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John HOLBROOK
04-16-2014, 02:27
http://www.fototime.com/%7B18D6573F-9BB6-4896-8156-27C744AAAB0A%7D/origpict/A3rollingoverMtFuji.jpg

In The A3 Skywarrior! Anybody recognize the mountain???????
hitower
04-16-2014, 04:03
Fuji??
Shooter5
04-16-2014, 06:53
Kamchatka area?

http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=a3d_skywarrior

http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=a3d_skywarrior

http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/history-up-close/aircraft-in-spotlight/skywarriors-display/

http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/history-up-close/aircraft-in-spotlight/skywarrior-detail/
KeithNyst
04-16-2014, 07:13
Fuji??

two votes for Fuji
John HOLBROOK
04-16-2014, 09:12
It is Mount Fuji, Japan and he was violating two regulations. First, the A3 was restricted from all aerobatics, except the LABS Loft Maneuver, second the airspace above and around Fuji was a Restricted Area below a certain altitude and I can't remember what it was. It was a sacred area...

During WW II, Fuji was a homing beacon for B-29s P-47Ns and P-51s inbound from the Marianas and Iwo Jima ......
Shooter5
04-30-2014, 04:26
Did you ever fly acrobatics in the A26?

http://www.enidnews.com/localnews/x1400189451/Former-U-S-Marine-pilot-needs-caretakers-for-WWII-era-craft
Ken Hill
04-30-2014, 12:43
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I once had a McDonald Douglas rep show me a picture of an F4 (?) Phantom going thru the St. Louis arch. That bent a few rules too!

Meanwhile!

Two raptors and one Blue Angel across the road from me at the Sun n Fun airshow!
John HOLBROOK
04-30-2014, 06:42
Nope, never did. The A-26-B26-JD 1 Invader was a great plane.. The USAF literally flew them until they fell apart. The was a study done to resume production however it was never done. After I left VU-10, they lost one in the Caribbean when he dug a wing and spun in.... Our aircraft had two P&W 2800-27s with a big hydraulic pump on the starboard engine and two tow reels in the after station for towing sleeves... I wound up with about 1,500 hrs. in the Jig Dog....

http://www.fototime.com/%7B384B3FF0-0655-4B9B-BE94-002637F6CE71%7D/origpict/doug-jd1.jpg