American helicopter Bell UH-1 HUEY Iroquois Cobi 2423 - Vietnam War

You know that:

• The prototype, designated XH-40, first flew on 22 October 1956.
• From the original name of the machine HU-1 the nickname "Huey" was created and therefore it was later renamed by switching the letters to UH-1 . The official name Iroquois never caught on.
• Bell's first ever helicopter, designed by engineer Arthur Young, flew as early as 1943.
• In total, more than 16,000 of the various versions of this most successful helicopter were produced.
• The "Huey" was the first helicopter to be equipped with a turbine instead of a piston engine.
• The HU-1A version was equipped with dual controls and instruments for blind flight.
• Bell helicopters were produced in many versions and with a variety of armament, and of note are the Killer Hawks equipped with a high-power xenon search light for night searches for enemies around the base.
• The US Air Force later forced the production of the F version with the more powerful GE T58 engine.
• The helicopters were also produced under license by the Japanese company Fuji as the UH-1J.
• Some of the machines were equipped with French SS-11 missiles, which were guided to the target by the operator using a joystick, but the firing accuracy was very low.
• More than 4,000 were destroyed during the Vietnam War.

Technical parameters:

• crew 2 (transport up to 9 persons)
• empty weight 1720 kg
• maximum take-off weight 3266 kg
• fuselage length 12,08 m, rotor diameter 13,41 m
• Lycoming T53-L-II Turboshaft engine with 820 kW
• cruising speed 177 km/h
• maximum speed 204 - 227 km/h
• climb rate 10,7 m/s
• range 4389 m 
• armament 3x 7.62 mm M134 Minigun rotary machine gun
• fuel tank capacity 522 L