I was out in the garden yesterday and I heard a couple fo helos out in the distance, so of course I set out to identify it before I saw it and it was proving difficult. When they finally came into view, I was confused, Hueys just don’t sound like that. They were most definately in Marine livery and I puzzled some more until the thought hit me, It must be a Zulu! I am not sure where the program stands right now, are they beginning to field or were these OPEVAL birds?
Mac
Mac,
Did you get any pics?!
Jon
(PS… its the UH-1Y. The Z is the Cobra)
You mean a Yankee-model Huey?
The production models started rolling out at the end of last year: First Production H-1 Helicopters Rollout. An interesting note – they scrapped the idea of rebuilding UH-1Ns into the -1Ys. All of the SuperHueys will be completely new airframes.
Haven’t heard anything just yet as to when they will start hitting the HML/As. Then again, I have been out of the loop for a couple years. Maybe if Supercobra still peruses the forums, he could give us a little 411.
(I checked the Navair H-1 program website…but it has not been updated since 2005 (c’mon, guys[|(]))
Andy.
Jon
Sorry, camera wasn’t with me. Besides, I didn’t know what it was until I saw it. The Hueys were up at about 1500’, so my puny camera would have rendered them as black Huey-like shapes.
Andy
Yeah, I guess Y is the one. I just get the two a bit confused at times.
Mac