F-35 (bomb doors open)
Aug 7, 2022 16:02:22 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Problem with the C 119 is that it was grossly underpowered. Our pilot made 3 attempts to get one off the ground one hot, windless day at Ft. Campbell. Once in the air, IMHO it was for its time the best jump platform with the exception of "tailgating" a C 130
I guess they might have been stressing those engines on takeoff. I could see it being a good jump platform, but if I recall they tried to use them for gunships, which didn't work as well as the Spector C130.
Aug 7, 2022 16:31:32 #
Ed Chu wrote:
cannot be - google the pictures; a fighter isn't going to have 4 engines; it looks nothing like the Martin Lockheed F-35
Ed, I think you missed one download. The first is an F-35- one engine.
Aug 7, 2022 17:12:14 #
Aug 7, 2022 19:29:02 #
alberio wrote:
I guess they might have been stressing those engines on takeoff. I could see it being a good jump platform, but if I recall they tried to use them for gunships, which didn't work as well as the Spector C130.
I don't know about C 119s. I believe the first Magic Dragon called Puff was a C 47 Goony Bird
Aug 7, 2022 19:53:11 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
I don't know about C 119s. I believe the first Magic Dragon called Puff was a C 47 Goony Bird
Yeah Puff was a pretty good bird, but Spector changed the game.
Aug 7, 2022 20:51:32 #
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