The largest production run of the helo was the Echo model - UH-1E - hence
they are all known as Hueys.
Here is what one looks like, after it has just left you on an honest to
goodness desert island in the middle of the Pacific:
http://www.peopleplacesflight.com/huey.htm
Gary
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[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Roger D. Key
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I presume that Huey is just a contortion of Bell's name for the helicopter
- UH1 (Iroquois should just be pronounced as a French word).
Roger Key (both Limey and Canuck)
Piers wrote:
Does this give us know-nothing Limeys a clue as to how to pronounce the
name
of the tribe?
Nothingrhymeswithorange maybe, but does something rhyme with Huey?
Piers
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--snip
Iroquois helicopter, affectionately known as the "Huey."
--snip
Garth
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