Hughes 500 | Startup & Mountain Flight

The Hughes 500 is my dream helicopter. So I was thrilled when Jack and Elaine O’Neil invited me to fly their 1969 Hughes 500c, whose former life was as a military OH-6 in Vietnam. In this video, Jack takes us through the startup sequence for his Hughes 500. We then depart Big Bear airport to see what it’s like to fly a Hughes 500 through a mountain environment. Along the way I try my hand at the controls, we fly low & fast, and the 500c’s turbine experiences a slight compressor stall. Exciting!  #MicahFlies

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00:00 Hughes 500c flight
01:23 Hughes 500 startup
06:00 Takeoff / Departing Big Bear Airport
11:00 Baldwin Lake and Lucerne Valley
13:05 Micah Flies the Hughes 500
14:20 Hughes 500 compressor stall
16:20 Hughes 500 for sale
18:13 High-speed / low-level flight
21:00 Low approach to Big Bear Airport

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