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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
- Thread starter Downeaster
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All are retired now except for the AC-130J.
The "J" variant is called the Ghostrider.
Yeah, just looking it up, it seems the names stuck into the next gen, causing some confusion here.
I read numerous accounts of butts being saved by Puff and Spooky's presence, but the troops on the ground weren't fastidiously accurate about recording whether it was an older or newer version.
I seem to recall the original was a C47... The concept seems in concert with the A10, similar but different... viva la force...
Would be nice if such items had no use... I think we can all agree.
Originally developed as the DST/DC3, the C-47 did as much as the humble Jeep to win WWII... maybe more. Was Called the Gooney Bird when dressed in OD. One of my earliest airplane memories was flying on a C-47 from RAF Manston to Rhine-Main.
When converted to "Puff the Magic Dragon" it carried three 20mm gatling guns and served in Vietnam. My Dad crewed one of 'em.
Can ya tell it's one close to my heart?
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I think the fan has departed.
Not a fan of those engines.
I bet the investigators had to fan out across 3 states searching for bits.
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Recently posted and (probably) debunked. a runway incident, following plane ran into him.
"Scores of P-38 Lightnings, P-61 Black Widows, A-20 Havocs and C-47 Skytrains collected for scrap at Biak in New Guinea after WWII"
Here’s a Saab you probably haven’t heard of, doing something it really wasn’t designed for; The Saab 91 Safir (Sapphire) is a single-engined, light aircraft built in Holland.
It was used mainly by the Swedish airforce in the ‘fifties and ‘sixties.
This particular example is a 91D, meaning it has four seats, and this one had been used for testing radio equipment before it was bought by a chap called David Williams.
In 1983, Williams spotted the new Hinstock bypass was being built and decided to fly down it, and under the Pixley Lane bridge.
Living locally he walked down and measured up, reckoned his Saab would fit, and stood his Dad on the bridge with a camera to capture his stunt on the day before it opened to traffic.
His Dad was too quick with the shutter but a friend got this one, ’80’s quality pic, to prove it happened. And here it is, just a Saab on the bypass ~ motorpunk co uk
On that vein this photo hangs on a wall in a cafe in Moab, Utah.
Mikey
got muscles in his head that ain't never been used
Well crap... meant to post this yesterday..
April 18th, 1942. The Doolittle raid on Japan.
April 18th, 1942. The Doolittle raid on Japan.
