Introduction

Introduction

I hope you find this web site interesting.

Bell UH1H 72-21509 will be operated on a non-profit-making basis and financed privately. This is due to the category and flight certification of all ex military aircraft flying in the UK.

All members of the team are aviation enthusiasts with a keen interest in all old military aircraft. They all have various “proper” jobs and give their time to this project on a voluntary basis.

Bell UH1H 72-21509 will be displayed at UK air shows as a static display and, hopefully, subject to the approval of the CAA and air show organizers, in air displays too. We will be offering limited merchandise from our online shop, click on “shop” to view. This will contribute towards the upkeep of the helicopter.

If you, your company or any other organization would like to sponsor the helicopter, please contact us via the links. We hope to attend as many different venues as possible throughout the year. At this moment in time UH1H 72-21509 is the only flying example of this helicopter in the UK.

The Bell UH1 or “Huey” is one of the most famous helicopters in the world. It is to helicopters, what the Spitfire and the P51 Mustang are to fix wing aircraft.

The Huey’s most famous role will be remembered as the Air Assault and Medivac operations in the Vietnam War between 1962 and 1975. They flew 36,145,000 sorties during the conflict. Somewhere in the region of 2600 Hueys where based in Vietnam.

Some of the links on this web site are dedicated to the brave American military personnel who relied on the “Huey “To bring them home”.

We would like to pay our humble tribute to the American flight crew and ground soldiers who risked everything for the cause they, and we, believed in.

Please take time to visit other web sites via the links on our web site, read some of the other stories and look at some of the pictures on the sites relating to the Vietnam War and military operations.

Phil Connolly