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Ztex
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Here's a couple of pages from my inherited photographs...they wer place in the book like this and I don't know of a better way than to scan each photo...maybe one day I wll have the time. Hope they are not too large.

Shots from the side of the runway, Naha AFB, Okinawa, 1951

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AWESOME SHOTS!!!

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Nice pics! Thanks for sharing.

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Good stuff especially the 26th FIS F-80s. A good friend here in town flew with them in Korea. F-80C s/n 49-813 FT-813 "Punk".
Here's a couple he gave me...............
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F-80C 25th FIS FT-795 after belly landing with flak damage

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Excellent pics from both parties--sure glad your mamas all taught you how to share!

I thought DC-7's had round motors, though! :wink:

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The DC-7 is actually a Canadair "Argonaut". It has four Rolls Royce Merlin engines and was built in Canada for BOAC.
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Tienmac wrote:
The DC-7 is actually a Canadair "Argonaut". It has four Rolls Royce Merlin engines and was built in Canada for BOAC.


Good eye...

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"The DC-7 is actually a Canadair "Argonaut". It has four Rolls Royce Merlin engines and was built in Canada for BOAC."


Isn't there one of those still around in Canada some where?
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RNDMTRS4EVR wrote:
"The DC-7 is actually a Canadair "Argonaut". It has four Rolls Royce Merlin engines and was built in Canada for BOAC."


Isn't there one of those still around in Canada some where?
Scott.....


Yes, in the Canadian National Air Museum....the only surviving Canadair North Star. Argonaut was the BOAC class name.

Why did they replace the P&W radials?
Glad you asked...TCA (Trans Canada Airlines) wanted a higher performing DC-4 but there were plenty of surplus Merlins that could do the job and being UK made were not subject to import duty (a very important factor in postwar England). The type was also pressurized and had many DC-6 features. The Argonaut was very successful for BOAC, at one point earning 30 percent of the airlines revenue. The 22 built were used for more than a decade on African and Far East routes.

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RNDMTRS4EVR wrote:
"The DC-7 is actually a Canadair "Argonaut". It has four Rolls Royce Merlin engines and was built in Canada for BOAC."


Isn't there one of those still around in Canada some where?
Scott.....


Project North Star is a group dedicated to restoring the last remaining Canadair C-4 in the world located at the Canadian National Aviation Museum.

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Thanks guys you learn something every day.
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Yep...learned something...

Here's another picture of the Arognaut...

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Might I be able to obtain a good copy of the T-33 photo?
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