Warbird Information Exchange

Ah that man Carnerie ...he gets everywhere - a fellow Tomcat owner!

Nice site Tim - the photo on the side panel, the aircraft furthest away has an unusual scheme is that a 'modern' USAF low viz scheme? I think i have seen pictures of it in a book - always thought it was a jolly clever idea!

TT

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Life's a Beech and an Armed T-6

Now that I recall, this may well have been a French plane that came into the States via Canada. I seem to get France and Canada mixed up on occasion.

I'm going to swap the photos over to another host shortly. They are on Webshots now, which is probably why some folks can't see them.

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Rob Mears
'Surviving Corsairs' Historian
robcmears@yahoo.com
http://www.robmears.com

Hi,

I had seen photo's of this one before (exactly the same about four years ago), and this T-6G is definitely a French Air Force machine that has served in Algeria. The armed Texan was called "Tomcat" (Isn't that right Mr. Ben Brown ?)

I do have a photo of the T-6G on display in the Le Bourget Paris museum, and the outer hardpoint has a rock-pod fitted. Please let me know your are interested in it.

You should be able to read the former serial on the tail, or the individual aircraft code on the fuselage for a positive identification. However what I can see from the photo is that three of the digits might be 442, or at least 44. Back in 1965/1966 many T-6Gs were found (100+) at Chateaudun, south of Paris. Among those, which might have been sold, were the following which would fit to your Texan :
51-14404 (52), French property
51-14405 (129), returned to the USAF
51-14425 (23), French property
51-14444 ?, French property, but unconfirmed at Chateaudun
51-14450 (32), French property
51-14465 (6), French property
51-14470, French property
51-14471 (16), French property
51-14472 (3), French property
51-14481 (17), French property

Please contact me when you have further question, or info that might help to identify the machine.

Regards,

Benno Goethals, The Netherlands

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Here are the photos showing the virtually complete AT-6 (minus engine) with a 0-time prop included. Of all the promising projects I could have invested in, this one by far tops the "one that got away" list. The guy wanted $16K for this project back in 1993 and I didn't act. How many heavily armed T-6 projects are you going to find for that kind of cash these days?

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Rob Mears
'Surviving Corsairs' Historian
robcmears@yahoo.com
http://www.robmears.com

Mate....that would have been a cracking find!

TT

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Life's a Beech and an Armed T-6

Ben,

You know me. I am Tomcat nut. Try to imagine flying around with all the drag under wings. Probably take-off @90, cruise @90, land@90.

Patrick

LOL!

TT

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Life's a Beech and an Armed T-6

Hi,

Some Portuguese pilots called this armed Texan, "T-100". Wouldn't go over 100 MPH whit this could of exteranl load ...

Regards,

Benno

Anyone out there who might have a clue what the serial is ? Any marking (serial, individual-number, squadron-batch) left on the aircraft ?