Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Nice jet for 1956

 


10 comments:

  1. Is that Steve Canyon in the drivers seat?

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    1. Loved that show!

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    2. Steve's plane was apparently an F-102.
      https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051317/

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    3. YouTube confirms:
      https://youtu.be/bUIAmfCf6M0

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    4. Steve Canyon was Air Force. The F-8 was all Navy.

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  2. Beautiful, but dangerous. https://www.aerosociety.com/media/8037/an-examination-of-the-f-8-crusader-through-archival-sources.pdf

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  3. Saw a lot of combat in Viet Nam.

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  4. For the most part, we US Marines in Vietnam, had close air support from this jet. If I am not mistaken, it was a US Navy plane. They'd come in on target, fairly high but really fast. ANY CAS was totally appreciated but US Marine CAS was awesome and normally right on target.

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  5. USMC used to be part of the Department of the Navy. Marine pilots and NFOs are/were Navy-trained. Marine aircraft and repair parts were bought with Navy dollars. One of my college roommates became a Marine aviation-supply officer, and told me they used the Navy supply system for the aviation-related stuff.

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  6. Nice artists conception.

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