OH-13's by Jerry Turner
	This thread about H13s brings back some memories for me, the very first Helicopter I ever saw was an H13, it was in the early fifties at Tr-Cities Airport in Endicott, N.Y., my Dad took me to an airshow and an H13 put on a short demonstration of it's capabilities, I don't remember if it was a military or civilian model, but I do remember the bubble canopy and the open tail boom,(at that time I had no idea what type it was) my first flight in an airplane was in 1957 at Fort Dix N.J., a friend of my Dad's was an Army Aviator and he took me for a ride in a L19 (O-1), he even let me fly it. My next flight in an airplane was in a C121 accross the Atlantic to Germany in 1959, a very long flight, stopping in the Azores for fuel, and sitting backwards (all the passenger seats faced aft). While in Germany, I took my Dad to the airfield in Augsburg several times where he would board an OH13 to fly somewhere, that was the second time I saw a helicopter, there was also some CH37s at that airfield, I remember them because they were so big and ugly! The third time I saw a helicopter was at Fort Wolters during flight school in 1964, that was also my first flight in a helicopter (OH23). And of course the rest is history. When I enlisted in the Army in 1963, I signed up for Warrent Officer Flight Training, my original class assignment was fixed wing, but there was a delay in the class starting, but there was an immediate opening in a Rotary Wing Class, so I took that rather than wait for the fixed wing class to start(all I wanted to do was learn to fly). This was Class 64-7W which started in March of 1964. Once again the rest is history, strange how things work through seemingly unconnected events...my interest in aircraft and flying has continued throughout all these years...