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 Post subject: Ravens Craft
PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:33 am 
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Are any aircraft used by the Ravens still flying or on display anywhere other than in Laos?


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None that I am aware of in the US. I'll check with Raven 20 he should know.


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 Post subject: RAVEN
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NX28YF NORTH AMERICAN AT-28D-10 (NORTH AMERICAN/WEAVER)
N8WP CESSNA O-1F (O-1D)


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N28YF, ex RLAF 3412 is in Park City, UT


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Thanks for the info, its good to know. Have they contacted any of the Ravens for a reunion?


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More like did they have the pilots fly their old A/C? My O2-A was flown by Raven 20, he was almost shot down in it. We flew together 2 years ago. His last flight in that plane was 33 years prior!


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I have a xerox copy of the Edgar Allan Poe Literary Society's song book....

Good stuff!

Saludos,


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 Post subject: RAVEN
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MY AT-28D-10 WAS FLOWN SEVERAL TIMES BY THE LATE CRAIG MORRISON AT A T-34 FLY-IN I HAD IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
MY O-1F WAS FLOWN TO OSHKOSH AND BACK BY JOE SCHEIMER FOR THE RAVEN REUNION.

THE AT-28 WAS FLOWN TO FRESNO FOR THE LAO-AMERICAN REUNION AND WAS MARKED IN LAOTIAN COLORS.

SHORTLY AFTERWARDS GEN. VANG PAO PAID ME A VISIT FOR AN AFTERNOON. THAT WAS A MOST INTERESTING AND ENLIGHTENING DAY.
WE HAD MARKED THE CANOPY SKIRT WITH THE NAME OF THE FIRST MONG PILOT, LEE LU, HE HAD 5000 MISSIONS WHEN HE WAS KIA. AMERICAN FIGHTER PILOTS STILL SPEAK OF HIS BRAVERY. HE WAS THE GENERALS NEPHEW. I MET LEE LU'S SON AND WIDOW AT FRESNO. THEY WERE VERY TOUCHED WE HAD HONORED NOT ONLY LEE LU BUT THE LAOS.

THE AT-28 WITH THE EXTRA AIRFRAME WEIGHT AND THE DRAG OF ANTENNAS,GUN PODS,AND SIX HARDPOINTS WITH STORES WAS NOT A REAL FAST CRUISER. LOOKED LIKE A SKYRAIDER COMING AT YOU.

I HOSTED TWO EX-MONG PILOTS AT CARSON ONE DAY AND LET THEM FLY THE AT-28. THEY BOTH LANDED WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES AND ONE MORE STORY FOR THEIR FRIENDS.

YOU BET WE HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SACRAFICED FOR US.


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Excellent work!
That's exactly why we "Keep 'em flying"!
I'm working on a flyby for the 2006 FAC reunion at WPAFB for the dedication of the FAC Memorial. October 2006. Anyone available?


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