jjohnson241 Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 That video brought back memories, some good.. most bad. Thanks for sharing. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 3rd Mar Div RVN '66-'67
tusler Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 More good reading Material... Ask Jesus for Forgiveness before you takeoff :pilotfly:! PC=Win 10 HP 64 bit, Gigabyte Z390, Intel I5-9600k, 32 gig ram, Nvidia 2060 Super 8gig video. TM HOTAS WARTHOG with Saitek Pedals
Chris CDN Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 More good reading Material... That's one of the texts we used when I was in flight school. It's surprisingly well written, thorough and easy to understand. 1 NSDQ
Furia Posted April 24, 2013 Posted April 24, 2013 Here's another great book on Hueys in Vietnam. I read Chickenhawk back in the 80's, which was a great book. This book is just as good... I am reading this one for first time and I am enjoying it a lot. Goes to my favourite's list [sIGPIC]http://menorca.infotelecom.es/~raulurbina/ESA/banner_furia.png[/sIGPIC]
Furia Posted April 24, 2013 Posted April 24, 2013 More good reading Material... You can download the full new version of this one for free made avalaible by the FAA. Outstanding material http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aircraft/media/faa-h-8083-21A.pdf [sIGPIC]http://menorca.infotelecom.es/~raulurbina/ESA/banner_furia.png[/sIGPIC]
BubbaMc Posted May 3, 2013 Posted May 3, 2013 That's older version of what's available. We have a documentation thread here but the link to the original seems dead again. I uploaded the 1988 manual to my drive though. Here's the link: TM 55-1520-210-10 Thanks very much for this.
WildBillKelsoe Posted December 5, 2015 Posted December 5, 2015 A great book that I'm reading now is Helicopter Pilot's Manual by Norman Bailey volume 1. I highly recommend it for those coming from fixed wing backgrounds. He explains alot of information on handling, safety and techniques. I recommend also Rattler One Seven by Chuck Gross, and of course as all the above mentioned, Chickenhawk by Robert Mason. AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
Bearfoot Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Highly, highly, highly, highly recommend this one: GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam by Mark Garrison http://www.amazon.com/GUTS-GUNSHIPS-Really-Helicopters-Vietnam-ebook/dp/B014TUIW7O Author has a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GutsNGunships/ with videos, etc.
Wavehopper Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Highly, highly, highly, highly recommend this one: GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam by Mark Garrison http://www.amazon.com/GUTS-GUNSHIPS-Really-Helicopters-Vietnam-ebook/dp/B014TUIW7O Author has a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GutsNGunships/ with videos, etc. I'm reading that at the moment, good book. I didn't enjoy rattler one seven though, he isn't a natural writer and it contains scant details. Although the bar has been set very high already by Chickenhawk. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC9G7AVfi68SovXCTCH-7fA
Bearfoot Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Another one: We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway http://www.amazon.com/We-Were-Soldiers-Once-Young/dp/0345472640 While the focus is not actually on flying the Huey, the book discusses in detail the development and execution of an air assault. Well, not just "an" air assault, but the seminal/first and most iconic/famous air assault of the Vietnam War. Talks about how helicopters were employed to support the troops etc.
Bearfoot Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Then, also in the "must read" categories are some really nice Osprey publications that cover the training, equipment, order of battle/organization, deployment, history etc. of the Huey and its pilots in Vietnam: - US Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam http://www.amazon.com/US-Helicopter-Pilot-Vietnam-Warrior/dp/1846032296 - Vietnam Airmobile Warfare Tactics https://ospreypublishing.com/vietnam-airmobile-warfare-tactics - Bell UH-1 Huey “Slicks” 1962–75 https://ospreypublishing.com/bell-uh-1-huey-slicks-1962-75-pb
Bearfoot Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 I didn't enjoy rattler one seven though, he isn't a natural writer and it contains scant details. Although the bar has been set very high already by Chickenhawk. I'm glad you mentioned this. It keeps showing up on my recommendation list, and I was about to use up an audible credit to get it.
