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Offline DREDIOCK

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« on: September 16, 2004, 09:11:11 AM »
What is the aircraft on the right.

no I dont remember thats why Im asking LOL
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Offline Blammo

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« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2004, 09:18:02 AM »
« Last Edit: September 16, 2004, 09:20:22 AM by Blammo »
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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2004, 09:22:12 AM »
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Offline Rasker

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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2004, 10:43:57 AM »
Hard to believe that beast would get up off a carrier.  I suppose it would have to use a catapult off the Essex class with a payload.
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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2004, 10:48:35 AM »
Skyraider!!!!

I just watched a kick bellybutton episode of Wings Over Vietnam about the Sandys and the Jolly Greens rescuing downed pilots.

Those guys had some balls!!!!

I saw one fly at the Sussex Airshow 03.  They are actuall pretty nimbal for such a huge plane.
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2004, 11:45:37 AM »
Three years ago at the Corning Air Show they had a Skyraider.

The weather was bad. Foggy, cold, raining on and off.

Whenever the rain started up again the Skyraider would go up again.

He probably flew the equivilent of six airshows that day.

We were curious as to why he would go up and the others with their Corsair, Mustangs, Thunderbolt, etc. would not.

The people that we talked to told us that the other pilots didn't want to damage their paintjobs on their planes.

One kick tail plane and one kick tail pilot!

He was the show and it was great!
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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2004, 01:09:38 PM »
The movie flight of the intruder has some great footage of skyraiders in it.


My all time fav non WW2 plane.
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2004, 03:37:32 PM »
I've had the honor of seeing a pair of Skyraiders.
They took off rather easily, did not use so much runway, and flew quite nicely.
I hadn't expected that from what they look!
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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2004, 04:38:15 PM »
hehe... could carry more ord than a B-17 (or so goes the legend).

Ditto Gtora... Mine too. :)
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« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2004, 05:03:50 PM »
I have a few books on the sky raider, they have picks of one loaded so heavily, that it is sinking into the ground lol.
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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2004, 05:18:01 PM »
From this angle it ALMOST looks like a Jug

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Offline SlapShot

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« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2004, 05:23:36 PM »
Didn't they use that plane in "When we were soldiers", when they called "Broken Arrow". I know jets came in but wasn't that the first plane on the scene ? .. or am I thinking of another movie.
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« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2004, 05:36:43 PM »
A1-H Skyraider  There is an article in this month's "Flight Journal"  It is an interesting read.

http://www.flightjournal.com
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Offline DREDIOCK

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« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2004, 07:52:05 PM »
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Originally posted by mars01
Skyraider!!!!

I just watched a kick bellybutton episode of Wings Over Vietnam about the Sandys and the Jolly Greens rescuing downed pilots.

Those guys had some balls!!!!

I saw one fly at the Sussex Airshow 03.  They are actuall pretty nimbal for such a huge plane.


I saw probably the same one at the sussex airshow in 04 :)

Just forgot what it was.
Agreed Very numble for its size.
It along with the Corsair flew formation at the end of the show. Just amazing how graceful they are and how seemingly effortlessly they fly /climb etc.
The warbirds at the end are always my favorite part and really the main reason I go.
Well the Biplane with the jet engine attached was pretty cool too
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« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2004, 09:26:35 PM »
8 hours in flight time without chopping throttle to nothing.  The marines loved them for this.


Btw, it was in We Were Soldiers.
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