A-26 @ SAC Museum

[makin' boost]

Anyone have shots of the A-26 @ the SAC Museum ?

Thanks, Woody

[cozmo]

Sorry its not that good. Of all the pictures I have of it, this is about the only decent one.

[spookythecat]

oooooh...GIMME!!!

[John Dupre]

Anyone have shots of the A-26 @ the SAC Museum ?

Thanks, Woody

Any idea of the history of this A-26? Might it be the one that in the early 70's was operated by the Air National Guard? If so it was the first warbird I ever saw at the first air show I ever went to. Pease Air Force Base probably 1971or 1972. T Birds flew F-4s. WOW

John Dupre'

[bryang]

delivered to museum sometime in 1969--delivered in august of 45

[GrumpE]

Here are a few from Jan 2008.







From the website:

Aircraft Type: A-26B (VB), S/N 44-34665, Douglas

About our A-26B: Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force on August 39, 1945. Removed from inventory and delivered to the Museum on November 24, 1969.

[Django]

Is that little intercepter from the NMUSAF or is it a second example?

[mustangdriver]

That is a second example. The one at the NMUSAF is on display behind the left wing of the B-36 in the Cold War Gallery.

[Michel C-GNCJ]

Here is two different nose views, from the floor:

[Holedigger]

Halloween isn't until the end of the month and you are already seeing Goblins? Dude, you need to cut back!!

[GrumpE]

Goblin..........did you say goblin?

One of two with the other as mentioned at NMUSAF. Pretty cool to have such a rare and interesting subject here.

[Michel C-GNCJ]

Now, imagine yourself being the poor soul assigned to test fly this contraption !

[Holedigger]

What was the one word Chuck Yeager summed it up with?
Duty!

......or was that drawing the short straw?!?




Think I'd take the A-26. Though the Goblin would fit in my garage! Put it on a hydraulic gimble, plug quarters into it and you have a nifty ride!

[Chris Brame]

Of course, there's X-1 duty and then there's XF-85 duty (which probably ranked right up there with guard duty or KP duty).

[makin' boost]

Thanks for the A-26 photos. She looks to be very original, any truth to the story she was a VIP transport ?

Woody