Jonathon,
You're right of course. No UH-1 ever lifted a PBR. Lift limit on the hook is about 4000 pounds on a GOOD day. There were not that many GOOD flying days in RVN. An M151 is about the heaviest thing a Huey can lift, but not with a full load of fuel and ammo in the Huey. Te whole aircraft, ready to fly, only goes about 5000 pounds itself. It can lift roughly it's own weight, less a few hundred pounds.
It did make for a good scene in the movie, however. I also thought that the PBR hull would not have withstood the drop they pictured. Well, that's Hollywood!
In a message dated Sun, 2 Sep 2001 9:49:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jonathon <jemery@execpc.com> writes:
>
> >I was watching "Apocalypse Now", has some nice shots of a PBR.
>
> One little flaw however, seems to me a UH-1 would not be able to lift that
> much ??
>
> Speaking of "Apocalypse Now" I just saw the redo which is out on screen in
> the artsy-fartsy theaters right now. This is a "do see" in my book. Huge
> chuncks of stuff had been deleted and mostly for political reasons as I see
> it, talk of the Rand Corporation and a long discussion about the French
> activities and the US involvment with the VC prior to that. It was also a
> real pleasure to see it on the big screen, this is your only chance to see
> it this way, after this be content with your TV screen.
>
> later,
>
> je
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