And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Powered by the same engine as the AT6 Texan. I like how the magnetos and carburetor are accessible. On airplanes they are very close to the firewall and surrounded by engine mount struts. Al_in_Ottawa
The running gear from that helicopter (MGB to the tail rotor) is the same running gear on the Coast Guard HH-52A, the CG got the running gear as it was surplus. The 52 was powered by a de-rated GE T-58 gas turbine engine instead of the reciprocating engine. The USCG HH-52A came out about 1963. 20 years later we were still running that helicopter.
Boy, do i remember those. So low on power you had to rev the engine and have full left pedal in order to have enough power to actually take off. Was out of Rucker with my wings and Ohio NG needed 3 moved from Columbus to Akron. They asked so I volunteered. What a hoot. First and only time I ever flew one. Still, all in all it felt like a good bird. Thanks for the memory.
Powered by the same engine as the AT6 Texan. I like how the magnetos and carburetor are accessible. On airplanes they are very close to the firewall and surrounded by engine mount struts.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
Pretty big cargo area on those.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many moving parts there are on a helicopter with a radial engine.
ReplyDeleteThe running gear from that helicopter (MGB to the tail rotor) is the same running gear on the Coast Guard HH-52A, the CG got the running gear as it was surplus. The 52 was powered by a de-rated GE T-58 gas turbine engine instead of the reciprocating engine.
ReplyDeleteThe USCG HH-52A came out about 1963. 20 years later we were still running that helicopter.
Looks like this on is at the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio.
ReplyDeleteMy parents met when they both worked at Sikorsky in Connecticut. Many relatives have worked for them over the years.
ReplyDeleteI've read that pilots liked having that big radial in front of them as protection against ground fire. Like the big radial in the P-47.
ReplyDeleteDon in Oregon
Boy, do i remember those.
ReplyDeleteSo low on power you had to rev the engine and have full left pedal in order to have enough power to actually take off.
Was out of Rucker with my wings and Ohio NG needed 3 moved from Columbus to Akron.
They asked so I volunteered. What a hoot. First and only time I ever flew one.
Still, all in all it felt like a good bird.
Thanks for the memory.