Best Bomber of WW2 (continued)

[cheddar cheese]

Or fried beyond recognition...

 

[evangilder]

Nice shot, flyboy! I love the Skyraider!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Thanks! - My brother spent 2 years in Viet Nam and says he owes his life to this plane!

 

[evangilder]

I am sure there are other skyraider pilot's that would say the same thing. Damn fine plane! I will dig out and post some pics of the one that comes by Camarillo once in a while.

 

[Anonymous]

My Dad flew the Skyraider in Korea - he loved it.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I think that's Skyraider Bob - He keeps his plane at Ramona, He also has a Beautiful L-39

 

[evangilder]

Could be, I have seen his plane many times, but have never talked to the pilot. I will post some pics tonight when I get home and see if they look familiar.

 

[evangilder]

Here are a few shots of the Skyraider that comes by Camarillo. I took these at the staging area for QB-34 on June 14, 2004. Busy day on the ramp that day!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Yep - That's Skyraider Bob - great guy! His daughter flies too. Like I said, he has an L-39 and I think he owns a T-28 as well. Hate to see his fuel bill!

Thanks for the photos - great shots!

And let's not forget - a Skyraider can carry as much as a B-17!

 

[evangilder]

I have photos of the 2 L-39s that fly out of Camarillo at home somewhere. I will see I can dig them out and scan them in to upload. There are about 12 T-28s down at Camarillo in the old alert hangars. There is at least one more at the EAA area as well.

You're right, his fuel bill must be huge! None of those airplanes are exactly economical on fuel!

The Skyraider was and is one awesome plane. Sounds great when it flies over too!

I probably have seen Bob aroound, just never met him personally. We get so many pilots in and out of the museum, I have a hard time keeping track of them all.

 

[mosquitoman]

Has that Skyraider been over to Engand, because I've seen one with a similar paint scheme here

 

[cheddar cheese]

At Culdrose airshow last year (which was a distaster) A Skyraider taxied up and down the runway and demonstrated the wings folding. No flying because it was insanely foggy which completely ruined the day...

 

[evangilder]

I don't know of it ever going to England, but it may have.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

MM, it's a different skyraider over here in england, she's flown by Kennet Aviation, her registration being G-RADR, the easiest way to tell the difference is that ours has "402" on the nose..........

 

[evangilder]

Thanks for clearing that up, Lanc. I didn't think that one had been across the pond, but didn't know for sure.

 

[Anonymous]

And let's not forget - a Skyraider can carry as much as a B-17!

Not really. For comparatively short distances it could carry about as much as a B-17 could carry over a much longer distance. For short distances, a B-17 could carry much more than it typically did.

Being a carrier plane, it didn't need the range of a B-17.

=S=

Lunatic

 

[evangilder]

But it carried that much weight with only 1 engine.

 

[Anonymous]

But it carried that much weight with only 1 engine.

Ya but that is one damn big engine! It was about the size of TWO B-17 engines!

 

[mosquitoman]

Thanks for that Lanc, it was the same colour scheme
The Mossie could carry the same amount as a B-17 and that had 2 engines of similar size to the B-17's

 

[Nonskimmer]

Nice Skyraider pics, evan! That plane was one mean mother!