Warbird Information Exchange

N. Viet Nam April 1, 1970

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Don't touch my junk!!

What kind of airplane is that? I find it strangely appealing?

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Eric

"I spent most of my money on alcohol, women and skyraiders....and the rest of it I just wasted."

I may have to land, got plenty of gas but I'm running low on oil !!

Isn't that centerline tank an oil tank instead of fuel?

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Col Craig Duck
Life Member CAF
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Life Member EAA

I hear that they carry their own toilet out on the wing if they need to stop.

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Long Live the N3N-3 "The Last US Military Bi-Plane" 1940-1959
Badmouthing Stearmans on WIX since 2005

Is that where the term "flying crap" came from ?

It's what a Skyraider looks like when its airframe corrosion control system is
properly functioning. Maybe yours'l work again someday...Resistance is futile!

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He bowls overhand...He is the most interesting man in the world.
"In Peace Japan Breeds War", Eckstein, Harper and Bros., 3rd ed. 1943(1927, 1928,1942)
"Leave it to ol' Slim. I got ideas...and they're all vile, baby." South Dakota Slim
"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
DBF

Funny story:
I was at a event in TN a couple of weeks ago to meet a very well known guy in the Military Vehicle community. He introduced me to a couple of guys who were into flying. They told me that they had a replica of a Nakagima B5N2, "do you know what that is?" I replied a Kate and I was in! Got to talking about warbirds and Vietnam. Both flew In Country. The one guy flew Skyraiders and told a story about the GE mini gun.

We had these things in the pods, so we mounted them on the wing hard points. I told my guys to set them up for Kentucky windage, set the plane up and aim them out there where the cannons hit. So they set up these airplanes and our unit had one get hit. The guy pickled the ordinance on the airplane and there went the mini guns into the jungle and limped home.

After the costly disposal, they came up with the idea that they will pin the guns on the hard point so they can not fall off. So off on another mission goes this skyraider. Again the airplane sustains damage and limps back to the base with its guns in place.........only to not have the gear come down and belly land the A/C on the runway. They had another meeting and decited that the mini gun can stay on helicopters.

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Long Live the N3N-3 "The Last US Military Bi-Plane" 1940-1959
Badmouthing Stearmans on WIX since 2005