And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Got to check one out (inside and out) at an open house at Glenview Naval Air Station (gone now), way back when. Interesting aircraft became more interesting when I noticed a connection in the underside labeled "nuclear depth charge". Wow
First built with the wings too short....added 3 feet on each side, strengthened the mounts, and never caused a problem again....but the damage was done to the civilian market, and faster jets took over anyway....great plane for the military, though....
Spent some of the best years of my life riding around in those things.
ReplyDeleteSpent my first tour fixing them, Barbers Point Oahu HI, VP-6 World Famous Blue Sharks.
DeleteWe loved having them around.
ReplyDeleteFailed as the Electra - Excelled as Orion
ReplyDeleteFlew on an Electra (Qantas) from SYD to DAR when I 4yo. Worked on Orions for years in the RAAF. Beautiful a\c.
DeleteGot to check one out (inside and out) at an open house at Glenview Naval Air Station (gone now), way back when. Interesting aircraft became more interesting when I noticed a connection in the underside labeled "nuclear depth charge". Wow
ReplyDeleteFirst built with the wings too short....added 3 feet on each side, strengthened the mounts, and never caused a problem again....but the damage was done to the civilian market, and faster jets took over anyway....great plane for the military, though....
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