HEY GUYS,
A NEW GUY HERE, THAT JUST GOT HIS FIRST WAR BIRD. 1965 UH-1E HUEY HELICOPTER.
ALMOST FINISHED PAINTING IT, COUPLE THINGS LEFT TO DO. ALMOST COMPLETE. ALMOST EVERYTHING INTACT. COUPLE ODDS AND ENDS MISSING. ACE OF SPADES BIRD! CHECK YOUR LOG BOOKS TO SEE IF YOU FLEW HER.. ANY INFO WOULD BE GREAT!
ADDING GUN MOUNTS WITH 4-M60C'S. AND 2 m60 DOOR GUNS . ALSO ADDING THE 7 SHOT 2.75 ROCKET PODS.
SHOULD HAVE THOSE PICS NEXT MONTH. MOUNTS ARRIVE END OF THIS MONTH. IM HAVING A BLAST RESTORING HER!
THIS WAS A IN-HOUSE BIRD, THATS WHY I RESTORED HER TO "AS DELIVERED FROM BELL' COLORS.
1965 BELL HELICOPTER "HUEY" UH-1E BuNo# 151858 FAA# N121FC C/N 6052
HISTORY: TOTAL PRODUCTION - 205 ‘E’ MODELS BUILT.
BuNo# 151858
36 KNOWN TO SURVIVE THE WAR.
DELIVERED NEW: JUNE 1965, NEW RIVER MARINE BASE, N.C.
JUNE 1965 - FEB. 1967 VMO-1 MCAS NEW RIVER, N.C.
FEB. 1967 - MAR. 1968 VMO-5 CAMP PENDLETON CA.
MAR. 1968 - NOV. 1970 VMO-5 became HML-267 CAMP PENDLETON CA.
NOV. 1970 - APRIL. 1971 VMO-6 MCAS FUTEMA, OKINAWA
APRIL. 1971 - APRIL. 1976 HML-267 (assigned as UV-10) CAMP PENDLETON CA.
APRIL. 1976 - AUG. 1980 DAVIS MONTHAN AFB AZ. (storage) TT-3583 hrs.
AUG. 1980 - JAN. 1983 COMTRAWING PENSACOLA TRAINER (coded "E-189")
AUG. 1983 - STRUCK OFF MILITARY SERVICE TT- 4390 hrs
JAN. 1984 - JULY. 1987 DAVIS MONTHAN AFB AZ.(mothballed)
(Listed as written off and scrapped)
AUG. 1987 - JUNE. 2000 USDA FOREST SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL.
JULY. 2000 - JULY 2009 FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE FL. TT-6200 hrs
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