Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (5 Viewers)

[GTX]

 

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[Snowman]

F-89D-65-NO (53-2639) was converted to F-89J.

 

[GTX]

 

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[Escuadrilla Azul]

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A Caribou with air bed cushion? As a seaplane or for ice/snow landing?

 

[Capt. Vick]

Yes

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Droppable life-raft, my guess.

 

[Snowman]

 

[Wurger]

BTW ... please source uploaded pictures, if possible ...

 

[Snowman]

BTW ... please source uploaded pictures, if possible ...

Unfortunately I don't remember where everything came from for several decades, but if anyone claims copyright to these photos, I will immediately remove any of them, of course.

 

[Wurger]

A PM sent ..

 

[Donivanp]

Grey ghost Huey well technically UH-1 Iroquios.

 

[GTX]

A Caribou with air bed cushion? As a seaplane or for ice/snow landing?

Actually, the XC8A ACLS, a de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo modified with an Air Cushion Landing System. See below for more information:

A Puffalo! A Puffalo! My kingdom for a Puffalo!, Part 1 | The Channel

Welcome, my reading friend, and apologies to any English major who may stumble across this webpag

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A Puffalo! A Puffalo! My kingdom for a Puffalo!, Part 2 | The Channel

Welcome back, my eager to learn reading friend, to the continuing saga of the air cushion landing

ingeniumcanada.org

 

[Snowman]

The source: the Internet.

 

[Donivanp]

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The source: the Internet.

C-140

 

[GTX]