Foto's "US military aircraft nostalgia and more" die ook nog thuis lagen.

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Foto 45.
DHC (DHC-4) C-7A Caribou (57-3083) in 1976. US Army Golden Knights.



Ruud.

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Foto 46.
Lockheed EC-121T Warning Star (52-3414 / "414") in 1974. 522nd AEW&C Wing, AFRES.
(AEW&C Wing = Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing - AFRES = Air Force Reserve)



Ruud.

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Foto 47.
Convair R4Y-1 (CV-340), later C-131F (141023).



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Foto 48.
Grumman F9F-5 Panther. US Navy, BuAer 126089, VF-82, CVA-36 USS Antietam, ca. 1953.




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Foto 49. Martin Mars "Caroline Mars". 76824 (BuNo)/824/RA. Withdrawn from use July 1956.
The last JRM-1 production airplane, the Caroline Mars, was completed as JRM-2, powered by 3,000-hp (2,200-kW) Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines, and featured a higher
maximum weight and other improvements. On 4 March 1949, the Caroline Mars set a new world passenger load record by carrying 269 people from San Diego to Alameda, Ca.
Delivered to the USN on 10 May 1948 and assigned to VR-2 at NAS Alameda. It was sold in 1959 and converted to forest fire fighting aircraft by Forest Industry Flying Tankers. Registered CF-LYM.
On 12 October 1962, the Caroline Mars was damaged beyond repair by Typhoon Freda while parked on its beaching gear at Victoria International Airport, Sidney, B.C.
for maintenance with Fairey Aviation of Canada when its tie-down lines snapped. The beaching gear collapsed, and the aircraft was blown across the tarmac for some distance
until it ran into a highway shoulder, causing damage to the left wing and float, as well as to the keel. It was considered damaged beyond repair and was broken up for spares.



Ruud.

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Wel, dit is dan mijn 1600ste bijdrage aan dit forum. Ik wilde alleen af en toe wat lezen op dit forum. Is dit een nieuwe verslaving? Toch wil ik dit jaar weer meer gaan lezen, maar ben ik nog te redden?
Foto 50. Douglas AD-4W (124771/27/NE). Three-seat AEW version. After service with USN and major overhaul, went to Fleet Air Arm Sep 25, 1953 as Skyraider AEW.1 WT967.
To Scottish Aviation as spares source Feb 7, 1963, although not formally SOC from RN until Mar 18, 1963.



Mvg, Ruud van Ommeren.

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Foto 51.
Boeing C-97G (0-20829/52-829/'Marietta'). 158th ATS, Georgia ANG.



Ruud.

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Foto 52.
Lockheed P-80A “Houston Hurricane” (Lt Bob Eckman) of 27th FS, 1st FG at March Field, ca. 1946.



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Foto 53.
Lockheed P2V-7LP Neptune (redesignated LP-2J in 1962).
140436 (c/n 726-7095) assigned to VX-6 at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Named "Candid Camera". SOC Jul 22, 1965. Now in the Walter Soplata collection, Newbury, OH.



Ruud.

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Foto 54.
Republic XF-91A (s/n 46-0681). Crashed tijdens testen in de zomer van 1951 op Edwards AFB (engine failure during take-off), de staart was totaal verloren.
Daarop kreeg hij een "V" of "butterfly" staart. Dit toestel ziet er heel anders uit dan de XF-91. Die had eerst geen radome.
Er zijn slechts twee exemplaren van de XF-91/XF-91A gebouwd. Zij hadden een straalmotor en een raketmotor.
De eerste (s/n 46-0680) staat nu in het National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. Ook met een radome.



Ruud.