Author Topic: Vintage airplanes: let's see your pictures (Read 53159 times)

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #25 on:** December 24, 2009, 07:49:54 PM »

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Charlie crapped his pants when they came calling.

We almost did as well.

Could be, we didn't get that good a look at them. We were busy at the time and it was just pre-dawn when they arrived for their helping hand.

BobbyR · « **Reply #26 on:** December 24, 2009, 08:34:14 PM »

It was because of your situation in 68' when the NVA hit you guys with everything they had, it was a miracle you held them off. I had a friend at Khe Sahn and he was very badly wounded. Because you guys held out they upped Cobra production and many of us were were cross trained on both the UH-1 and the Cobra. As they became available many units reconfigured and the tactics changed. With twice the speed, range, and firepower, tactical strikes could executed. You could take the fight to Charlie. Glad you made it through that Sh1T.

bucky katt · « **Reply #27 on:** December 24, 2009, 11:35:10 PM »

as much as flying terrifies me, i'd LOVE to be able to get a ride in a BUFF. or maybe a C-5

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #28 on:** December 25, 2009, 06:42:09 PM »

Quote from: bucky katt on December 24, 2009, 11:35:10 PM

as much as flying terrifies me, i'd LOVE to be able to get a ride in a BUFF. or maybe a C-5

So Bucky, lets see if i have this right....

...You greet your pastor in the "buff" and now you want to go flying in the "buff" ....is there a pattern starting to emerge here.....

Mick

bender01 · « **Reply #29 on:** December 25, 2009, 07:29:48 PM »

http://www.mightyeighth.org/
I dont think this is what Bucky was taliking abut? His pic might be from the Camp St Marys Ga sub base. Last exit in GA.
But this is just below the SC border on i-95 in Savannah GA. Ive been 3-4 times but not in two years. Most of the staff is WW2 volunteers from the nearby area. If you are into this stuff its a must see. And the time to hear the vets talk about, narrate and answer questions is running out. Its about 3-4 hours to see every thing. Its Awesome.

BobbyR · « **Reply #30 on:** December 25, 2009, 07:44:24 PM »

Quote from: bucky katt on December 24, 2009, 11:35:10 PM

as much as flying terrifies me, i'd LOVE to be able to get a ride in a BUFF. or maybe a C-5

What Bucky is referring to is the B-52. It's nickname is the BUFF which stands for Big Ugly Fat F*cker. His preference for parading around with Mr. Willy hanging out is something else all together.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #31 on:** December 25, 2009, 07:47:34 PM »

Quote from: BobbyR on December 25, 2009, 07:44:24 PM

Quote from: bucky katt on December 24, 2009, 11:35:10 PM
as much as flying terrifies me, i'd LOVE to be able to get a ride in a BUFF. or maybe a C-5
What Bucky is referring to is the B-52. It's nickname is the BUFF which stands for Big Ugly Fat F*cker. His preference for parading around with Mr. Willy hanging out is something else all together.

I know guys, what do you think all the smileys were there for...

Mick

bucky katt · « **Reply #32 on:** December 25, 2009, 07:51:33 PM »

not only did i inherit dads mathematical abilities, i also got his aversion to clothing when intoxicated, but thats another story for a later day........where youngsters and ladies cant see the posting LOL

78 k550 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 25, 2009, 08:17:38 PM »

Quote from: retro rocket on December 25, 2009, 06:42:09 PM

Quote from: bucky katt on December 24, 2009, 11:35:10 PM
as much as flying terrifies me, i'd LOVE to be able to get a ride in a BUFF. or maybe a C-5
So Bucky, lets see if i have this right.... ...You greet your pastor in the "buff" and now you want to go flying in the "buff" ....is there a pattern starting to emerge here.....

Mick

LMAO
I think I broke my neck falling back in my chair. LOL

Paul

bender01 · « **Reply #34 on:** December 25, 2009, 08:30:47 PM »

Buckys pic is of the Mighty Eighth! Sc/Ga border. Since nicknames are being tossed around what was the f-105? Thud. Name from? The sound when it opened up or the sound when it hit the ground? This is a real question/poll? No buffing please.Ive heard both but Im thinking it was when it dumped a ton of fuel and lit. ??

