I ka hoʻomakaʻana o nā makahiki 1970, ua makemake ka United States Army e hōʻike i nā mea hiki i ka Army Aviation (e like me ka Thunderbirds a me Blue Angels), me ka 1972 US International Transportation Exposition ma Dulles International Airport - i kapaʻiaʻo Transpo '72 he pūnāwai no ka hui.
Ma muli o ka loaʻaʻole o ka mokulele i ke kaua o ka Army (e pili ana i ka Mahi o nā Koa Koa a me nā Lāhui Hou o nā Kālā [1948]),ʻo kā lākou koho e hoʻohana i nā ea o ka'ēheu i loaʻa iā lākou - e like me nā mea i hoʻohanaʻia no ke kaʻa kaua ole i kaʻike - aiʻole e hoʻohana i kā lākou ea lele .
A no laila, i ka makahiki 1972, ua hoʻonohonohoʻia nā Silver Eagles. ʻO ka misionari o ka huiʻo ia ke kōkua i ka loaʻaʻana o nā limahana o ka pūʻali Koa a me ka hoʻopauʻana i kaʻike o kaʻike o kaʻoihana o ka mokulele Army ma ka hōʻikeʻana i ka mākaukau a me ka maʻalahi i ka hana pololeiʻana o ka holoʻana helicopter.
I ka manawa i hoʻonohonoho muaʻia,ʻo ka Silver Eagles wale nō ka hui hōʻike hōʻike helikopter iʻAmelika. Ma muli o Fort Rucker , Alabama,ʻo ka'Āpana Eagles he 25 mau mea manawaleʻa lima a me 12 mau luna āpau. Ua hoʻolālāʻia ka hui iʻelua mau helicopter -ʻeiwa OH-6A Ciclicter Cayuse i hoʻopau pihaʻia ma hope o kaʻikeʻana i kaʻoihana kaua ma Viet Nam, a me ka hale hanaʻeiwa o ka hale hana hou he mau helikopter OH-58 Kiowa. Ma hope koke iho o kā lākou huiʻana, akā, ua hoʻoiliʻia nā helikopter OH-58 i nāʻene'ē aʻe a ua hoʻopaʻaʻia nāʻeiwa o ka OH-6A ma kaʻaila olive a me nā kala keʻokeʻo.
ʻOiai he hui hōʻike hōʻikeʻike ākea,ʻaʻole lākou i komo i nā papa hana papahana - akā,ʻo nā hana i hanaʻia me nāʻano lele lele. ʻO nā kūlana a me nā loli kūpono o ka hoʻoholo pololeiʻana ua piʻi mai ka mile mile i kēlā me kēia hora ma kahi kiʻekiʻe honua a 140 mau mile ma ka hora hoʻokahi ma kahi o hoʻokahi kapuaʻi kapuaʻi.
E hoʻohanaʻia nā helicopterʻehiku i ka manawa o kēlā me kēia hōʻike, me nā inoa / kūlana kūikawā: Kaʻake, Haʻaweʻe Wing, Mākau Māmā, Mālie, Māmā Solo, Kū'ē Mālua ... a me Bozo ka Clown. ʻO ka pahu Bozo kahi i uhiʻia i ka maka o ka'ōpū - he ihuʻulaʻula, nā maka nui, a me nā pua nani a me ka pāpale kāleʻa - a hana i nā meaʻoniʻoni e hoʻokipa ai i ka hālāwai aʻo ka mea'ē aʻe e hoʻonohonoho ana no nā'ōnaehana hou. papa a pāʻani paha me kona yo-yo. Ma muli o ka hoʻohanaʻana o Bozo, ua aneane mau i ka helicopter e hana ana ma mua o ka lehulehu i nā manawa a pau i ka manawa o 35 hōʻike haʻahaʻa.
ʻO ka hōʻike mua o ka hui ma ka Hale Hoʻohanohano Koa Armed Forces i ka makahiki 1972 ma Cairns Army Airfield, Fort Rucker, AL. ʻO kā lākou hana mua "kūlana" mua no Transpo '72, kahi i hōʻikeʻia ai ka huiʻelua i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka lanakila o ka hui ma Transpo '72 i hoʻomaopopo i ka brass Arm i ka pono o ka hui hōʻoia mau loa.
I ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka makahiki 1973, ua loaʻa ka "Silver Eagles" i ke kūlana kūlana ma keʻanoʻo ka Hui Hōʻike Kū'ēʻoʻAi Moku Hui PūʻIa Hui PūʻIa (USAAPDT).
I ka makahiki 1974, ua hoʻokumuʻia nā Silver Eaglesʻehiku pilots hōʻikeʻike a me 30 mau limahana limahana, me ka hoʻohuiʻana i kahi kāleka ukaliʻo De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou i paʻiʻia i loko o ka'ōlehuʻulaʻula a me nā keʻokeʻo hou.
I Pepeluali 1975, ua hoʻomaka ka Silver Eagles i ko lākou'ahamele honua ma Ottawa, Kanada a uaʻikeʻia e ka Hui Koa Mokuleʻa oʻAmelika (Quad-A) ma keʻano heʻoihanaʻoihana kūʻokoʻa loa i loko o ka pūʻali koa.
I loko o ka makahiki 1976 - i ka 21 o Nowemapa, ua lele ka Silver Eagles i ka "Blue Angels" Ke hōʻailona hōʻailona i Pensacola, Florida, a laila hoʻokani i kāna hōʻike hope loa ma kona kahua home o Knox Field, Ft. Rucker, AL, ma ka lā 23 o Nowemapa, 1976.
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I loko o nā makahikiʻehā o kona olaʻana, ua hāʻawi nā Silver Eagles i ke kaʻina me nā Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, a me ka pūʻulu parachute Golden Knights. ʻO kahi kumu kūpono o kaʻike / ka moʻaukala ma ka huiʻo ia ke hula Rotors: He History of Team Helicopter Precision Team Demonstration Team. Akā,ʻaʻole i paʻiʻia kēia puke, akā, hiki ke loaʻa kahi kope i hoʻohanaʻia i loko o kahi puke kūʻai hoʻohana a i kahi wahi eBay paha inā makemake kekahi e uku i ke kumukūʻai (i ka wā kākau, he kope i ka eBay i heluʻia no $ 95.00 aiʻole maikaʻi hāʻawi).