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<blockquote data-quote="Snattlerake" data-source="post: 3871747" data-attributes="member: 44288"><p>I just saw this.</p><p></p><p>The UH-1Y Huey VENOM</p><p></p><p>UH-1s refitted with two engines and four blades!</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_UH-1Y_Venom[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]308204[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The <strong>Bell UH-1Y Venom</strong>, (also called <strong>Super Huey</strong>) is a twin-engine, medium-sized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_helicopter" target="_blank">utility helicopter</a> built by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Helicopter" target="_blank">Bell Helicopter</a> under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1_upgrade_program" target="_blank">H-1 upgrade program</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" target="_blank">United States Marine Corps</a>. One of the latest members of the numerous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Huey_family" target="_blank">Huey family</a>, the UH-1Y is also called "Yankee", based on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet" target="_blank">NATO phonetic alphabet</a> pronunciation of its variant letter. The UH-1Y was to have been remanufactured from UH-1Ns, but in 2005, it was approved for the aircraft to be built as new. After entering service in 2008, the UH-1Y replaced the USMC's aging fleet of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_UH-1N_Twin_Huey" target="_blank">UH-1N Twin Huey</a> light utility helicopters, first introduced in the early 1970s. In 2008 it entered full-rate production, with deliveries to the Marines completed in 2018.</p><p></p><p>It's hard to keep a good workhorse down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snattlerake, post: 3871747, member: 44288"] I just saw this. The UH-1Y Huey VENOM UH-1s refitted with two engines and four blades! [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_UH-1Y_Venom[/URL] [ATTACH type="full" width="662px"]308204[/ATTACH] The [B]Bell UH-1Y Venom[/B], (also called [B]Super Huey[/B]) is a twin-engine, medium-sized [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_helicopter']utility helicopter[/URL] built by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Helicopter']Bell Helicopter[/URL] under the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1_upgrade_program']H-1 upgrade program[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps']United States Marine Corps[/URL]. One of the latest members of the numerous [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Huey_family']Huey family[/URL], the UH-1Y is also called "Yankee", based on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet']NATO phonetic alphabet[/URL] pronunciation of its variant letter. The UH-1Y was to have been remanufactured from UH-1Ns, but in 2005, it was approved for the aircraft to be built as new. After entering service in 2008, the UH-1Y replaced the USMC's aging fleet of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_UH-1N_Twin_Huey']UH-1N Twin Huey[/URL] light utility helicopters, first introduced in the early 1970s. In 2008 it entered full-rate production, with deliveries to the Marines completed in 2018. It's hard to keep a good workhorse down. [/QUOTE]
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