Although still an active military type, it’s certainly old enough to be considered historic….
A UH-1N Twin Huey operated at Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington just reached an almost unbelievable 18000 flight hours.
http://www.fairchild.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1417372/fairchild-huey-reaches-18000-flight-hours/
The aircraft has spent most of its service life at the base supporting the USAF survival school which has a facility on base but also operates in the Selkirk Mountains north of the base, not far from the Canadian border.
I live about halfway between the two and often see the helicopters enroute to their weekly deployment to the school’s remote field HQ (and crew base/hangar). Last year I was walking the dog and one flew over fairly low. I have them a,wave and they responded by circling.
One of the Fairchild Twin Hueys (sadly I don’t have a serial) provided my first helicopter ride…when I was in University.
By: hampden98 - 21st January 2018 at 18:50
How many hours does Bravo November have?
By: J Boyle - 21st January 2018 at 17:32
Thanks for the correction. Never having never been to Brunei would account for me never seeing one!
I would have thought the AAC world fly Westands of some sort.
By: J Boyle - 21st January 2018 at 06:18
A minor point… but I believe the UK machines are 412s…same basic airframe with 4-bladed rotor system.
By: Arabella-Cox - 20th January 2018 at 20:41
What is the future for the 212 in AAC service? Weren’t they originally purchased for an overseas posting?
With the demise of the Lynx and Gazelle the regular army has limited ability to transport it’s own round.
By: RetreatingBlade - 20th January 2018 at 09:02
Bristow Helicopters operated Bell 212’s (UH1N) well in to 30K+ hours. The 212’s currently operated by the AAC at Middle Wallop are ex-BHL machines and still flogging on, so at 18,000 hours the Fairchild machine is barely run-in.
By: Rocketeer - 18th January 2018 at 22:15
Fantastic aircraft.
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January 18, 2018 at 7:52 pm