Just finished ‘War in the Fourth Dimension: US electronic warfare, from the Vietnam War to the present’ (Albert Price) Very, very good. EW is not ‘just that’, I found out

Currently reading ‘Leave No Man Behind: The Saga of Combat Search and Rescue’ (George Galdorisi)

Nope! Even de russians don’t make them that ugly:D.

Only the French could come up with something like that:diablo:.

It’s an Hurel-Dubois HD-34. About eight of the beasts were build.

Three are still around.

😀 Thanks for enlightening me, Stony 😀

Been there, done it

Very interesting material you got there, Jack.

I always had a soft spot for this fine little plane. (My favorit in FS9. Mostly ‘flying’ VFR, you have a good view from it)

In the books I have read, the pilots expresses great devotion to it. (Except for the ‘sauna environment’ in it due to inadequate air-conditioning)

Like to see the Bronco in the air too. But guess I ain’t got much of a chance to see it were I live. 🙁 Got a glimpse – and laid ears to the very distinct sound – of a Bronco two years ago in France. If my memory serves me right, there is a French owned in the vicinity of Montélimar?

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I remember reading a story of how a Bronco landed on the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos to pick up a Special Forces team. Couldn’t do that with a AT-6 either. . . . .

Guess it was in ‘A Lonely Kind of War: Forward Air Controller, Vietnam’ (Marshall Harrison)

He extracts a LRRP team – almost caught by NVA’s – from a piece of dirt road. Also inserted a patrol by parachute; 3 (4?) men sitting in the cargo bay.

One of my all time favorite books, together with ‘Flying Black Ponies: The Navy’s Close Air Support Squadron in Vietnam’ (Kit Lavell). Two very good books on the Bronco!

http://www.avsim.com and http://www.simulation would be the 1st places I’d look.

But, FS2000 is known to be very demanding to any rig. And not that good visually . . .

FS2004 would be my suggestion of a flight sim with the best “cost/benefit ratio”. You can get tons of add ons, more than you’ll ever get the time to explore! 😎

Guess it can be obtained to a very reasonable price anywhere.

I’m still running it on my rig. And ain’t got no plans to go for FSX :p (Just my two €-cents 🙂 )

At least they used the correct model of Hueys….something most films don’t bother with.
You usually get Vietnam era aircraft (short cabin UH-1B/Cs) trying to pass for something newer…like the current USMC Hueys…
or Newer aircraft trying to pass for a Vietnam era aircraft..Bell 212s/412s.

Did not pay attention to that (Guess my eye acceptet the “picture” as “right”? 🙂 ) But the description of the courage of the slick and gunship pilots in the scenes in “We were Soldiers Once . . . And Young” is quite close to what I had of impressions of “hot LZ’s” after reading “Chickenhawk” by Robert Mason. A book I’ll never forget.