Originally Posted by Seafire
thought this might be an interesting thread...

so I'll start out..can anyone identify this a/c...

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Grumman F-7F. These were used for fire retardant drops in California in the early '60's. I listened to them take off at Redding and think my hearing was permanently damaged! We were standing about 20' off the runway as they rev'ed up to full throttle.