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makin' boost
 Post subject: A-26 @ SAC Museum
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Anyone have shots of the A-26 @ the SAC Museum ?

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

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makin' boost wrote:
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

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delivered to museum sometime in 1969--delivered in august of 45
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Here are a few from Jan 2008.

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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.

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

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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.

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Here is two different nose views, from the floor:
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Halloween isn't until the end of the month and you are already seeing Goblins? Dude, you need to cut back!! :wink:
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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.

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

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What was the one word Chuck Yeager summed it up with?
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......or was that drawing the short straw?!?


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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!
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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).

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

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