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Anyone who took care or flew these incredible choppers
Posted : 2017-08-05 22:41
VMO-1 and HMR(C)263 in the late 50's
Posted : 2017-08-06 12:11
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VMO-6 & VMO-2 1961 thru 1963 for me.
Posted : 2017-08-07 13:37
I flew them in 1960-1963 with VMO-6 and VMO-2. They were fun to fly, but I'm glad we didn't use them country.
Posted : 2017-08-09 16:18
I joined VMO-6 (avionics) in April, 1965. We had 6 HOKs. By May they were gone and we were totally UH-1E. I work at the New England Air Museum and am the team leader on our latest restoration project, HOK-1/OH-43D (129801)
Posted : 2019-03-06 10:24
rivmock;n53395 wrote: I joined VMO-6 (avionics) in April, 1965. We had 6 HOKs. By May they were gone and we were totally UH-1E. I work at the New England Air Museum and am the team leader on our latest restoration project, HOK-1/OH-43D (129801)
There were several VMO-6 HOKs at Rosenbaum Aviation (Medford, Oregon) when I got back from Vietnam in October ‘69. Rosenbaum converted aircraft for borate bombing and other suppression work, so I suspect that was what happened to them.
Posted : 2019-10-14 12:08
In 1957-58 I flew Cessna OE-1 Bird Dogs, Kaman HOK-1 Huskies, and Sikorsky HRS-3 Chickasaws in HMR(C)-161, 1st Marine Brigade, MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. However, we company grade pilots didn't often get to fly the HOK-1s because they were the preferred aircraft of the field grade pilots in the squadron.
Posted : 2020-04-28 16:52
