Issue 27 - Bell UH-1 Iroquois: The Immortal Huey
Issue 27 - Bell UH-1 Iroquois: The Immortal Huey    Issue 27 - Bell UH-1 Iroquois: The Immortal Huey   


Aviation Classics - Issue 27 - Bell UH-1 Iroquois: The Immortal Huey

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The latest, 132-page issue of Aviation Classics tells the whole story of the remarkable Bell UH-1 Iroquois transport helicopter, better known as the immortal Huey.

Although an icon of the Vietnam War, the Huey’s legend goes far beyond and it has become the longest serving and most successful helicopter in aviation history.

This publication reveals much of the lesser known history of the type and examines how, from its first flight on October 20, 1956, the Huey, originally designed as a medical evacuation and utility transport, was to become a troop transport, assault aircraft and armed attack helicopter along with a variety of other roles it would later fulfil in both military and civilian life.

It was also the first turbine powered helicopter to be produced in the US and, with many companies offering significant upgrades to all of its versions, the Huey will be flying well into the 2020s and maybe even the 2030s.

Contents:

6 Extraordinary utility
8 Bell - Innovation in design
26 Bell helicopters
32 In the beginning
40 Improving the breed
52 Civil counterparts
54 Oddities and one offs
56 The longbodies
64 South American success
78 The UH-1N, 212 and 214
84 Four bladed success
86 Unlicensed and licensed
90 British Hueys
94 A helicopter for the world
106 Super Huey
112 Inside the Huey
124 Survivors





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