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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:51 am 
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Hi - hoping some of you guys can help. I'm after good quality close up photos of the Skyraider's engine, engine mount and accessory compartment (where mount attaches to fuselage plus associated stuff like oil tank & wiring etc) - and I mean with the panels open or off showing the inside details

I've got just about every book going on the Spad - they do show some tantalising shots, but always too far away and not enough close up detail

I'm after photos you might have taken yourself, or photos you might have links to for restorations, maintenance, overhauls etc that show these areas in detail.

Any help greatly appreciated!

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:01 pm 
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French one:

https://sites.google.com/site/skyraider ... stauration


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:40 pm 
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AD-4N:

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Also see the threads on the A-1H at NMUSAF:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22506

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=40588&start=0

Rich, curious to know what your research is leading to, model building, a restoration, something else??

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 5:08 pm 
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That's a fantastic pic, thanks!

I'm a model maker & will be building a 1/32 A1-H

thanks for the links will check them out


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Have you chosen a paint scheme yet? If you don't have one already, a thread in the modeling section would be fun to follow.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:38 am 
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not yet - I'm leaning towards a VNAF machine but who knows...


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 12:17 pm 
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See the link:

http://www.jackwalters.com/a1e3.jpg

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 12:22 pm 
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Here are a few more images:

http://www.jackwalters.com/duchoapg2.html

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 2:32 pm 
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thanks ken :drink3:


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 9:17 am 
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see the link:

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/a ... ft/00.shtm

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:33 pm 
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How 'bout these Rich?

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:28 am 
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these are nice ken, thanks... however a guy called christophe who owns the France-based AD-4N sent me a CD full of photos from an engine change, so I am sorted for now!

What I'm after next are photos of the part of the turtle deck underneath the canopy & behind the pilot (where the actuator & rocket motor for the yankee seat are located) and also photos of the fuel cell bay....


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This site has links to photos of an actual A-1 cockpit section salvaged to become a training device:

http://www.ejectionsite.com/yankee.htm

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Here is one of the better Yankee tube photos from skyraider.org:

http://www.skyraider.org/skyassn/otherp ... Yankee.jpg

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:18 am 
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thanks - already have that one plus have seen the ejector seat link before... the quest continues for pics of the turtle deck & the fuel cell bay..


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