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180th ASHC - "BIG WINDY"
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Color home movie footage filmed in 1965 and 1967 including helicopter training school at Ft. Rucker, Alabama and service in Vietnam with the 180th ASHC "Big Windy", flying CH-47 Chinooks.

At FT. RUCKER, you'll drive through the front gates past a "UH-1 Iroquois" helicopter on display and take a close-up look at a number of strange-looking old helicopters parked outdoors. You'll see some shots of the barracks area with soldiers standing at attention, footage of pilots training in H-23 helicopters, a group of guys throwing two others into a pond, and pilots goofing off around the wreckage of a Huey. There are some shots of the "Ross Helicopter Instrument Flying Program" building, and H-13 training helicopters (close-up on the ground and flying).

In VIETNAM you'll see 180th ASHC Chinooks parked on a dirt field and aerial footage while flying over the countryside. There's footage of a Chinook resupplying ROK soldiers, with interior shots of the pilot at the controls, taking off and flying low over roads and a camp. Back on the ground, you'll see men replacing a rotor blade on a CH-47. There's footage of Chinooks lined up at a dirt airfield and lifting off, while Hueys land to pick up long lines of combat troops.
You'll also see footage of:
~pilots visiting a Vietnamese coastal village
~guys relaxing at the beach
~closeup of machinegun mounted in door of CH-47
~a Chinook with a sling-load
...and more

The DVD has a soundtrack of AFVN radio shows.
Running Time: 1 hour

PRICE: $20.00

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Click Below to watch some clips from "Big Windy" -- Please note that this YouTube video is silent, and because of the transfer process is of a lower quality than the actual dvd.

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