An H-53A rolls and loops!

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/watch-this-massive-ch-53-sea-stallion-chopper-do-loops-1683008112

in 1968 a Marine Corps pilot and a Sikorsky test pilot looped and rolled an H-53.

Amazing!

"The Hometown Battlefield"

This is a very poignant song about PTSD.

I hope you will enjoy it and pass it on.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wq0X0bwMprQ?feature=player_embeddedAfter


We are losing 22 vets to suicide every day in this country, many of them Vietnam vets who are just giving up.


Also, here is the up-dated link to "1965" a beautiful song by Patrice Webb, my fav chanteuse, about a homeless vet, inspired by her reading of my book,  (I was NOT the homeless vet she saw on the street.)

http://youtu.be/8aIo4gIlZ90

"The Adventures of a Helicopter Pilot, Flying the H-34 in Vietnam for the USMC.'

In the meantime, we are taking advantage of beautiful weather here in lovely Sandpoint, Idaho, to begin to prepare Charlie the H-34 for her up-coming events for this year. First gig, the "Lost in 50's" parade and old car show.

Stay tuned form updates.

another helicopter pilot site

I made contact with a former U S Army helicopter pilot, James N. Post.

He, too, has written about his experiences in Vietnam. see:  

http://www.postpubco.com/rotorheadbooks.htm

Good reading!

Another song, "The Jesus Nut."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L_kxxwql40

My book inspires a song! "Back in 1965"

My good friend and song writer and singer Patrice Webb was inspired by my book to to write a song:. "Back in 1965"
I am most honored!

Here it is the link to youtube:

http://youtu.be/8aIo4gIlZ90


(For you folk in the Sandpoint area, please, when you are in town,  go to Eicharts Pub* and The Pour Authority and any other local music venue, request that they give Patrice a gig to play music in their establishment.
I LOVE her crystal-clear voice!)

here is the link to my book:

http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Helicopter-Pilot-helicopter-Vietnam/dp/1500936138/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420783861&sr=1-1&keywords=collier+helicopters
H-34 Charlie needs a new....set of tires.

I have nine reviews om amazon, ALL of them are 5-star.
I am having fun now!

Buy my book!

*here is the link to Eicharts Pub:

https://plus.google.com/102948370018200160897/about?gl=us&hl=en

The Rockpile, a grunt's perspective...

A friend on popasmoke FB page just shared this web site about the grunts who lived on the Rockpile.

http://www.swanassoc.com/1stradiobn/stories_rockpile.htm

...during the time I was landing there.  I could be the pilot of the H-34 shown at the top of the post. I am trying to copy the photo so I can enlarge it to view the bureau number of the aircraft, but no luck so far.

The H-34 helicopter landing on this limestone karst is the cover photo for my book:

http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Helicopter-Pilot-helicopter-Vietnam/dp/1500936138/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420783861&sr=1-1&keywords=collier+helicopters

a great review of my book!

http://vvabooks.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/the-adventures-of-a-helicopter-pilot-by-bill-collier/

I am having fun now!