Graceful Airplanes - A-5.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman]

[Norm DePlume]

Oh, Baby!

[Wayne Paul]

"Norm DePlume" > wrote in message
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> Oh, Baby!

Here are a couple RA-5C pictures.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/

[Wayne Paul]

"Robert Moore" > wrote in message
46.128...
> "Wayne Paul" wrote
>
>> Here are a couple RA-5C pictures.
>
> Yeah, these are the ugly, humpbacked ones. Now the original
> Vigilante.... WOW! I have a lot of Super8 movies of it during
> its sea trials on the Enterprise in the early '60s.
>

Bob,

Back in 1964 I was assigned to VAH-10 flying as a Bombardier/Navigator in
A-3Bs. (See attached picture) At the time the East Coast Heavy Attack
Squadrons were being transitioned to A-5s. The RF-8 was our Photo
Reconnaissance aircraft. In 1969 I had transitioned to A-6A Intruders and
was aboard the USS Ranger. By then all the A-5s had been converted to
RA-5Cs and all the RF-8s were gone.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/

[Wayne Paul]

"richec" > wrote in message
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> Ahhhh.... I may be missing something here, but that sure looks more an A3
> Whale than an A5 Vigil.

You are correct. It is indeed a Whale. I believe I stated that in the
post's text.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/