Viking's Aircraft Pictures

[Shinpachi]

Very educational, David
Thanks for sharing!

 

[fubar57]

Great thread and photos David. Never saw this thread before.

Geo

 

[vikingBerserker]

Thanks fellas!

 

[Lucky13]

One H*lluva great thread David, keep 'em pics coming!

 

[vikingBerserker]

2 more came in today. The first is of a Cub Liaison aircraft armed with 3 bazookas. The 2nd shows the rear part of the control cabin of the B-19. The front view somebody outbid me, dangit!

 

[Wildcat]

Pretty cool!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Great pictures!

 

[fubar57]

Nice David. You could fit my whole town in a B-19.

Geo

 

[vikingBerserker]

Yea I agree. I think my next project will be on the B-15 B-19.

 

[GrauGeist]

man...I used to have some original photos of the B-19 when it was under R&D here in Southern California...

My Mom worked with some of the guys that were involved with that, and one of the things they used to joke about, when someone was a little slow in responding to a request, was "...come in B-19, you're over-shooting the field..."

 

[vikingBerserker]

 

[Tracker]

VB,
As always, excellent post(s).

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very interesting David! Keep the photos coming sir.
Dave

 

[Gnomey]

Cool shots!

 

[Wurger]

Nice stuff here.

 

[GrauGeist]

Dave

For what it's worth, guys, one of the coworkers in Mom's office (same group of smartasses) was a crewman aboard Bockscar and was on the mission that hit Nagasaki. He had smuggled his own camera aboard and had unofficial photos of the mission.

He gave Mom a few and I'm not sure what ever happened to them.

 

[vikingBerserker]

This one just came in. Here is the shot of the nose of the XB-15 after it was converted into the XC-105 "Grandpappy".

 

[Capt. Vick]

Superb! THAT should have ended up in a museum!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Hey Dave, I just notice how the censors darkened the bazooka openings. Think the missle was top secret?

 

[Crimea_River]

Interesting.