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![]() "anon" wrote in message m... "DABEAR" wrote in message ups.com... Hughes Electronics has a fleet of them operational at Van Nuys Airport, California. They even have a C.O.D. version of sorts, complete with passenger windows. As a kid, I remember checking out a VIP Transport A-3 at Andrews. It had leather seats!! The VIP transport is the same frame as the TA-3 and EA-3. The TA-3 was designed as a Bombardier/Navigator trainer. The TA-3's cabin area housed a 300 lb analogue computer , that's right, I said analogue (gears, servos, and mechanical integrator), and several navigation tables complete with sextant mounts. The EA-3s were loaded with electronic equipment to monitor the USSR military technology and operations. Another variation of this airframe was the RA-3 photo bird. In addition to cameras, it had a small bomb bay for photo flares. CNO's CA-3 ... http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedpics/144865.jpg http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedp...57VIPTABLE.jpg http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedp...4857IntFwd.jpg http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedp...4857IntAft.jpg TA-3...... http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg11photos/ta3b00_2.jpg EA-3 ..... http://www.a3skywarrior.com/jpg/seabrine.jpg http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg10phot...9_interior.gif http://www.a3skywarrior.com/gif/a-3r12.jpg http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedpics/km2.jpg RA-3 ..... http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedpics/wp1.jpg http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg9photos/2p.jpg (notice the 20 mm cannons. http://www.a3skywarrior.com/jpg/guns.jpg) http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg12photos/web4.jpg Perspective of the A-3s size ... http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedpics/cat%20prep.jpg One small point. The A-3 did NOT have ejection seats!!! http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg17photos/Adams11.jpg http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg17photos/Adams11.jpg A sudden heavy gust from starboard on a close in approach with no time to correct. Luckily the hook didn't engage a wire. LCDR John Priest got it airborne again and limped to Iwakuni and made a successful landing with no hydraulics and the port wing bet up 10 degrees. Wayne http://www.soaridaho.com |
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Wayne: I'll see your A3D and raise with a B-36
-- Stuart Fields Experimental Helo magazine P. O. Box 1585 Inyokern, CA 93527 (760) 377-4478 (760) 408-9747 general and layout cell (760) 608-1299 technical and advertising cell www.vkss.com www.experimentalhelo.com "DABEAR" wrote in message ups.com... Wayne Paul wrote: I get the same type of a blank stare when I mention A3D. Hughes Electronics has a fleet of them operational at Van Nuys Airport, California. They even have a C.O.D. version of sorts, complete with passenger windows. They come in and land, then utilize drogue chutes after touchdown. They're based out of the old Volpar building by the looks of it. |
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![]() Stuart & Kathryn Fields wrote: Wayne: I'll see your A3D and raise with a B-36 -- Ah, the aluminum overcast. Seems there were a few other names for it. I used to watch them land at Kelly. Seemed the rollout was a bit longer than forever. I was on Shemya, Alaska for a short tour and it was named as an alternate once for some special mission. I could not imagine a 36 makeing a successful landing there. Harry K |
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Stuart,
When I was in high school we lived in northern Idaho. Our home was about 100 miles from Fairchild AFB. I distenctly remember hearing the B-36's rumble and seeing the contrails streaming from each engine as they flew over Troy. Wayne http://www.soaridaho.com/ "Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message ... Wayne: I'll see your A3D and raise with a B-36 -- Stuart Fields Experimental Helo magazine P. O. Box 1585 Inyokern, CA 93527 (760) 377-4478 (760) 408-9747 general and layout cell (760) 608-1299 technical and advertising cell www.vkss.com www.experimentalhelo.com |
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![]() "Wayne Paul" wrote in message ... Stuart, When I was in high school we lived in northern Idaho. Our home was about 100 miles from Fairchild AFB. I distenctly remember hearing the B-36's rumble and seeing the contrails streaming from each engine as they flew over Troy. Wayne http://www.soaridaho.com/ C-82s McChord AFB 53-54 C-47s Korea 54-55 (last C-47 Sqdn in the AF) B-36 Fairchild AFB 55-56 I probably was in one of those you saw..................... |
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ups.com... You know you're old when some kid posts a picture of a plane you've flown in captioned: 'What the hell is THIS?' (It's an AJ-2, son. A nice airplane and one of the largest to have flown off an Essex-class carrier.) -R.S.Hoover You know you are old when you start running into your friends at the Urologist's office... -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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NAW. You know when you are getting old when you forget to zip up.
You are really old when you forget to zip down. -- Stuart Fields Experimental Helo magazine P. O. Box 1585 Inyokern, CA 93527 (760) 377-4478 (760) 408-9747 general and layout cell (760) 608-1299 technical and advertising cell www.vkss.com www.experimentalhelo.com wrote in message ups.com... You know you're old when some kid posts a picture of a plane you've flown in captioned: 'What the hell is THIS?' (It's an AJ-2, son. A nice airplane and one of the largest to have flown off an Essex-class carrier.) -R.S.Hoover |
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LOL!
"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message .. . NAW. You know when you are getting old when you forget to zip up. You are really old when you forget to zip down. -- Stuart Fields Experimental Helo magazine P. O. Box 1585 Inyokern, CA 93527 (760) 377-4478 (760) 408-9747 general and layout cell (760) 608-1299 technical and advertising cell www.vkss.com www.experimentalhelo.com wrote in message ups.com... You know you're old when some kid posts a picture of a plane you've flown in captioned: 'What the hell is THIS?' (It's an AJ-2, son. A nice airplane and one of the largest to have flown off an Essex-class carrier.) -R.S.Hoover -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:29:59 -0800, "Stuart & Kathryn Fields"
wrote: NAW. You know when you are getting old when you forget to zip up. You are really old when you forget to zip down. You are tuely getting old when it's your back that's stiff when you get up in the morning. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com |
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Roger wrote:
You are tuely getting old when it's your back that's stiff when you get up in the morning. Hey, I resemble that remark... For me one of the signs of being over the hill was going to the motorcycle dealership and asking for a part for my XS11 and the guy behind the counter asks "what's an XS11.) Tony |
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