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I was reminded by another member that that the big difference in leaning to fly a piston helicopter rather than a turbine one is the throttle control. On a piston ship the pilot must roll on the throttle [which is a motorcycle grip type of control at the end of the collective which also governs...

The Huey went into production in 1960 and the first ones {Medevacs} went to VN in 1962 followed by some 12,000 others during the war. Some reports site 7,000 were destroyed, not all during combat ops. All US Army helicopter pilots were first trained in piston engined helicopters until the basic...