[...] > > The Chinook gunships never did play a large role in Vietnam as only 4 were > ever built, only 3 ever made it to Vietnam and they only were actively used > for a couple years early in the war (Late 65 through mid-68). They were very > heavuly armed though. The main use of the Chinook in Vietnam was as a > medium lift helicopter hauling cargo or larger detachments of troops. > > I suspect you're thinking of the very distinctive sound of the Huey's, > especially in the Gunship role. Huey Snakes, and later the Huey Cobra were > the primary gunships used in Vietnam. > > Note the Chinook may be loud, but the sound isn't terribly distinctive, they > sound very similar to a number of other twin-rotor designs, many of which > were still active back then. > > If you want a really distinctive sound though, nothing matches the Bell 214's. > They're a Huey on a serious case of steriods and sound exactly like that, with > a much deeper and slower version of the Huey's classic whop-whop sound.
this is a Chinook, the type of helicopter I'm thinking of. This video doesn't capture the depth of the bass sound of the rotors, but it is a very distinctive sound indeed, quite unlike any of the other types of helicopter I see regularly (the usual police & traffic types) and which I used to see when I was growing up on RAF bases - including hueys. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWb40UEXGMU> Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
