The big ol’ gruesome Mi-24D is may fave. Frightening beast, that one. Looking forward to Trumpeter’s 1/35 release.
Dad was in the Coast Guard, so I’m kinda partial to Sea Kings, too.
Ah, but then the Skycrane was a cool, wacky chopper, too…
At the risk of straying off track here, I always thought “Blue Thunder” was one cool looking helo. . .
Yeah, Chief Brody fighting Clockwork Orange in it made it even cooler.
You ever build the Monogram kit?
Berny13 may be confused on the greatest fighter (ha, ha just kidding ya’) but he is right on with the UH-1. Power, versatility, lethality, reliability and so much more. It redifined warfare and made it possible for what began Vietnam as a conventional Army, to fight an unconventional war. No helicopter has had such an impact on the world, just ask a Vietnam vet.
Either the UH-1 or that thing Daddy Warbucks had in Annie (sorry, just another attempt at humor).
No contest- UH60 MG. I’ve always liked the Hawk, and the twin fifties on the sides of the chopper make it one beutiful bird.
Great White Sharks prefer Blackhawks:
I would have to say that my favorite Helo of all time would be a toss up between the Sea Stallion and the Apache. I say the Apache because my cousin flew it and I say the Sea Stallion because I love it’s shear size and super power.
Hey the Great White is my favorite shark too. Cool image man.
I’m going to say the Cobra. While in the Army in 80s we (us MPs) were sent to Grafenwoher ( I apologize to my German friends, I’m certain I spelled that wrong) and on an Army live fire range there isn’t much to do. That is of course if you don’t know what is firing where. Then it’s like a trip to Disneyland. One night we found out that the Cobras were conducting a night time live fire and we boot footed it out there before they arrived. There was tower next to the firing line that put us about 20 feet above the hovering Cobras. When they opened up with anti-tank missiles and guns…well…it was a religious experience.
I would say the next in line would be the Hind. DIdn’t care much for Hueys, they had a habit of making your teeth rattle loose. But I love the sound of them.
There you have it.
Steve
For favorite helicopter I’m going with the AH-64 because of the wallop it can deliver. Plus being a 4 bladed helo it is comparativly quiet/stealthy. I also like the wide variety of sights(thermal,infared) it uses.
You know…
Ask any Army Cobra pilot and they’ll say the Apache is a great weapons system… but its not an attack helicopter.
Its just not as flexible as the Cobra, especially the W and Z model Cobras nowadays. After looking at the capability of the AH-1Z,
the Army needs to seriously reconsider the Apache! Of course, the Comanche is pretty damn impressive too. Lets just hope they don’t
squash it!
Rolling in hot!
Jon
My fav is the AH-64D APACHE LONGBOW!!! [:D]
My favorite ? Mil Mi-4 (“Hound” ? - Huckelberry Hound ?) - I don’t remember the NATO code for it - anyhow - it was the first helo I was inside as a child about 10 years old (still have a picture sitting on a pilot seat). Another one - PZL Mi-2 “Hoplite”. Aleksander
My cousin would like that Apache photo.
COM…ON YOU GUYS HAVEN’T HIT IT YET. THE COOLEST,BEST LOOKING,FINEST,CONFIGERED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS ,CUTTING EDGE STILL,NOT LIKELY TO BE FOUND AT YOUR HOBBY STORE,IS THE ULTIMATE
S-76. FAST,CLEAN,MULTIBLE ENGINE PACKAGES,KILLER INTERIORS,PILOTFRIENDLY,
FAST,JUST A BEATIFULL THING. SORRY ABOUT THE SPELLING.
DAVEY5
Dave,
Well, certainly in its "Airwolf configuration! LOL
Rolling in Hot!
Jon
Airwolf wasn’t a Sikorsky S-76, she was a Bell 212. FYI
The cadillac of helicopters is the CH-47 Chinook. Smooth as a baby’s backside and enough power to lift 25,000 pounds. Of course, this is a biased opinion since I used to maintain and fly in them.
Midnight,
I stand corrected on Airwolf not being an S-76, I goofed on that one. But it wasn’t a Bell 212. The Bell 212 is the company designation for the UH-1N. I have to look it up, but I believe that Airwolf was an Augusta design.
Rolling in Hot!
Jon
PS, The S-76 Eagle “attack” version was pretty impressive. Sleek and loaded with guns and stuff!
You guys are BOTH wrong… Airwolf was a modified Bell Model 222, and Blue Thunder was made from an Aerospatiale Gazelle.
FITTER out
Correct on both counts Fitter. My fav (and a LOT of Naval Aviators’) would be Sea King.