Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
Hungry little thing ain't he.
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Hungry little thing ain't he.
Somebody should have yelled "CLEAR PROP!"Rare image of an F-100 Super Sabre at feeding time
In Korea they were used for night photo recon. The tailgunner position was not manned and they pointed one .50 cal up and the other .50 cal down and had switch in the cockpit so they could turn them on if they were being chased, the idea being to scare the attacker rather than actually hit anything. On the way home, over the Sea of Japan, they would flip the tailgun switch on and let the guns run until they were empty, a safer and easier procedure than dearming them after every mission.Think that's the only B-45 dropping a load i've ever seen
To these old eyes it seems like a terrain feature.Is that the B-29 they were supposed to escort? Visible below lead 51's scoop.
We were young!
Oh that'll rub out.No problem. We'll have it back on the line tomorrow morning.
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also I do not think any CF-100's were deployed to Korea? Looks like Alberta to my eyes?I don't think the RCAF operated Mustangs in Korea, did they? Background looks more like our 51st state.
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We were at war with Alberta? What did she do?also I do not think any CF-100's were deployed to Korea? Looks like Alberta to my eyes?
Presumably an RF-84F in back for FICON conversion?On the subject of F-51 Mustangs in Korea, here is a clip of some of them in action against ground targets
On a more tranquil note, herewith a nocturnal view of a B-36 Peacemaker at Carswell Air Force Base in August 1955
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Presumably an RF-84F in back for FICON conversion?
In parallel, a similar configuration, called Tom-Tom, was being developed using JRB-36F 49-2707, which was previously used in the early FICON trials and two RF-84F (serial numbers 51-1848 and 51-1849). The aircraft were attached wingtip-to-wingtip using articulated arms and clamps. Although several successful hookups were performed by Convair pilots Doc Witchell, Beryl Erickson, and Raymond Fitzgerald in 1956, turbulence and vortices continued to present a major problem. On 23 September 1956, RF-84F 51-1849, piloted by Beryl Erickson, was actually torn away from the right wing tip of the JRB-36F. All aircraft landed safely but the concept was deemed too dangerous. Developments in the area of inflight refueling at the time promised a much safer way of extending the range of the fighters and Project Tom-Tom was canceled.