Showing posts with label Huey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Huey. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 January 2012

Kevin Dutton - 9yr old Huey fanatic and his captivating website

http://lz-vietnam.weebly.com/index.html

As you look through, it is easy to forget that this website was created by a 9 year old. Please take the time to have a look. It is truly captivating.

Saturday, 15 October 2011

9 year old fundraiser supports North West Air Ambulance

On October 22nd and 23rd nine year old Kevin Dutton will be helping the North West Air Ambulance at a fundraising event taking place in Blackpool. Other visitors will include a UH-1H and OH-6A helicopter.

I wrote about Kevin a while back as he has his own website - 'Huey Fan Club UK'. Kevin recently posted some photos from his visit to The Helicopter Museum which can be seen here:
http://hueyfanclubuk.weebly.com/helicopter-museum.html

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Museums at Night 2011


The evening of Saturday 14th May will be an exciting one at The Helicopter Museum as we host a retro disco in celebration of Museum at Night 2011. 

The 1960's/70's disco forms only part of our Vietnam Themed Weekend. During Saturday and Sunday from 10am our hangars will be taken over by 40 flight simulators, and there will also be a 'Living History' Vietnam camp and the chance to climb aboard a Huey helicopter which saw active service in Vietnam. Visit the FSC website for more details at www.fscweston.co.uk


Saturday, 12 March 2011

Museums At Night

The Helicopter Museum has announced the theme for this year's Museum At Night event; the Vietnam conflict.

The event will be held over the weekend of 14th/15th May when visitors to the museum will be able to meet G. I’s in authentic period uniform care of several local re-enactment societies who will be supporting the event. The museums very own UH-1H “Huey” helicopter will also be opened up to the public for two days only for visitors to climb inside the cockpit of a military aircraft that actually experienced combat in the Vietnam War, and if that was not enough there will be over 40 flight simulators of various shapes and sizes in the hangars for visitors to 'fly'.

For more information about the event visit the following websites: