Mike Kanze wrote:
The "straight" (non-KA-6D) A-6 had enough space in the Etensible Equipment
Platform (the "birdcage") for the crew's hanging bags of civvies and shaving
kits. The T-2 had enough cube in the nose cone for 3 - 4 cases of Coors
Beer, very popular in the Meridian, MS of the late 1960s when you couldn't
buy it outside of Colorado.

....and when you bought a case, you'd get change back from a $5.00 bill.
Those *were* the days.
--
John Miller
In Dallas, at the time