Warbird Information Exchange

In light of the current threads, do any of you guys have any good stories about that movie?

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

All I can say is the Air America pilot I know said he and all his comrades hate it with a passion. He flew C-46s and C-45s mostly.

Off this topic... not related to the movie.... but for some real adventure stories check these out.

http://www.aircommandos.org/BobAndDon/

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Blue Skies,
Dan
http://www.flytoanothertime.com

I met an Air America Helio Courier pilot at the Fredericksburg event. Said they were flying all kinds of stuff in very tight spots. Wish I could've talked to him for a couple of hours. Would've been very interesting.

Ryan

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

The current issue of Flight Journal - the one with the controversial Yeager article - also has a great yarn about an Air America crew and their somewhat unusual encounter with an Antonov biplane.

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Read the stories at their website, very impressive, inspiring and would make good screenplays. http://www.air-america.org/

It was good to read the stories also. They brought back a lot of memories. I was "fortunate" to spend 1967 and part of 1968 in the area: NKP, Udorn and Ubon. Hard to believe it has been over 40 years ago. I didn't see any mention of the Pilatus Porter which was used quite a lot also. I was always amazed as to its take off performance, especially when it was loaded with rice and other supplies for the Lao people.