% always. Almost one of every four Jeolla tribe people are members of their s party. (This is official data record of South Korea's Central Election Committee 2013). This perfect tribal society, however, they tell themselves "We are the mecca of democracy in Korea." More than half of the East Asian people have strong tribalism. Unfortunately, the Vietnamese have lost their lucky fortune. This opportunity will never come again. I think it all originated from ignorance.

[@nexpro6118]

Here comes all the comments in the comment section claiming to have flown and or worked on one of these lol. Always like, 2569995 of those people in the comment sections of these type of videos. Lol. More claim in the comments on these videos to have flown and or worked on them than there were actual people who really did. Lol 😆 🤣

[@ninagarcia2601]

Kinda disappointed to see that only half of the video was dedicated to the Huey and they didn’t really go through the whole chopper and it’s specs.

[@dukecraig2402]

Yea, instead of half of a documentary on the UH-1 being about the Blackhawk they should have had the veteran pilots giving some accounts of the UH-1 in service.