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.
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Looks dusty. And he's flying with the canopy open.
A-1H Skyraider, likely over Vietnam. A tail dragger and a big radial in the age of jets and tricycle gear. They actually shot down some Mig 17s in Vietnam.
A-1H Skyraider, likely over Vietnam. A tail dragger and a big radial in the age of jets and tricycle gear. They actually shot down some Mig 17s in Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteIt was hot there, even at altitude.
ReplyDeleteI spent two years in the PI and that was hot. Went to Vietnam and THAT was HOT!!!
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ReplyDeleteLooks more sandy than dusty
ReplyDeleteI see what you did there. ;-D
DeleteBeat me to it. Thumbs up!
DeleteAh the good old days of flying, when you could fly with the windows open.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I understand it to be a Navy Thing, especially when flying from an Air Farce or Army base.
Very possibly the best prop war aircraft every made many say.
ReplyDeleteOpen canopy would make it easier to get out, if there was a landing or take-off accident.
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