Spotted - White Bell Huey

[Mort7]

Low over South Oxfordshire early yesterday afternoon. Great to see!

[LimaDelta]

Nice. I remember getting a few lifts in the back of German Hueys back in the 90's. Nothing like that two-blade whop-whop-whop. Not sure if they still operate them.

[Eric Mc]

Is G-HUEY still around?

[LimaDelta]

Eric Mc said:

Is G-HUEY still around?

G-INFO said:

Manufacturer:
BELL HELICOPTER CO

Type:
BELL UH-1H

Serial No:
13560

ICAO 24 bit aircraft address:

Binary: 0100_0000_0010_0101_0100_1111

Hex: 40254F

Octal: 20022517

ICAO Aircraft Type Designator:
UH1

Popular Name:
IROQUOIS

Aircraft Class:
HELICOPTER

EASA Category:
NON EASA

Engines:

1:

1 x LYCOMING T53-L13B

MTOW:
4320 kg

Total Hours:
2004 at 20-Nov-2018

Year built:
1973

Approved Maint. Programme:
None

CofA / Permit:
Permit to Fly

Permit Validity Expiry:
19-Nov-2019

Validity Reference:
G-HUEY/AI/10054/14/20112018

It would appear so.

[Dog Star]

Last week there was a white twin Huey (I'm sure someone adenoidal can give the correct nomenclature - registration G-BIGB) lugging great big bags of something or other on Saddleworth Moor. Fantastic.

[Mort7]

LimaDelta said:

Nothing like that two-blade whop-whop-whop.

At the time I was using a two-stroke petrol strimmer and wearing ear defenders. I still heard it well before I saw it!

[Eric Mc]

When I was a teen way back in 1973, we used to get an Irish Helicopters Bell 212 transiting across Dublin on its way down to Cork. I think it used to fly between Newcastle and Cork and would pass overhead Dublin at around 10,000 feet. You could hear the rotors about 20 minutes before you saw the chopper.

[Smollet]

I saw this one over Thursley Common on 29/2/19. First Huey I’d ever seen flying. Impressive brute.

[ecsrobin]

Smollet said:

I saw this one over Thursley Common on 29/2/19. First Huey I’d ever seen flying. Impressive brute.

They used to be stationed in Belize but now all used in the UK for army Air corps training.

The RAF operate the Griffin (being replaced) which is a 4 bladed variant both for initial flying training but also for SAR in Cyprus.

[Mort7]

Smollet said:

I saw this one over Thursley Common on 29/2/19. First Huey I’d ever seen flying. Impressive brute.

O/T, but spotted my only Great Grey Shrike at Thursley Toby. Seem to remember a good showing of Hobbies too.

[Smollet]

Mort7 said:

Smollet said:

I saw this one over Thursley Common on 29/2/19. First Huey I’d ever seen flying. Impressive brute.

O/T, but spotted my only Great Grey Shrike at Thursley Toby. Seem to remember a good showing of Hobbies too.

They are regularly seen over the main pond eating dragonflies,Nick

[HOGEPH]

Dog Star said:

Last week there was a white twin Huey (I'm sure someone adenoidal can give the correct nomenclature - registration G-BIGB) lugging great big bags of something or other on Saddleworth Moor. Fantastic.

Bell 212

[ecsrobin]

HOGEPH said:

Bell 212

Part of the Huey family https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Huey_family

[dr_gn]

Dog Star said:

Last week there was a white twin Huey (I'm sure someone adenoidal can give the correct nomenclature - registration G-BIGB) lugging great big bags of something or other on Saddleworth Moor. Fantastic.

We see them quite a lot when walking in the Peak District. I think it’s part of the Moors for the Future project - lifting bags of stuff to re-seed damaged peat moorland.

[RichGault]

Read a book called 'Chickenhawk' a while ago.great book.recommend it.

A few party tricks of the 'Huey'....run engine to take off power then back to idle....the interia carried in those big heavy rotors allowed a quick take off.....spin 360 degrees and land on the spot.....at engine idle......

In combat during Vietnam the author also describes using those rotors to effectively chop a vertical tunnel through the jungle to land and extract injured troops.

[Warby80]

I saw a Huey display at The Yorkshire Airshow a couple of years back, great sound up close and personal.

That and the Vulcan my 2 favourite displays from that day.

[The_Doc]

RichGault said:

Read a book called 'Chickenhawk' a while ago.great book.recommend it.

A few party tricks of the 'Huey'....run engine to take off power then back to idle....the interia carried in those big heavy rotors allowed a quick take off.....spin 360 degrees and land on the spot.....at engine idle......

In combat during Vietnam the author also describes using those rotors to effectively chop a vertical tunnel through the jungle to land and extract injured troops.

It's a great book. I gave it to my brother to read.

He's a commercial helicopter pilot now.

[Speed 3]

ecsrobin said:

HOGEPH said:

Bell 212

Part of the Huey family https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Huey_family

It is but the 212 is twin engined whereas the UH-1 is single engined - pretty significant difference. The B-204 was the closest civil certified equivalent.

[TGCOTF-dewey]

Pretty sure it flew over my house a few mins ago. White huey, but didn't show on flight radar.

[Mr Squarekins]

Many decades ago, I was at a country pub one summer evening when I saw someone circle and land a Huey in a field next to the pub and stroll across to meet friends. It remains to this day, perhaps the coolest thing i've ever seen.