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litl rooster · « **Reply #1900 on:** August 21, 2012, 11:06:53 PM »

Quote from: Forty Rod on August 21, 2012, 02:33:37 PM

I fell in love with the Broncos when I was in 'Nam.

Wouldn't it be great to own one and use it to fly to your high school reunion...and other places? Talk about one-upmanship.

Forty I knew there was a reason I liked you

I think they are considered STOL

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #1901 on:** August 22, 2012, 01:00:34 AM »

I am hoping that the CAF gets access to a Bronco someday. We have a small collection of Vietnam era aircraft at the CAF HQ in Midland, Tx.

Leo Tanner · « **Reply #1902 on:** August 22, 2012, 10:41:41 AM »

Quote from: litl rooster on August 21, 2012, 11:06:53 PM

I think they are considered STOL

That would be perfect for his reunion. He could use the football field.

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Four-Eyed Buck · « **Reply #1903 on:** August 22, 2012, 02:29:09 PM »

Take down the goal posts at the open end of the field, though

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #1904 on:** August 22, 2012, 04:58:26 PM »

They only need a short distance to take off and land.

Delmonico · « **Reply #1905 on:** August 22, 2012, 05:19:31 PM »

On my trips this year I realized something, I need to stop at a bunch of the small town airports and take pictures of the entrance, do you realize how many F-86 are sitting on poles at those?

litl rooster · « **Reply #1906 on:** August 22, 2012, 11:08:41 PM »

Quote from: Delmonico on August 22, 2012, 05:19:31 PM

On my trips this year I realized something, I need to stop at a bunch of the small town airports and take pictures of the entrance, do you realize how many F-86 are sitting on poles at those?

I remember one in front of a VFW and also a school

Steel Horse Bailey · « **Reply #1907 on:** August 22, 2012, 11:11:02 PM »

I'll volunteer MY yard to put an F-86 ... or ANY airplane on a pole ... any time any towns want to "modernize" their courthouse square by getting rid of a display craft. Heck, in one of the little towns not far from Indianapolis (Greencastle) they have a V-1 "Buzz Bomb" on the town square. Not many of those ANYwhere!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/13_Greencastle_V-1.JPG

litl rooster · « **Reply #1908 on:** August 22, 2012, 11:55:26 PM »

They were made there? Make a hell of a cool lawn ornament. Better than a Jockey or Gnome or the the claymores I am using.

Four-Eyed Buck · « **Reply #1909 on:** August 23, 2012, 06:44:28 AM »

You thinking about Alliance H.S., lR? They're the "Aviators". Know they've got a plane out front, but not sure which model now

litl rooster · « **Reply #1910 on:** August 23, 2012, 07:09:50 AM »

They might also I think it was in some country school yard. I just remember my Dad stopping to look at it. Then us kids climbing up to look in the cockpit.

Four-Eyed Buck · « **Reply #1911 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:25:31 AM »

Alliance is on the east side of our county, lR. IIRC, there was an Aviation High School somewhere in the Cleveburg area as well. Think the one in Alliance was an F-84 or an A-8 Crusader( A-7?). Not even sure if it's still there

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #1912 on:** August 23, 2012, 12:43:23 PM »

At one time, Altus Oklahoma had a B-47 parked on their Main St. in the downtown area. There was an A-26 parked in front of the El Reno, Oklahoma VFW.

Steel Horse Bailey · « **Reply #1913 on:** August 23, 2012, 04:43:36 PM »

I wonder where they are now.

I've always admired the looks of the B-47. It LOOKS faster than it ever really was. Looks like what happened if the engineers scaled up a sleek fighter and added a bomb bay. I also like the Jimmy Stewart movie where he's flying a B-47 - Strategic Air Command - which he did in real life. It has some good flying shots and more flying than the typical Hollyweird offerings, but not a great plot. They (back then [1955], especially) had to load the story down with some romantic junk. June Allyson is his "worrying" wife in this one. She's pretty easy on the eyes after all ...

Delmonico · « **Reply #1914 on:** August 23, 2012, 04:47:14 PM »

A lot of the flying stuff was stock footage from SAC. You can reconize Offut in some of them, look for the Missourie River.

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #1915 on:** August 23, 2012, 06:38:15 PM »

They used Offutt and Carswell(Fort Worth) for the AF shots. I worked near Carswell at White Settlement PD before I went to work at Tarrant County. The movie was made about 53 and they had some B-36 shots as well.

Arcey · « **Reply #1916 on:** August 24, 2012, 08:57:08 AM »

Follow up on the Memphis Belle. WWII vet takes a ride. Includes an interview.

http://hamptonroads.com/2012/08/wwii-vet-takes-flight-over-memory-lane

At the top of the page, click on the big, blue PilotOnline.com. That’ll take you to the front page. Scroll down a bit and off to the right you’ll see a related video. It should have been linked in the article but this is the “Pile It.” The staff ain’t real swift.

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #1917 on:** August 24, 2012, 10:32:58 AM »

Last year, over Labor Day, we have our annual Air Show in Lancaster, Texas. I was helping give walk-through tours of our B-24. A guy brought his father for a peel at the Bomber. His father was a tailgunner. His father, age 87, crawled through to the tailgunner position, where he flew. It was a pleasure to see this WW2 veteran, reliving his time as a crewman on a B-24.

litl rooster · « **Reply #1918 on:** August 24, 2012, 10:42:54 PM »

Quote from: Steel Horse Bailey on August 22, 2012, 11:11:02 PM

I'll volunteer MY yard to put an F-86 ... or ANY airplane on a pole ... any time any towns want to "modernize" their courthouse square by getting rid of a display craft. Heck, in one of the little towns not far from Indianapolis (Greencastle) they have a V-1 "Buzz Bomb" on the town square. Not many of those ANYwhere!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/13_Greencastle_V-1.JPG

I swear the next day on Military Channel, one of the shows had a segment featuring the V1

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #1919 on:** August 25, 2012, 06:11:54 AM »

Those German rockets were so far advanced that the techology surpassed anthing the Allies had at that time.

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