Photo Contest-What Would Gary Say?

[Jack Cook]

Best guess gets....well nothing

"Well that's not too bad. We'll get her back in the air in no time. Good thing it crashed on that live bomb! Hey, where'd everybody go??""

[Nathan]

Gary: All I need is to make a wood skid to replace the right wheel and she will be as good as new!

[mustangdriver]

You know that this one originally had floats. During the off season, I think we are going to put it back like it was.

[rwdfresno]

Gary:"Looks to be a write off gentleman let me do you a favor and haul it off to Austin Acres. "

[MX304]

"You want me to do WHAT to that thing in three months ^%%$^%$!!!"

or

"I wonder if they would let me sneak that into the T-6 class at Reno?"

[K5DH]

Look on the bright side... at least they didn't have a prop strike!

Cheers!

[corsairboss]

"" I Told You I had 3 Bolts with Nuts Left Over ""..!!!

[Jack Cook]

Look on the bright side... at least they didn't have a prop strike!

I posted this picture about 4 months agao and Gary said exactly that!!
"At least the bomb kept the prop from striking".
Typical mechanic

[Junkyard36]

"Well, let's get in back in the hangar; put it right next to my Tulsa Belvedere...."

[CWBuff]

I've no clever humor, anything I'd have said has already been... but this ground loop took place at NAS Kodiak on October 5th, 1944. Also, my info says that this is an OS2N and not an OS2U.

Gary: All I need is to make a wood skid to replace the right wheel and she will be as good as new!

Or something like this...




Fade to Black...

[aabryant]

This is a very evocative and intriguing photograph.

Here’s my guess.
Ok, so we have a kingfisher on wheels…well at least it had wheels at some point!

The absence of red surrounding the US markings puts this sometime past 1943…otherwise the markings look fairly typical to me.

The topography is most interesting. This is no south Pacific Island…the airfield is obviously at some elevation (see the horizon-line at lower right). The absence of trees on the slope of the mountain immediately says “Alaska” to me, but the paved runway and the evidence of forestry (just below the port wing) made me think twice. The structures behind the aircraft on the berms are also interesting, and is that a practice bomb or a real one?

Anyway, if that photo was taken in Alaska, it was an awfully nice day (except, perhaps, for the pilot in question). Hope you have one too.

[Elroy13]

Gary: " Anyone seen tha' JB Weld???... Oh look!! A rattle snake!!"

[retroaviation]

Well, I believe y'all about covered it. I'd have pretty much said all of those things.....well, everything except the JB Weld part.

I still think it's neat that the bomb kept the prop from hitting the ground.

Gary

[Taylor Stevenson]

Gary: "That kingfisher was originally an A model...gimme three months"

[Saabmeister]

They're just bunch of pieces of stupid metal, I'll make 'em do what I want 'em to do.