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.
Looks like 336th Squadron "The Rocketeers". I believe the yellow stripes were painted on in Korea to prevent confusing a friendly for a Mig. Al_in_Ottawa
My Dad flew the Navy's version of that aircraft -- the FJ4 Fury. As an instructor, he would take flights of 16 of them, launch out of Lakehurst, NJ, and fly the formation over our house when I was a kid. He would go out on low-levels by himself and fly past the house he grew up in at 200' and 400 knots. That kind of thing is why I became a naval aviator. The FJ3 and FJ4 were beautiful aircraft, handled exceptionally well, and were fairly robust at the boat.
F-86F-5-NA 51-2939 in the foreground, “written off” in Korea 4Dec 53. 52-4769 in background is a F-86F-30-NA. Can’t find definitive fate, but the serial numbers in that range were later transferred to Republic of China or Korea.
Lot less chance of picking up FOD with the air intake high on the nose. Love to fly one see how nice it handles. Its such an iconic jet fighter.
ReplyDeleteHim on the wing jumped onto the wet slush. That's war time.
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ReplyDeleteSeeing that jet makes me think of the Korean War.
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Looks like 336th Squadron "The Rocketeers". I believe the yellow stripes were painted on in Korea to prevent confusing a friendly for a Mig.
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My Dad flew the Navy's version of that aircraft -- the FJ4 Fury. As an instructor, he would take flights of 16 of them, launch out of Lakehurst, NJ, and fly the formation over our house when I was a kid. He would go out on low-levels by himself and fly past the house he grew up in at 200' and 400 knots. That kind of thing is why I became a naval aviator. The FJ3 and FJ4 were beautiful aircraft, handled exceptionally well, and were fairly robust at the boat.
ReplyDeleteF-86F-5-NA 51-2939 in the foreground, “written off” in Korea 4Dec 53. 52-4769 in background is a F-86F-30-NA. Can’t find definitive fate, but the serial numbers in that range were later transferred to Republic of China or Korea.
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