Crash of vintage AH-1G Cobra
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27 January 2015, 12:46
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Nothing special. I just pointed out the fact that the canopy broke off and that offers access to the interior.
29 January 2015, 06:07
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Hi Ulf, Ther is more detail inside the canopy that's not seen in thes pics, such as hand holds, compass, and cards
29 January 2015, 19:49
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How did that happen, looks like a lawn mower ripped through it!. Man! beautiful display case.
4 March 2015, 19:37
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Thanks! It's repairable. We had to move the display case in order to redo the flooring. I had the cobra on a shelf in my hobby room and there was a shift in some stuff behind the cobra which knocked it off. When my wife told that a helicopter had crashed in my room, I was really worried it was the CH-53E which would have been a lot harder to repair. Gary
5 March 2015, 12:55
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You know the Army changed my MOS at discharge to the copter that looked like a banana, can't remember the model number, never even worked on one before let alone seeing one, used in war before "Nam" I believe. Be nice if they came out with one in 1/48, maybe they already have.
6 March 2015, 12:07
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The flying banana was the H-21, I think. It saw service in Nam in the early days of transporting ARVN troops down in the Delta. A lot got shot down. Gary
6 March 2015, 16:44
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That's weird I was station next to an ARVN boot camp going up Highway 1 to camp eagle. I believe your right on the copter # and them being in Nam. Wanted to tell you too, my company took it's direct orders from the 7th Air Force in Thailand. The Army sent a detachment from our company to Thailand for the invasion of Cambodia (sp). 1970 I believe, that's when I got to take control of my aircraft, to actually fly the Damn thing.
7 March 2015, 02:00
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Wow! Pretty cool. I went on a lot of test flights and 2 combat missions in the cobra. Since I had some flight training before joining the armie in Cessna 150's and the pilot would let my fly. Best job I ever had. Gary
9 March 2015, 11:23
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I was shocked when the pilot told me that, about crapped my pants, Great feeling though huh?
10 March 2015, 00:06
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It's hard to believe we were that young and got to do all that. Imagine dumbass like me, flying in the front seat of a Cobra or sitting as a door gunner on a Huey in a war zone. Seems like a lifetime ago. Wait it was. Gary
11 March 2015, 14:04
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Someone was wanting to know about a certain Cobra. Sprue Brothers have a AH-1Z, don't know if that will help or not
18 March 2015, 15:57
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Two bad for the chopper. I hope it gets repaired. On a funny note, the gunner survived the fall! 🙂
18 March 2015, 19:26
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I suppose the chopper did not have a chance to autorotate before it hit the ground
19 March 2015, 00:19
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So, the "Gunslinger" is back on the flight line, and what a wonderful job by the ground crew to get her feeling right again !!!! 🙂
19 March 2015, 01:19
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Oh, 🙁, And I was going to praise your modelling skills for the amazing work too.🙁 But I live in hope 🙂
19 March 2015, 11:35
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AH-1G Cobra 1/48th scale crashed. Model of my Cobra that was built ~ 28 yrs ago. Took a 6 ft. plunge off a high shelf.