1968 Huey landing Group 3 and hot swap group 4 in (part 1)
Ride in a 1968 Bell 205 563 UH-1H “Huey” with the family minus our youngest.
Manufactured: Bell Helicopter Corp
Type: General Purpose/Light Utility
Year: 1968
Engine: 1,400 HP Lycoming T53-13B
Rotor diameter: 48’3.3”
Fuselage Length: 41’5”
Overall Length: 57’
Height: 14’8.2”
Empty Weight: 4,800
Gross Weight: 9,500
Maximum Speed: 138mph
Hovering Ceiling: 13,600’
Service Ceiling: 21,980’
Range: 720 Miles (with Aux Tanks)
Capacity: 2 Pilots + 11-14 troops
Service history:1969-1971 Vietnam
Units:1st/9th Air Cav
2nd/20th Air Cav
117th Air Assault
This specific helicopter carried Bruce Crandall aka “Snake $hit” aka “Snake 6” (Medal of Honor recipient Nov 14th, 1965)
It also carried SFC Sammy L Davis (the real Forrest Gump) as he was the actual Medal of Honor Recipient that had Tom Hanks face super imposed for the movie from the 9th infantry division
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