From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@msn.com)
Date: Sat Apr 16 2005 - 04:55:16 PDT
Now that was 1 heck of a smart guy.
There is no way for his wife & photographer to pop in the door at the wrong
time.
Although you have to give him credit, as he is not the first person to
civilianize an historic military vehicle.
Tom McHugh, NJ
1952 M38A1
MVPA, Mta
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Kirkley" <mojoedd@bellsouth.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Helicopter Sealed Bid at Surplus Property
> Durn Lar, give me their number! We never charged even close to that to
> bring any helicopter into civilian service!! The closest we ever came was
> $425,000.00 for a UH-1N that a Texas oil guy wanted as a mobile bordello!!
> We have all leather, one heck of a stereo system, a wet bar and other
> items
> that I can't remember but that really cost! Heck by the time we got all
> the
> extra sound proofing installed the bird could only carry a pilot, the oil
> guy and two "Ladies"........Of course the booze was rather heavy..........
>
> Also you do have to be licensed to fly a government helicopter or any
> other
> government aircraft but it's a military or government license and you
> cannot
> fly a civilian aircraft with it.........
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ed
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Tighe" <larryradio@worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 23:10
> Subject: Re: [MV] Helicopter Sealed Bid at Surplus Property
>
>
>> Howdy again,
>>
>> Gov't operated acft....including local gov't....don't have to be FAA type
>> accepted thus a police dept. can operate a Huey...or OH-6 or OH-58.
>> Those
>> acf't are different from their civil appearing versions....example, the
> UH-1
>> has the tail rotor on the opposite side of the vertical stabilizer than
> the
>> civil version.
>>
>> The mil tail rotor on an OH-6 is a different blade than the Hughes 369
>> similar appearing civil cousin....they're interchangeable BUT...if you
>> get
>> caught with a mil tail rotor blade on a 369, you lose the type acceptance
>> and can't pass the annual inspection!!!
>>
>> And, as I remember, you don't even need to be a licensed pilot to fly
> gov't
>> owned/operated acf't. It's a very different world.
>>
>> All this is the gov't protecting the manufacturers from competing against
>> their own acf't on the used market...very much like AMG and their letter
> to
>> CTMV asking them to not license HMMWV vehicles....not approved by the
> civil
>> authority for civilian use.
>>
>> lar
>>
>> PS...there's an outfit that will retrofit your Huey for just under
>> $1,000,000 for civilian use!!! New bigger engine, higher OGT hover
>> power,
>> more tail rotor effectiveness, etc.
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