Bell AH-1T 161022 US Marine Corps Unlike the mid-train dome cars

Unlike the mid-train dome cars offered by other railroads

and retained in Army service for liaison and observation duties during the Vietnam War era

It stands in vivid contrast to the Olive Drab and Dayglo Orange of the Fort Rucker TL-19As

United States Air Force — a VIP transport variant of the Chickasaw serving in the USAF's premier global airlift and executive transport command

featuring the more powerful Continental O-470-11 engine that gave it enhanced performance over the earlier OE-1

Bell AH-1T 161022 US Marine Corps Unlike the mid-train dome carsThese are 1 72 scale decals for the Bell AH 1T+ Factory Demonstrator, serial 161022, associated with the United States Marine Corps. This aircraft comes with a great piece of aviation lore: when pilots from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron HX 21 arrived at the Bell factory to evaluate the AH 1T+, they flatly refused to fly it the helicopter was wearing Bell's factory demonstration scheme, and the Marines weren't having it. The aircraft had to be