Chipwich Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 The Audible Chickenhawk production is excellent, as is the one for Guts and Gunships. Not Huey specific, but I just started Life and Death in the Central Highlands and it is as well written as Chickenhawk IMO. Listen to the preview for a good sample. R7 5800X3D / 64GB / MOZA AB9 Base / TIANHANG F-16 Grip / VPC T-50CM3 Throttle / Ace Flight Pedals / RTX 4080 Super / Meta Quest 3
j0nx Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 I have Chickenhawk and Guts and Glory in my audible queue once I'm done with World War Z. Glad they are nicely done in Audible. :thumbup: ROTORCRAFT RULE GB Aorus Ultra Z390| 8700K @ 4.9GHz | 32 GB DDR4 3000 | MSI GTX 1080ti | Corsair 1000HX | Silverstone FT02-WRI | Nvidia 3D Vision Surround | Windows 10 Professional X64 Volair Sim Cockpit, Rift S, Saitek X-55 HOTAS, Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals, Microsoft FF2, OE-XAM Bell 206 Collective, C-Tek anti-torque pedals UH-1, SA342, Mi-8, KA50, AV8B, P-51D, A-10C, L39, F86, Yak, NS-430, Nevada, Normandy, Persian Gulf
Bearfoot Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 (edited) The Audible Chickenhawk production is excellent, as is the one for Guts and Gunships. Not Huey specific, but I just started Life and Death in the Central Highlands and it is as well written as Chickenhawk IMO. Listen to the preview for a good sample. Got them both, and I agree! Only thing is that with one (or is that both?) of the readers horribly hack up some of Vietnamese names, which is always jarring. E.g., "Nguyen" is pronounced by the reader as "Eng-GOO-yen" instead of "(n)gwen" or "(n)guwen" (silent "n"). Really, really, really, difficult to hear it the first way. Completely pulls me out of the book everytime in occurs, making me go "WTF is an Eng-GOO-yen?!!!! Oh, '*Nguyen*'". Edited March 31, 2016 by Bearfoot
Chipwich Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 As long as they don't call a magazine a clip, I'm OK :) R7 5800X3D / 64GB / MOZA AB9 Base / TIANHANG F-16 Grip / VPC T-50CM3 Throttle / Ace Flight Pedals / RTX 4080 Super / Meta Quest 3
Bearfoot Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 Ok, I know this is straying off-topic, but it really is worth it, I promise! Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division by Jimmy Blackmon http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Horse-Terrorists-Commanding-Airborne/dp/1250072719 Not about the Huey, or even the Huey "era". But it is about helicopters. Specifically, the nuts-and-bolts as well as high-level details of modern rotary-wing combat operations in support of troops on the ground in Afghanistan. Absolutely riveting. Absolutely. The technical detail coupled with profound emotional impact is amazing. The author (the colonel of the task force) has done an incredible job of capturing and conveying the breadth and depth of perspectives and emotions of participants in the operations while describing events, sometimes at a second-by-second resolution. And the technical detail of employment of Chinooks, Kiowas, Black Hawks and Apaches, both at the strategic/tactical level (e.g. lift ship crews doubling as battlefield sensors) as well as "push-cyclic-forward" level is amazing. To see where the Huey and its place in modern war has evolve to, this is the book to get!
Bearfoot Posted April 7, 2016 Posted April 7, 2016 (edited) Have not read this, and just discovered it. 51 reviews on Amazon ... all 5-stars! Blades of Thunder: Book One LTC W Larry Dandridge http://www.amazon.com/Blades-Thunder-Book-One-Volume/dp/0578156377/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_cp_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=51xhPTers%2BL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_SL500_SR90%2C135_&refRID=14SAGPCSSZ52B1QD370V EDIT: electronic version here: http://www.amazon.com/Blades-Thunder-W-Dandridge-ebook/dp/B010L8TE1G/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460066750&sr=1-2&keywords=blades+of+thunder Anyone read this? Opinions? Edited April 7, 2016 by Bearfoot
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