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Submitted 3 years ago

Retired in October of 2020 with 34 years and 933,614 flight hours. I took this near the training runways behind Bell's plant 1 in Hurst, Texas.

21 of AH1W

Don Fitzgerald

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blueashflyer3 years ago

? ? that many flight hours is over 106 years, so ... ? ? ?

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Don FitzgeraldPhoto Uploader3 years ago

That is the total time for the Marine Corp fleet of 179 aircraft so about 5000 to 5500 hrs average per airframe. I did the FMEAs, LSA, and RCM for a number of the Whiskey model components. It was based on the G model legacy and a good aircraft and excellent weapons platform.

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Andre Blanchard3 years ago

Beautiful!

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Don FitzgeraldPhoto Uploader3 years ago

Thank you, Andre. Fling-winging on a typical Texas mares' tails spring day.

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