Preston you say? There is a Huey flies over my house from time to time, I wonder if it's the same one? Can't be many working Hueys in Britain let alone Lancashire. They do make a fantastic noise. "Whomping the air into submission". I think that about captures it Steve.

In Germany in the 80's when I played soldiers on joint exercises with the British and US Armies, these UH-1H used to appear in our environment occasionally, much to the delight of the British squaddies on the ground. As medics though, we primarily worked with US UH60 Blackhawks in their casualty evacuation role. I seem to recall they called those "Dust-offs" for the clouds of sh** they would throw up in the low level hover. Good times indeed!