Warbird Information Exchange

Some very neat ones...lots of the photographed F-105's and F-4's are still with us, albiet in DM....here are some standouts to me...



044 (c/n 182-3071, 16th SOS, *Promethius* ) converted to AC-130A. Damaged by 37 mm shell Dec 1971 but repaired. Shot down Mar 28/29, 1972 by SA-2 over Laos. All 14 crew KIA. Wreck site surveyed Feb 1986 and some remains recovered.



and earlier, also in Japan....

Just a cool working girl...still working!



131605 (c/n 43708) loaned to USAF as C-118A 51-17667. Returned to USN. To civilian registry as N2098K, then to Transamazonica as HK-3531X. Used false registration of HK-35 for a while. Now with Air Colombia as HK-4046X since Sep 28, 1995. Became YV214T sometime in 2006.

Its a flight check aircraft, It's equipped with instrumentation to check the signals for the enroute and approach ground based radio stations, ie, VOR's, ILS's, TACAN's, NDB's, etc.

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If God had wanted man to fly behind a flat motor, Pratt Whitney would've built one.

Most of if not all the flight check aircraft for the military ILS,VORs etc.
were performed by the C-140.
The FAA T-39 might have been checking the equipment that U.S.
registered aircraft were flying.
There are several camo C-140's pictured on this thread.
Out Here, Tom

I have news about the C118A c/r 43708, lately registered as YV214T,, yes the one you see in the photo above this lines,, unfortunately it is NOT working anymore.. is resting in pieces and planned to be reassembled for static display above a concrete base. That location is actually very close to my house,, if anyone request it I will post some photos of that noble bird.

Bienvenidos al mundo loco de WIX, Jose, and we would love to see current photos of that C-118. Why was it retired?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)