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HeavyDSparks' Phrog flight brings veterans' memories into the comments

Three helicopter uploads fill the week, with the full journey home approaching two million views.

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I Finally Flew My CH-46 Phrog Home to Utah

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8:25HeavyDSparks recounts the two-year process of buying the museum's CH-46 and arranging inspections and permits.
10:40A fuel-control leak needs repair before the helicopter can fly.
14:48The pilots abort takeoff after an engine spike, postponing the trip.
20:00The crew prepares for another departure with a Black Hawk escort; the homecoming follows at 24:47.
27:31HeavyDSparks outlines recovery and relief plans, before a crew member explains the remaining maintenance at 29:22.

The paint job has become part of the conversation. Beneath HeavyDSparks' CH-46 homecoming video, viewers are asking him to preserve the helicopter's military colors and markings, while former crew members and passengers share memories of flying in Phrogs themselves.

That gives this week's biggest upload something beyond the spectacle of a large helicopter crossing the mountains. Several viewers describe the aircraft as a connection to their own service, and others want more of the restoration process on camera.

"I Finally Flew My CH-46 Phrog Home to Utah" is approaching two million views. The journey includes a repaired fuel-control leak, an aborted takeoff after an engine spike, and a return the next morning before the flight to Utah finally happens. HeavyDSparks sums up the sensation neatly: "Literally felt like flying a school bus." The video includes a sponsored segment.

Two shorter follow-ups, "My CH-46 finally flies!" and "After sitting for 10+ years, we got my CH-46 airborne!!", made the helicopter the subject of all three new uploads. The full homecoming remains the channel's busiest video by a considerable margin, with the older SyberJet announcement also continuing to draw views.

Across the channel, the week brought roughly 2.7 million views and an unchanged subscriber count. Daily viewing is currently below its usual pace. In the motoring neighborhood, Cleetus McFarland and DailyDrivenExotics are running above their usual daily viewing levels, while TheStradman is quieter than usual.

For the Phrog, the next job described in the video is practical: avionics updates, leak repairs and required equipment before regular flying. HeavyDSparks also wants veterans back inside it, an ambition that finds a very specific echo in this week's comments.

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What viewers say

Keep the military paint job. Your Blackhawk is cool with the solid black but that CH-46 paint looks awesome.
@President-Barack-ObamaSee it on YouTube
I've got over 800 hours on 46's from back in the 90's and can fully understand the support that former Phrog guys would give, it's like going home.
@dphitchSee it on YouTube
My last Phrog flight was in 2012. Emotional watching this!
@JacquesNaviaux-g1bSee it on YouTube

7 more comments

As a USMC veteran, I would like to thank you for the willingness and the drive to get the beloved 46 back in the air. I have many fond memories of my time riding in them. Please keep up the good work. Also, please keep the current paint job alive and well.
@danielcline1848See it on YouTube
I think i speak for everyone who's watching,
We all would like to see the build process of this .
And defo needs the marines details on her keeping and re painting..
@BazzaT-d4hSee it on YouTube
I have to say you did the CH-46 justice and this is one of the best flashback documentary of the flight. I was a Hydraulics tech for HMM-163 (77-81) and seeing you guys pumping that handle up to 3000 PSI to fire the APU and kick off finally. I did that Hundreds of times hitting that handle - ha. Congratulations on on the restoration and putting that bird back in the air where it belongs.
@GlenEaton-g9bSee it on YouTube
CH-46 was the first helicopter I ever flew in. I was fortunate enough to work with them in Okinawa before the USMC took them out of service. Very cool to see one being brought back to life instead of rotting away in a museum.
@dotson90See it on YouTube
PLEASSEEEEE keep that paint scheme. As cool as custom paint schemes can be, the way that bird looks in its current state is just unbeatable!
@aaronlarson4358See it on YouTube
I know you won’t see or respond but as a USMC infantry veteran I would love nothing more to ride on this. Never had the chance to. Really cool of you and happy for you!
@Golfgoon1See it on YouTube
Flew in CH-46's my entire time in as a Grunt in the Marines, we did a lot of fast roping out her and flew all over the world. Just love it. Semper Fi.
@sgtsellin1991See it on YouTube