Powerful flying machine
May 10, 2020 18:58:00 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter
Loc: Los Angeles
At the Riverside airshow. Or was it Chino?
Some of you can probably identify the make and model.
Some of you can probably identify the make and model.
May 10, 2020 19:08:23 #
Douglas A-1 Skyraider - First flight March 1945 and powered by a Wright R3350 double cyclone. It served Korea and Vietnam and flew from ground bases and carriers.
May 10, 2020 19:08:39 #
Looks like a Republic Thunderbolt. Thr wings folded up for storage on the carriers.
May 10, 2020 23:59:09 #
An A-10. Awesome aircraft capable of adsorbing incredible battle damage and keep on flying. Carried an incredible amount of ordinance and the ability to deliver it with suburb accuracy. Welcome sight in Vietnam.
May 11, 2020 00:14:44 #
Sky Raider - they really got a work out in Nam. Often flew cover for copter rescue missions because they could hang around for what seemed forever. And when fully loaded they packed a wallop. One comparison was if a Sky Raider let loose with everything on a run the target got the same treatment as if it was hit by a broadside from one of the 8" gun heavy cruisers of WW II.
I seem to remember that a few Sky Raider pilots had an air to air kill of a Mig. Thefirst one a Mig made the mistake of doing a head to head "chicken run" on two Sky Raiders.
The nick name for the plane was "Spad", at first an insult from the jet jockeys but the Spad pilots took to it and made it their own.
I seem to remember that a few Sky Raider pilots had an air to air kill of a Mig. Thefirst one a Mig made the mistake of doing a head to head "chicken run" on two Sky Raiders.
The nick name for the plane was "Spad", at first an insult from the jet jockeys but the Spad pilots took to it and made it their own.
May 11, 2020 06:24:17 #
May 11, 2020 07:05:32 #
Beautiful photo of the iconic A1 Skyraider. The single engine attack plane that could carry more ordinance than a B17 four engine bomber!
May 11, 2020 07:07:10 #
Hal81 wrote:
Looks like a Republic Thunderbolt. Thr wings folded up for storage on the carriers.
The Navy never used Thunderbolts Hal, just the Airforce.
May 11, 2020 07:08:07 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
An A-10. Awesome aircraft capable of adsorbing incredible battle damage and keep on flying. Carried an incredible amount of ordinance and the ability to deliver it with suburb accuracy. Welcome sight in Vietnam.
The A10 Warthog is a different A/C, and was a twin jet!
May 11, 2020 07:44:23 #
What dumbass would identify this as an A-10 or Thunderbolt?
May 11, 2020 07:46:13 #
nimbushopper wrote:
Beautiful photo of the iconic A1 Skyraider. The single engine attack plane that could carry more ordinance than a B17 four engine bomber!
Think I read at one time it was the only a/c we had that could carry more than it's own weight. I worked with a squadron of them stationed at QuiNhon Vietnam in 1964- 65.
May 11, 2020 08:23:12 #
Huey Driver wrote:
Think I read at one time it was the only a/c we had that could carry more than it's own weight. I worked with a squadron of them stationed at QuiNhon Vietnam in 1964- 65.
It was an incredible aircraft, was replaced with the Grumman A6 Intruder, a twin jet all weather attack bomber, carrier based. It made it's own reputation in Vietnam!
May 11, 2020 09:16:38 #
Richard Spencer wrote:
What dumbass would identify this as an A-10 or Thunderbolt?
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May 11, 2020 09:33:57 #
1949, As a brand new AT3 joined my first squadron VA-65 who had just a short time before transitioned to them from SB2Cs.
May 11, 2020 09:34:27 #
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