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The big one in the back
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you're in the zone, this morning Ak Hunter! "After the turn of the century - in the clear blue skies over Germany..." Royal Guardsmen
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The big one in the back Martin P5M. That's the later model with the T tail. Last flying boat in the Navy inventory, Worked on those blanks for two years at Sangley Point in the P.I. Had to have JATO bottles strapped on to take off from water. Had to have beaching gear attatched to tow up a ramp to park. Had two R-3350 piston engines. Used to spot ship movement and for anti-submarine duty. For the time was loaded with all kind of electronic gear. Thats a radar in the nose. Had MAD gear etc. Would be goofy for two days after a mission. Noise and vibration level high. Could carry bombs, mines, etc. in bays in the engine nacelles.
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Very cool Roundup! Queen Easy was my father's plane when he was in VP 40!
When we're you at Sangley?
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When I was going to a Navy "C" School in the summer of 1958 there was still a squadron of P5Ms in service at NAS Norfolk dirctly behind the "C" School complex on the base. There was also the Navy's VTOL Pogo and Sea Dart sitting in storage not to far from the school also. The F2Y Sea Dart built by Convair The VTOL XFV-1 Pogo also built by Convair
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ID this American war bird... My Dad took part of his gunnery training in a B10. Late 1942.
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and another We had one of those at our base. Wing commnder used it to put in his hours for flight pay.
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Good bit of my hearing loss came from T-37s.
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The F2Y Sea Dart built by Convair One more reason to visit the Air and Space Museum at Balboa Park in San Diego. Theirs is the second of four Sea Darts constructed and the oldest surviving example .
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Close? B25 with an RF 4 in the background...
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and another We had one of those at our base. Wing commnder used it to put in his hours for flight pay. F94.... further development of the F 80 and T 33...for ADC...
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Here's a recent picture... AN 25.. Antonov sumpin or other...
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Bonus points for the variant. Hint: While working in the Lockheed Skunk Works, my father designed the racks that held much of the electronic surveillance equipment.
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The big one in the back Martin Marlin I've seen those as a kid... last of the big flying boats..
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Bonus points for the variant. Hint: While working in the Lockheed Skunk Works, my father designed the racks that held much of the electronic surveillance equipment. Navy Neptune, or USAF RB69...
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Here is one.... Bad pic, but only one I have. The jet on the left closest to the camera. That's our version of the one I showed earlier. B-57 B57, B17 and MiG 15
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Here's one. B 45 Tornado ( and I ain't havin' to use Google on these! )
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Here's a recent picture... AN 25.. Antonov sumpin or other... Not that big. Foxbat got it right. IL-76 Candid. Or C141 ski' if you like.
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Rotary wing...
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Fixed again...
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