Frankenkit · « **Reply #35 on:** December 25, 2009, 08:34:03 PM »

I LOVE old planes. At the evergreen air museum I got probably a hundred some pictures, but because I don't want to spam the board, I picked a couple of my faves...

This helicopter is one of the models used in Korea/Vietnam

THIS is Hughes' Spruce Goose. The entire hanger was built around it, and JUST fits. The plane is insanely massive. For scale, that's a full-sized biplane under the nose, and those are real people standing up on the scaffolding by the door.

I have some pics of the inside if anyone's interested, too.

bill440cars · « **Reply #36 on:** December 25, 2009, 08:40:11 PM »

Moving right along

I was going to say......................................................
...Oh yeah, now I remember.

You'll have to excuse me, between the last bit of conversation here AND my Senior Moments, I lost rack of my thoughts.

Anyway, about the B-52s, I when I was still working at Fort Chaffee (here in Arkansas), my Supervisor pointed up at the sky and asked, What Is That?" and he was pointing at a B-52 that was flying overhead (lower than usual). I told him what it was (he wasn't too bright

), while I enjoyed the Awesome sight it displayed. Don't know what they were doing that low around here, but I saw them several times for a bit, some years back. I used to watch them take off and land at Little Rock AFB years ago and it was cool watching them land with a little cross wind. They'd actually come in with a slight angle to them. Got a couple of pictures around here somewhere, when the Army Reserve unit I was with for a while, went to Barksdale AFB and we got to check out the B-52s and KC135s that were stationed there at the time. While I have a lot of respect for the OLD Bombers and such and the Choppers, my heart really lies with the Jet engined Fighters and Bombers of years back. Oh I Do like some of the newer stuff, but like with the SOHC4 (and such) Hondas, I identify with the older Jets as well. Brings up a point, I always try to check out the local Air Show here, but this year they aren't going to have one.

Quote from: Kit on December 25, 2009, 08:34:03 PM

I LOVE old planes. At the evergreen air museum I got probably a hundred some pictures, but because I don't want to spam the board, I picked a couple of my faves...

This helicopter is one of the models used in Korea/Vietnam

THIS is Hughes' Spruce Goose. The entire hanger was built around it, and JUST fits. The plane is insanely massive. For scale, that's a full-sized biplane under the nose, and those are real people standing up on the scaffolding by the door.

I have some pics of the inside if anyone's interested, too.

Cool shots Kit, Like to se tghem. Bill

bucky katt · « **Reply #37 on:** December 25, 2009, 09:04:25 PM »

This is one explanation i found about the Thud

The WWII P-47 had been nicknamed the Hog, and the follow-on F-84 had become the Super Hog. It was quite natural then that the F-105 would get tagged with Ultra Hog. Transition problems resulting in "controlled flight into terrain" gave rise to the name Lieutenant-eater, but that didn't stick. No one really knows what direction the nickname might have taken but for television, Buffalo Bob Smith, and the Howdy Doody show. Howdy Doody, it was alleged, was the illegitimate son of a Strategic Air Command bomber pilot, and Howdy, assisted by Mickey Mouse, was now writing standardization manuals at HQ, USAF. Buffalo Bob Smith, many others contended, was the role model for any number of Air Force Generals, while Clarabelle the Clown trained USAF stan/eval officers. On the television show, intermittently making mischief with the villainous Mr. Bluster, was a bumbling, drooling, semi-evil Indian named Chief Thunderthud. It had a nice ring to it. Thunder THUD. Thud, as in the noise made by a large heavy object hitting the ground. So, the F-105 became the Thunderthud, and finally, in life and legend, just The Thud.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #38 on:** December 25, 2009, 09:26:19 PM »

There is an aircraft museum in the metro area here that has the largest collection of flyable condition trimotors in the country. Here are a few.

The list on the side is pilots who have flown this Ford Trimotor including Charles Lindberg and Amelia Earhart

Another interesting plane is this 1928 Stinson Detroiter. The only surviving one of it's type.

