NMNA pt 6: whirlybirds!

[beaky]

Sure, helicopters are just preposterous... but where would the US Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard be  without them? The NMNA has many superb egg-beaters on display; I'll let the experts identify them.


     



     



     



     



     





Next: part 7

[Aerophile]

Nice photos.  8-) Heres my "expert" rotorcraft identification assessment...

#1. Ugly
#2. M.A.S.H. Helicopter
#3. Uglier
#4. Huey
#5. Rotor Submarine
#6. AH-1 Cobra (this is the only one I actually know)

[flyboy 28]

Too easy, Sean.

1: UH-25
2: Hiller Raven
3: Chickasaw
4: Huey
5: Dragonfly (my favorite helo of the Korean War)
6: Sea Cobra.

I'm pretty good when it comes to pretty much any facet of naval aviation. Maybe I'll keep my mouth shut for the next set...

[Willit Run]

Great shots, Sean!!

 I just picture Mickey Rooney rescuing William Holden with the Dragonfly in The Bridges at Toko-Ri. ( I think!! )

[Ravang]

What a lovely Bell 47 best helicopter ever built in my opinion  ;D

[JA 37 Viggen]

Payaski (I don't know!) H-21
Bell H-13 Souix (sp)
Sikorski S-56(?)
Bell UH-1 Iroqoui (Huey) Gunship
Sikorski S-21?
Bell AH-1G HueyCobra (Cobra)

Any chance at all there is an SH-60 Seahawk at the museum? Thats my favorite from the S-70 family.

[beaky]

Any chance at all there is an SH-60 Seahawk at the museum? Thats my favorite from the S-70 family.

No... I don't think so.

[FsNovice]

Nice. I swear we have another #3 shot in what was the bristol industrial museum.