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Bell UH-1H Iroquois
- Reg: A2-510 photos
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9510
- Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
- Photo Date: Sep 09, 1969
- Uploaded: Sep 30, 2017
- Other Location - Mt Byron, Queensland, Australia
Close-cropped rear view of RAAF 5 Squadron UH-1D Iroquois A2-510 Cn 9510 Code 510 accelerating with nose low while departing LZ Blue, Mt Byron, Queensland with an external sling load on 09Sep1969. A2-510 (and A2-509) were carrying out re-supply tasks (using the external cargo hook) during Exercise ‘Fix-Fast’. The Huey deployment was training Australian Army troops in helicopter operations, before their posting to South Vietnam. Iroquois A2-510 was acquired through US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) ex US Army 67-17312. Delivered Feb 1968 to 5 Squadron Canberra as a UH-1D and later Upgraded to UH-1H. (Ref: ADF-Serials). Low res photo. (The Pentax focal-plane shutter has 'bent' the main rotor blades.)
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Close-cropped rear view of RAAF 5 Squadron UH-1D Iroquois A2-510 Cn 9510 Code 510 accelerating with nose low while departing LZ Blue, Mt Byron, Queensland with an external sling load on 09Sep1969. A2-510 (and A2-509) were carrying out re-supply tasks (using the external cargo hook) during Exercise ‘Fix-Fast’. The Huey deployment was training Australian Army troops in helicopter operations, before their posting to South Vietnam. Iroquois A2-510 was acquired through US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) ex US Army 67-17312. Delivered Feb 1968 to 5 Squadron Canberra as a UH-1D and later Upgraded to UH-1H. (Ref: ADF-Serials). Low res photo. (The Pentax focal-plane shutter has 'bent' the main rotor blades.)Camera
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- Reg: A2-510 photos
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Aircraft:
Bell UH-1H Iroquois
- Airline: Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
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9510
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Other Location - Mt Byron, Queensland
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