Rare 1954 Taylor Aerocar in flying condition.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #39 on:** December 25, 2009, 10:21:24 PM »

Yay, I learned how to do a video.

This is Liberty Belle taking of from Hollman Field in St. Paul.

bill440cars · « **Reply #40 on:** December 25, 2009, 10:34:43 PM »

one word, AWESOME!

BobbyR · « **Reply #41 on:** December 26, 2009, 07:58:46 AM »

When you speak about milestone aircraft you cannot leave out the DC-3. The most successful plane of it's type. My Uncle flew one in the Pacific and bought one surplus after WWII and started a small air cargo company. This is not his, but looks just like it. I was his all around all around piss boy and ultimately his co pilot.

Hinomaru · « **Reply #42 on:** December 26, 2009, 08:47:36 AM »

The DC-3 is truly a great airplane and I wonder if it ever gets all the credit it deserves among the famous fighters and bombers of the day.

One of my favorites was the US Navy PBY Catalina, probably because my father flew around the Pacific theater in a PBY during WWII.

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #43 on:** December 26, 2009, 08:52:21 AM »

The AC-47 (military adaptation of the DC-3) saw action in Vietnam as the infamous "Puff The Magic Dragon." Very interesting to see in action provided you were on the right side.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #44 on:** December 26, 2009, 12:32:49 PM »

This is a two seat dual control P-51 owned by the Collins Foundation. They offer a basic flight training course where you can get your hands on the controls. $$$

72 yellow · « **Reply #45 on:** December 26, 2009, 12:38:31 PM »

A couple of pics of my dad on Okinawa in August 1945. Both planes are B-24's. "Bread Line in '49" was badly damaged in a crash landing during a typhoon. It was repaired and brought back to Kingman, AZ to be scrapped. "Embarassed" is the other B-24. My dad served the 49th Service Squadron, 5th Army Air Force. There is a diary online written about the 49th from the time they arrived in Australia in 1942. The author contracted malaria and the diary stops in late 1944. My dad joined the 49th in late 43 and served at New Guinea, Luzon, Okinawa and with the army of occupation in Japan. He returned home in November 1945. Miss ya, Dad.

SD750F · « **Reply #46 on:** December 26, 2009, 12:58:01 PM »

Here is a picture of a vintage F-80 jet fighter and its hand control assembly I just sold on ebay.

clarkjh · « **Reply #47 on:** December 26, 2009, 03:19:00 PM »

I don't have any photos, but do remember once when Loring AFB in Maine put every plane in the air in a holding pattern. You could see the pilots on the bottom of the stack as they went over. That was back when it was a "First Strike" target, many moons ago for me. Some of those planes are huge.

James

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #48 on:** December 26, 2009, 03:40:21 PM »

Just a few shots from several years ago when I went for a flight on the B-17 Nine O Nine. Once airborne you could move about the plane from the nose to waist gunner positions. The tailgunner position was off limits.

From the top turret

Waist gunner position

View from the navigators window in the nose.

This is the B-24 Dragon and His Tail, originally painted as All American. Now painted as Witchcraft.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #49 on:** December 27, 2009, 10:49:41 AM »

A few weeks after Liberty Belle visited the Collins Foundation aircraft Nine O Nine, Witchcraft, and the P-51 flew into the Anoka County Airport. The Me 262 was scheduled to be there but did not make it due to mechanical issues.

B-24 with the B-17 in the background

The B-24 seemed a more advanced and sophisticated plane judging by the electronic and hydraulic systems. I think the B-17 is a much more graceful looking aircraft though.

1200HP Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp.

Looking aft at the rear gunner position.

Waist gunner position. My friend Paul's dad was a top turret gunner shot down over Germany and a POW during WWII. This was Paul's first look at a B-24.

Standing in the forward bomb bay looking up into the forward section. The top turret gunner sat in a seat suspended above me. No access was allowed into the forward section.

B-17 Nine O Nine

Looking up in the bomb bay of the B-17

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