Cobras!

[LVSteve]

Saw them flying towards Nellis on Friday. Monday they made the return trip heading West and I managed a couple of snaps.

 

[the ringo kid]

I didnt know they still had Cobras? Are there still any UH 1D Hueys in service????

 

[Snapping Twig]

Living on the California coast near S.F., we used to watch them traversing the coast quite often.

Nothing sounds quite like a flight of Cobras.

They've stopped taking this route and I miss them.

 

[shouldazagged]

Nice shots of some grand old snakes.

 

[Smithsrevenge]

I didnt know they still had Cobras? Are there still any UH 1D Hueys in service????

Nope. Been replaced by the UH-60M Blackhawk.

There are very few 1D's left in the world actually, after Nam most were scrapped or destroyed in Movies. Very few left that can even fly.

 

[LVSteve]

I didnt know they still had Cobras?

These are Super Cobras, the twin-engined variant, most likely the AH-1W.

 

[SW_shooter]

They're not black, but did you have your aluminum cap on when they flew over?

 

[LVSteve]

They're not black, but did you have your aluminum cap on when they flew over?

No, I reserve that for funny looking Blackhawks.

 

[Hobie1]

Holy Crud, their engines have all stopped!! :

Thanks for the pics.

Hobie

 

[perrazi]

could have been at nellis to arm to go to the bombing and gunnery ranges. they are just northeast of nellis beyond the mountains and out in the desert.

 

[Toyman]

LVSTEVE: Metro is borrowing them for the next soccer match at Boyd stadium !

 

[kamloops67]

Nope. Been replaced by the UH-60M Blackhawk.

There are very few 1D's left in the world actually, after Nam most were scrapped or destroyed in Movies. Very few left that can even fly.

ive been flown in a couple when fighting fire in the forest service that was a few years ago(decades) i think it could take 6-8 guys and all their gear. just a flying work truck. the smaller choppers were used for bird dogging and paper trails etc.
you could hear your ride coming for a couple minutes before you saw them . pretty exciting for a farm kid probably would have worked all day just for the helocopter ride

 

[USMCHEROS]

Awesome! This reminds me of the movie Fire Birds with Tommy Lee Jones & Nicholas Cage.

 

[woodsltc]

Holy Crud, their engines have all stopped!! :

Thanks for the pics.

Hobie

No problem .... they're gliding.

Don

 

[LVSteve]

The USMC's current bird is the AH-1Z Super Corbra/Viper.

That's the version with the four-blade rotor. As you can see these have two-blade rotors.

 

[BE Mike]

I didnt know they still had Cobras? Are there still any UH 1D Hueys in service????

And I thought that I was a fossil. The Army had H models in the late 60's!

 

[the ringo kid]

Nope. Been replaced by the UH-60M Blackhawk.

There are very few 1D's left in the world actually, after Nam most were scrapped or destroyed in Movies. Very few left that can even fly.

My Father used to repair the Hueys and Cobras when they came in from Nam. It was the biggest thrill for me to get to :ride" in both when I was a yonker. My Dad was at the controls and only needed to go up and down a bit-but as a 5 year old--it was like winning the lottery and or meeting John Wayne

 

[the ringo kid]

And I thought that I was a fossil. The Army had H models in the late 60's!

I am a fossil--but I must have given the wrong designation? I also remember seeing many Chinooks flying near Garland, Tx-when we would go there for vacation to visit some relations.

 

[Lee Barner]

The USMC still has many Cobras. it's still their workhorse combat helicopter as they don't have Apaches. we have a retired USMC three star rotor head living near here and I have talked to him quite a bit about helicopters. I loved watching the "old snakes" work in the RVN. got to fly once in the front seat. quite a thrill for a 19 year old kid fresh off the farm. lee

 

[Malpasowildlifer]

very nice!!