The other day I was talking with a co-worker about wildfire fighting and it turned out that he was on a helitack crew in the 70s and often got to ride in a Bell 47. Naturally, the pilot was a former UH-1 driver in Vietnam, so there were a few pretty good stories about doin' things that maybe they shouldn't have been doing in that little helicopter 
Even more recently Flying Trucker and I were talking about the 47 and I just couldn't resist any longer 
The Bell 47 is a two-bladed, single engine, light helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. The Bell 47 became the first helicopter certified for civilian use on March 8 1946. The bell G 2 uses the 47GLycoming O-435 / 190HP as the H-13 is 195HP. The Bell 47 helicopter entered U.S. military service in late 1946 and was designated the H-13 Sioux by the United States Army. It has also served as the helicopter of choice for basic helicopter flight instruction in many countries. NASA had a number of Bell 47s during the Apollo program, used by astronauts as trainers for the Lunar Lander.
Bell 47 by Flysimware
Click Me (MASH theme song)
Incoming wounded!
This model has wounded soldiers that can be added or removed
Odd for a heli to be piloted from the left seat.......
Settin' down to unload the wounded.....
Off to pick up some more....there's always more.
The animations on this model are astounding.....everything that should move....DOES move.
Thanks 4 looking
Even more recently Flying Trucker and I were talking about the 47 and I just couldn't resist any longer The Bell 47 is a two-bladed, single engine, light helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. The Bell 47 became the first helicopter certified for civilian use on March 8 1946. The bell G 2 uses the 47GLycoming O-435 / 190HP as the H-13 is 195HP. The Bell 47 helicopter entered U.S. military service in late 1946 and was designated the H-13 Sioux by the United States Army. It has also served as the helicopter of choice for basic helicopter flight instruction in many countries. NASA had a number of Bell 47s during the Apollo program, used by astronauts as trainers for the Lunar Lander.
Bell 47 by Flysimware
Click Me (MASH theme song)
Incoming wounded!
This model has wounded soldiers that can be added or removed
Odd for a heli to be piloted from the left seat.......
Settin' down to unload the wounded.....
Off to pick up some more....there's always more.
The animations on this model are astounding.....everything that should move....DOES move.
Thanks 4 looking
