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[Lucky13]

 

[Viking1066]

Douglas DC-2-115A '1317' KLM Royal Dutch Airlines October 1934 AIRH

 

[CATCH 22]

VU-1 F6F-5K Hellcat BuNo 78942, UA-15, and AD-5 Skyraider BuNo 132655, UA-4, used for towing targets in-flight over NAS Barbers Point, 17 September 1959 FLIK
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I have a colour photo of UA4 and some more Skyraiders from VU-1:

I might be wrong but IMHO those planes are drone directors, not target tows. Thus the long range tanks. There is a camera-pod attached to the tip of the F6F wing. Pods like this one have been used on drones, some of them maned.

 

[Viking1066]

Northrop F-5A (G) Freedom Fighter '134' Norway AF July 1997 AIRH

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Viking1066]

SBD-5 production at El Segundo, 1943 FLYT

 

[Viking1066]

Navy squadrons VF-6, VB-2, VS-2 and VT-2 in hangar at NAS Sunnyvale.' VB-2 has Curtiss BFC-2 Goshawks and a single Grumman SF-1, in the middle row, coded 2-B-19 1935 AIRH

 

[SaparotRob]

Are those N3Ns in the background?
Full disclosure: The only two trainers I'm kinda familiar with are the N3N and the Boeing-Stearmans.

 

[Lucky13]

I see 2-B-13 and 6-F-13....

 

[Viking1066]

About any kind in use and some being phased out.

 

[Viking1066]

A F6C-3 (BuNo A-7137) of VF-5 Red Rippers on deck of USS Lexington (CV-2) 1928 USNR

 

[Wurger]

I see 2-B-13 and 6-F-13....

and I can see 2-B-10 with 6-F-10 as well.

 

[Lucky13]

and I can see 2-B-10 with 6-F-10 as well.

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....and 10, 13 are both next to each other!

 

[Wurger]

....and 10, 13 are both next to each other!

Yep ... as usual.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Micdrow]

Couple from web, well I think. Found on my hard drive.

 

[Wurger]