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Dats a Canberra ! Good job, I thought the West German markings might throw someone.
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Softball, but a cool picture.
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Sounds like an OV10 to me. Picture a C-23 Sherpa but much rounder looking, without a wing strut/support, with a blunt nose and not as long in the fuselage.
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Softball, but a cool picture. U2
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I know, I know, dats a U-2 like Francis Gary Powers got shot down in!
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Technically no, fellas, not a U-2.
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Close?
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George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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TU2S? Trainer for the U2?
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No it was very short nose to tail. It was parked on the tarmac across from a group of F-18 in from Miramar and its may a tad longer then they were.
The wing roots were at the top of the fuselage, the belly was low to the ground
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See it is a U2!
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OK, so it was probably flown by the Marines or Navy. Might be able to narrow it down with a search.
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I bet he's thinking of a C-2 Greyhound. Was this it?
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Softball, but a cool picture. TR-1
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I bet he's thinking of a C-2 Greyhound. Was this it? Ugh, the COD. Not my favorite way to get to or from the boat.
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Close? B-25. Was on the flight deck of the Carl Vinson right off Waikiki when we deck launched three of those as part of the 50th anniversary of VJ day.
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Softball, but a cool picture. TR-1 Ding ding. I knew someone would get it.
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I think that was just a coincidence. Its a former AFB that is now a commercial airport and a pitstop for military. We often see harriers from Yuma, U.S.A.F. Globemasters, NASA onwned aircraft. In fact that day there was a NASA T-38 Talon there too. Pic from before the mystery airplane arrived:
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I bet he's thinking of a C-2 Greyhound. Was this it? I have about a 1000 hours in the C-2. It was an aweful ride in the back but absolutely fun to fly! RH
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I bet he's thinking of a C-2 Greyhound. Was this it? Scratch what I had posted here... Looking at more images Foxbat has nailed it!
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