"Despite Being Prone to Crashing, the Loach Helicopter Was" Topic
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Tango01  | 18 Sep 2023 8:37 p.m. PST |
… Favored By Pilots In Vietnam.
"The Hughes OH-6 Cayuse was a revolutionary rotorcraft operated during the Vietnam War. Adopted after the company behind its design deceived the US Army, the "Loach" helicopter, as it was better known, fast became the primary chopper flown in Vietnam. Almost as soon as production began, however, it was replaced by a competitor's model…"
Main page link Armand |
 deadhead | 19 Sep 2023 1:00 a.m. PST |
"The primary chopper"? Numerically, surely not |
| Ferd45231 | 19 Sep 2023 5:09 a.m. PST |
It was/is a thing of beauty. H |
| Major Mike | 19 Sep 2023 6:26 a.m. PST |
Not that the large investment in Bell Helicopters by Lady Bird Johnson had anything to do with the selection of the UH-58. There is a reason the OH-6 and it's variants were and still are used by the military. It is good at what it does and is considered crash worthy. |
| Tango01 | 19 Sep 2023 3:40 p.m. PST |
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| Nine pound round | 19 Sep 2023 7:01 p.m. PST |
It's hard to take an article seriously when you find a gross glaring error on the first page. She has plainly never heard of a UH-1….. |
| Tango01 | 20 Sep 2023 3:10 p.m. PST |
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| StillSenneffe | 25 Sep 2023 8:15 a.m. PST |
If anyone's interested in the OH-6 and US helis of that era in general, this video is worth watching. YouTube link |
| Tango01 | 25 Sep 2023 3:46 p.m. PST |
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finally begins Vietnam.
