Viet Nam Aircraft?

nooneimportant wrote:

Develop the HU2 idea some...

And try to locate a photo of the "mushroom brigade" logo.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

"BTIZ" wrote in message news:DkA_b.6218$aZ3.1012@fed1read04...
if you are going to do the F-4... do both AF and Marine versions.. also the
F-4G "Wild Weasel".. now there is a theme real close to the "in the Buff"
idea..

What, you got something against the Navy? :-)

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

John Galban wrote:
"BTIZ" wrote in message news:DkA_b.6218$aZ3.1012@fed1read04...

if you are going to do the F-4... do both AF and Marine versions.. also the
F-4G "Wild Weasel".. now there is a theme real close to the "in the Buff"
idea..


What, you got something against the Navy? :-)

He included the Marines!

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:20:10 GMT, Bob wrote:


How about a wall done up as a large photograph of the young naked girl
running down the road covered in napalm burns

snip a ...

Thank you, Senator Kerry.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Dick Forrey, the man who started the anti-Target brouhaha, has since
admitted his mistake:

I made a mistake on this one, and I've learned a hard lesson — that's for
sure. What started out as a message for the members in our organization has
turned into a hate-type thing. I never wanted to start any national boycott.
I just wish it would all stop.

Some people have used my words and perpetuated lies. It's sad that some of
these people would use veterans as a way to push their own political views.
I've sent out a retraction, and no one pays any attention.

This question sprang from a conversation I had with a guest who suggested
that we "do" a suite for all Viet Nam vets.

Up till now, we've only honored historic aircraft (Spirit of St. Louis;
Fokker Triplane; Pan Am Clipper; Wright Flyer; Constellation) and World
War
II stuff (Memphis Belle; P-51 Mustang). Now, however, we're about to open
the Blackbird Suite -- the 1960s super spyplane -- so we're branching out
a
bit.

Thus, the guest's suggestion. In his opinion, the Viet Nam boys deserve a
suite "of their own," and I certainly agree. So, we're tossing around
ideas.

In my opinion, the aircraft that best symbolizes that war was the Huey
helicopter. Unfortunately, the Huey is about as romantic as a storage
locker. The second most ubiquitous aircraft -- the one we always saw on
the
6 o'clock news -- was the B-52 Stratofortress. Again, this is not an
aircraft we can build a theme suite around, in Mary's opinion. (I rather
like the idea of a "BUFF Suite" myself... ;-)

I guess that leaves the F-4 Phantom?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

The plane that hauled the weight "out back" was the Caribou. Rugged, short
field capable and didn't mind getting the wheels dirty.

Second choice for the field soldier's limousine would have to be the
Chinook.

Pepperoni

Jay

One of the unsung hero's of the war in VN was the C-130. They hauled
'trash' day and night to support the Army from the big airfields to
the laderite (clay) strips used by the FAC's, choppers, etc.

I remember well one time i had just landed on a 7-800 foot laderite
strip and turned off end of R/W in my 0-1. I looked back and here was
a C-130 on short final dragging it in. He chopped power (Or maybe
reversed in air) and smacked on the end of th R/W and immediately went
to full reverse on the props. This sucked up a cloud of red dust and I
lost the plane in the cloud. All I could see was his wing tips swaying
back and forth sticking our of the cloud as he applied full brakes and
reverse. Was still going like a bat out of hell and I goosed the
engine pretty hard and taxied away from the end of the R/W where I
thought he would run off and burn. As the 130 approached the end of
the R/W it slowed down and finally made a high speed 90 degree turn
off the R/W. He then taxied to the side of the field opposite the
center of R/W and opened his ramp and four rubber bladders rolled out
the back on the ground like big wide inner tubes that could be hooked
together and pulled to where they were needed.

The 130 never stopped while they were rolling out the back and went on
to the end of the R/W and lined right on the end. Ran the engines up
to full power and used about 2/3 of that little R/W that I used about
3/4 in the 0-1 and flew back to get more supplies.

I never pass the chance to pat those guys on the back as no one else
will. I saw what they did and give them full credit for a job well
done.

If we got any 130 crews on the thread they should speak up and tell
some of their stories.
Big John

If you talk to the 'grunts', besides CAS they will all tell you the
130 hauled everything they needed and flew day and night, sun and
rain.

I really took my hats off to those jocks.

Big John



On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:18:05 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

What is the aircraft that is most closely associated with the Viet Nam war?

I'm sorry. I seem to have somehow combined two posts (to two different
newsgroups) while trimming to post here. I have no idea how that happened.
What a mess.
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"Pepperoni" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:2Xu_b.383818$xy6.2081664@attbi_s02...

The plane that hauled the weight "out back" was the Caribou. Rugged,
short
field capable and didn't mind getting the wheels dirty.

Second choice for the field soldier's limousine would have to be the
Chinook.

Pepperoni

I'm sorry. I seem to have somehow combined two posts (to two different
newsgroups) while trimming to post here. I have no idea how that
happened.
What a mess.

Thanks for the clarification...

Whew -- I thought I was losing it there for a minute!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I'm sorry. I seem to have somehow combined two posts (to two different
newsgroups) while trimming to post here. I have no idea how that
happened.
What a mess.

Thanks for the clarification...

Whew -- I thought I was losing it there for a minute!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

It's embarrasing. I must have hit "Paste" instead of "cut" while trying to
trim.

Jay,
How about one that every pilot would know and thank you for...the Jolly
Green? It may or may not mean much to Army helo pilots (I don't know) but
the USAF boys would know it and it's meaning right away. OK, it's ugly as
hell and even less romantic than a Huey, but it's the one that has mostly
positive elements to it's association.

Shawn

"Gerry Caron" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I guess that leaves the F-4 Phantom?

Phantoms Phorever!!! AKA Rhino or Double Ugly.

A truly great aircraft. Flown by AF, Navy, and Marines. Lots of
history,
stories, etc. to build a theme around.

Gerry