No problem Ray, when you get a chance
Grandad,
I post pics over the next few days. To start with here are some open panel pics. seems everybody wants to see those as they aren’t usually photographed. the halon gas canister(s) (not sure what they look like since they were gone) has been removed. the radio and battery have been removed from teh nose compartment as well. everything else is in place as far as i know.
Ray
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Thanks Ray
Regards
Steve
Thanks Ray, although I never worked on a N, they do bring back some memories
Ray , sorry to bug you with another question ;
The Fireball HH-1N decal sheet gives some facts about the interior arrangement of the SAR Huey and it mentions a fuel bladder in the left hand cabin well . There is a small pic on the bottom of the decal sheet with what looks to be a ribbed style fuel bladder . I was wondering if you had a closer pic in your files of a similar internal fuel bladder .
Kind regards John
I got your six there John. here’s the fuel bladder on a UH-1N that came to Auburn year before last:
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And here’s both fuel bladders from the one that visited this year. As you can see, the left hand one was not connected, but the right hand one was. I think these should pretty much seal the deal for ya.
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Thank’s again Ray ;[tup]
Obvisiously the Fuel Bladder isn’t ribbed like I mistakenly thought , but rather there’s a few ‘car-like’ seat belt straps that help hold the Fuel bladder in place.
Thank’s for posting the pic’s .
Kind regards John
MMMMM , I’m thinking of cutting up some fingers off some rubber gloves to see how that might closely resemble a Fuel Bladder , I’ll have to get the brain ticking over on this one [%-)]
Hello Fella’s,
Just happened upon this site while searching for pictures of the old VH-1N’s. I’m very pleased to see at least one is going into a musuem.
I used to work on those while a member of HMX-1 at Quantico, although I didn’t get to work long. President Carter had gotten rid of the Huey’s before my arrival there in 1978, however, President Regan brought them back as I was leaving there in `82. Beautiful aircraft though and very nice flying. Ahhh… the good old days… seems like only yesterday.
BTW…sounds as if at least one of you know the gentleman restoring this old girl. I still have a few items of interest around here I’m sure. I know I have a couple of jelly bean jars and I’m pretty sure I still have the VH-1N booklet and seating cards… along with Presidental patchs and who knows what else. (smile) I’ll just have to look, however, I’m leaving on a business trip in a few days so probably won’t be able to get to it until I return in a week or so.
Best wishes,
Steve R.
SgtMajor, USMC, (Retired)
I also found this thread interesting and helpful. I’ll be starting a UH-1N for the Helo GB, but I’m doing it in the 72nd Helo Sq. from Langley AFB, VA. I was stationed with the unit from Sept. - Nov. '95 (when it was de-activated) while going through my Flight Engineer Qual training. I’ve only got a few pics of the exterior to work from and couldn’t remember fully what the interior colors were, but your photos have cleared the fog of time for me. Thanks.
BTW, does anyone know of a 412 conversion kit for 1/48 scale? I’d like to do one of our (Era Helicopters, LLC) 412’s also.
Nice collection of photos. I just happen to have shot Fallon’s #02 a while back. It’s down near the bottom of this: Photos Page
Dave
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