Warbird Information Exchange

My dear friend Jim Byers flying Aero Flite's A-26 Invader at Troutdale, OR in the mid 60s.
jim flew P-38s with the 474th FG ETO with 3 kills, F-51Ds in korea with the 12th FBS (after getting kicked out of the 67th FBS!).
He flew TBMs, A-26s and A-24 bug sprayers for Holly Flether at Aero flite for many years.

Tanker #56

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Don't touch my junk!!

What's the A26 like to fly , on paper it looks like a bit of a hot rod.

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Aussie expat lost in Indonesia

I watched the Scandanavian Historic Flight's A-26 do a display a couple of years ago. I was amazed by how aerobatic the display was. Looked pretty nimble to me.

PS. A link to a video taken at one of SHF's A-26 displays:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmA7kltEYtw&NR=1

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If the first casualty of war is innocence, the second is sobriety - Hawkeye.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws - Plato.
Lies get halfway round the world before the truth has a chance to get it's pants on - Churchill
If you are going through he11 - keep going - Churchill

Ever since I was a kid and saw the movie "Always" I was in love with the A-26.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Like a Mustang... with room for 10 people

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Those who possess real knowledge are rare.

Those who can set that knowledge into motion in the physical world are rarer still.

The few who possess real knowledge and can set it into motion of their own hands are the rarest of all.

That gave me a chuckle , thanks ZRX

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Aussie expat lost in Indonesia

I agree. Especially when it comes to splitting the fuel bill.

Then when you get to the show, the women can go back to the aircraft and turn on the airconditioner.

On-Mark conversion.

Sully

4000 HP and a laminar flow wing.

425 mph redline

1800 rpm and 30 inches will give you 230 mph indicated

She goes real good, makes me sick to see the airshows make them fly with the B-25s, she'll outrun a Mustang, low level !

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

The Youtube video was impressive.

I'm surprised nobody has put a pair of R-4360s on and gone racing , that would be a BEAST !

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Aussie expat lost in Indonesia

Douglas only built 2500, all production contracts were cancelled right after VJ Day. These 2500 fought in both theaters in WWII, Korea, French Indo China, Viet Nam, Chad, Algeria, Biafra, El Salvador, Honduras, Indonesia, US ANG, and Cuba. They were made into executive aircraft and later fire bombers. All done with a production run of 2500. An amazing under appreciated aircraft.

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"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass..."
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto

My favorite version is the A-26K with tip tanks , what a mean looking machine

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Aussie expat lost in Indonesia

I was reading somewhere that when the Indonesian Air Force's Mustangs were up against the A-26 in Manado they were so impressed thet ordered some A-26s for themselves.



There's one sitting at malang air force base , always makes me drool (my photo)

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Aussie expat lost in Indonesia