Skyraider!

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 05/04/2018 at 13:04 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Walking trough the hangar and a Skyraider appears. There are worse things to run into. Didn’t realize how HUGE the fuselage mounted speed brakes are.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > f86sabre 05/04/2018 at 13:25

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If you’d like to get your reading on viz the Able Dog, read this:

https://www.amazon.com/Naval-Air-War-Korea/dp/0817356584

I have the old paperback version, looks like this:

For Sweden > f86sabre 05/04/2018 at 13:38

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Delta’s war against United is getting serious

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > f86sabre 05/04/2018 at 13:44

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Absurdly huge:

AuthiCooper1300 > f86sabre 05/04/2018 at 14:26

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Spad!

Ash78, voting early and often > f86sabre 05/04/2018 at 14:27

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The most badass thing about this plane is that we used them all through Vietnam, even as everything was moving to jets and missiles.

Yes, a reliable radial engine, huge payload, and low speeds are good for something.

Basically what the A-10 is today.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > For Sweden 05/04/2018 at 14:30

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United will mire itself in legal troubles while Delta really doesn’t have to do anything

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > f86sabre 05/04/2018 at 14:36

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Here’s something worse to run into: the sharp corner of a 747's landing gear. I don’t know how many times I’ve nearly punctured my forehead grabbing the chocks before pushback...

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 05/04/2018 at 18:59

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Spad! One of my all time favorites. What a beast.

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 05/04/2018 at 19:00

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It carries a heavier bomb load than a B-17 (depending on the length of the mission).

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 05/04/2018 at 21:05

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I’ll never get over the fact that an F-15E has nearly 3 times the payload of a B-17, and basically equal to the B-29.

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 05/04/2018 at 21:07

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Jet engines yo.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 05/04/2018 at 21:13

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Yeah, also that the B-17 is smaller than most people would think, and a B-29 is about as big as a 737.

f86sabre > For Sweden 05/04/2018 at 21:32

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That wasn’t even the heavy hitter in the hangar today. Some planes I’m not allowed to take pictures of.

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 05/04/2018 at 22:10

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It’s is much smaller than one would think. I paid to climb through one once and was surprised how hard it was for my fat self to squeeze through the bomb bay. Then I noticed a stencil on the outside that read “Maximum crew weight 1200 pounds.” With a crew of ten, that means that each crewman weighed about 120 pounds at most. Of course, most of them were 18 year old farm boys, but try finding 10 dudes who weigh that little today.