Hi Glenn,

I sure do racall the patch. I got mine while serving with HMX-1 must have been around 1968 or 69. I think mine was given to me by our 53 Rep. At the time there was alot of push for a VH-53 model. Of course it never made it for a number of reasons.

S/F
Ernie Needham

200 MPH SUPERBIRD

RECEIVED PATCH FROM 53 REP,LATE '68 EARLY'69

HMH-463 ,OVER THE BEACH,MONKEY MTN. SOUTH TO MMAF.

CANNOT REMEMBER WHICH BIRD. JUST REMEMBER THE VIBRATION AND THEN SMOOOTH !!!!!:eek:

That's the way I remember it too. A lot of vibration as the plane approached 170 knots, as if the blades needed tracking, but as it went through 170 knots the vibration smoothed out. Any of you guys still have the patch?

S/F
Glenn

200 mph: SUPER BIRD PATCHES

The patch you are asking about is in production, and should be in stock for sales by the end of Feb. 2004. When you see it posted on the FREEDOM HILL PX "AVIATION PATCHES" we will have them for sale. You can order them from me, or wait and we'll have them for sale at the reunion in Reno.

Great! I'll be looking for it. I've been wanting to get a replacement for a long time.

S/F

Glenn

We now have the 200 MPH SUPER BIRD patch in stock, and they are ready for sales. It will be a couple weeks before it is posted on the Freedom Hill PX, I have to send one to Wally, and he will add it. I have 98 "Super Bird" patches in stock as of 2/5/04. Any that are on hand in July we'll have them in Reno. When my stock of any patch gets down to 10 I re-order another 100, so once I've had a patch made we have them on hand.

I earned mine with HMH-462 in Oki back in '70. Had it on my flight jacket which some bum wanted more than I did. Looking forward to getting a new patch at the reunion. BTW, for those of us that received the Sikorsky Winged "S" rescue award, there is a patch for that also. Contact a Sikorsky rep. to get yours. Semper Fi