SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I wonder if that T-6 is still around.
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I wonder if that T-6 is still around.
Love me some TomcatAn F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 154, armed with an AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile, is prepared for lunch from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64) during Fleet Exercise 85, Pacific Ocean, 29 October 1984. Catapult crewmen secure an A-6E Intruder to a catapult in the background.
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The army got away with a fixed wing aircraft! Mohawk
Training wheels, can't trust the army with nice things now. If the wings don't spin they get cornfused.I like the training wheels (or skids or skies) on the wing tips!
I love that kind of talk.One-one-five quarter mile call the ball!
One-one-five has the ball!
I don't know about now, but back in the 70's the Army preferred fixed wing aircraft for liaison duties whenever possible.Training wheels, can't trust the army with nice things now. If the wings don't spin they get cornfused.
Some would say (and have) that the Convair was elegant. I for one have a soft spot for the XB-48.Convair XB-46 and Martin XB-48.
Were there ever two more bland and uninspired looking aircraft?
Except the General officer flying her did a serious "TOUCH" on landing at Castle as he scraped an engine on landing as I recall.Back in the 1980's there was a big push for bases to have their own museums. For the museum at Castle AFB they found an intact B-47 at Davis Monthan and a crew dug up the old manuals and put the old bird back into flying condition. Then they flew it to Castle AFB. It sure would have been tempting to visit a few operational bases and ask for a touch and go along the way.
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I built this one.The Hawk XAB-1 was sexier than all of the rest of them put together. They could have used it on Star Trek and it would have fit right in.
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