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Huey 509 pictured at the 2015 Manchester Air show.
This aircraft served in the Vietnam war with the 129th Assault Helicopter Company and racked up roughly 559 combat flying hours.
Powered by a Lycoming T53-L13 turbine engine producing 1400 shaft horse power (shp), it has a maximum internally loaded weight of 9,500lbs or 4309kg.