DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

Good ones, John. I reckon you would have had a great day at Scone. You would know this, but Scone is also well known for its many Thoroughbred studs. :D :D

infocus Loc: Australia

Thanks for dropping in Earl, appreciate your nice comments.
Yes, I am familiar with Scone's Horse industry. When I was about 27 I knew the foreman on a stud called Brooklyn Lodge. The sire (main one) was a horse called Rego, He sired Prince Rigolli, and more famously a filly called Vain. Back then it was easier to get a tour of the studs - much more difficult today.

Jolly Roger Loc: Dorset. UK

A nice set.

Dick Z. Loc: Downers Grove IL

Very nice shots infocus. Like them all.


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Madman Loc: Gulf Coast, Florida USA

Well done, looks like you had a good time.

Thanks for sharing.

Chuckster72 Loc: Northern New Mexico

Great photos. Good color and crispness.

Skip-M Loc: Phoenix AZ

Great Planes, Loved the P-40, My favorite Thanks Skip

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

yeah. lol it flew so slow, they didn't know how to shoot it. lol
guess they were leading it to far. bullet out flew it. lol

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sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

Nice shots, infocus!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

In Qui Nhon we had a squadron of L-19s that called themselves the Head Hunters, complete with cartoon figure with top knot and bone through the nose. They got tired of just having smoke rockets to mark targets and getting shot at without being able to shoot back.
First they carried automatic rifles and shot from their cockpit windows.
Then they scrounged machine guns that were recaptured and thus not on any unit inventory and had their ground crews rig under wing mounts with an over size ammo can bolted next to it. A wire ran from the trigger through eyelets to the cockpit so they could pull the wire and do some strafing. Then they made a deal with a Huey gunship unit to swap some of their smoke rockets for HE rockets. So the bird dogs could rocket small targets, strafe etc. And the gunship pilots could now mark targets for themselves and the air force without waiting for a Bird Dog to come do it. They also made home brew cluster bombs. Take a case of hand grenades, remove the top of the canisters they come packed in, pull the pin while the grenade is still in the bottom part of the can, which holds the safety spoon down, put the tops back on and if needed the observer threw the case out the window, the canisters tumbled out, the grenades fell free, the spoons popped and started the timers. Instant cluster bomb.
They also would work with the copters to capture stuff, One flew top cover while the other landed (the bird dogs could use a dirt road as an airfield) and collected the stuff from enemy troops they had killed. Back packs, IDs, papers etc went to Intel and kept them happy. Helmets, belt buckles, badges, rifles and pistols went to decorate base clubs or were sold to crews of supply planes from the states, or the Navy in the harbor.

I swear those guys were so crazy I think if they had had the range they would have flown to North Vietnam to hunt Migs sitting on their airfields.

My section sgt was good friends with their squadron commander, and a certified observer from doing it in Korea. Every other week he got Sunday off and flew observer with them for a mini vacation. It earned some good stories of flying with those crazies and stuff to decorate our base club.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

seen all with the rifles out the windows. only a couple with machineguns. they would fire those smoke bombs, then the kiowas or cobras, Skyraider, Puff, the Magic Dragon AC-47 Spooky, AC-130 Spectre, Broncos. i prefered the F-4 Phantom to come in. wasn't much left of charlie after the F4. lol
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