Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:50 pm
Very interesting- did any membr here have image of this plane?
A Similar One
Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:00 pm
IIRC, this was one of the ones used to develop F6F drones:
I don't know if the yellow one on eBay is a drone conversion.
One of the distinguishing features of the drone conversion was an extended tail landing gear. That isn't on the eBay picture but it could have been early in the program...
I don't know if the yellow one on eBay is a drone conversion.
One of the distinguishing features of the drone conversion was an extended tail landing gear. That isn't on the eBay picture but it could have been early in the program...
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Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:27 am
Thank you!!! 
Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:35 pm
My dad saw alot of these at NAAS Ream Field near San Diego CA during the early 50's. They were assigned to a drone squadron that shared the field with his helicopter squadron .