tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post1863125845211805048..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: The Only World War II Aircraft Still in Active ServiceDutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-31107825369150078072014-06-25T14:04:16.131-05:002014-06-25T14:04:16.131-05:00Just flew over our garden we are lucky enough to s...Just flew over our garden we are lucky enough to see all the usual fly pasts go over too what a wonderful sight Tracy’s Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457809793643504620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-21599707541826325562012-12-28T22:52:16.937-06:002012-12-28T22:52:16.937-06:00Put many pax hours in 47's flown by Air Americ...Put many pax hours in 47's flown by Air America.Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05684179171065794525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-67171552185381041862012-12-28T21:49:01.447-06:002012-12-28T21:49:01.447-06:00Some classics never die. I'm glad to see this ...Some classics never die. I'm glad to see this updated and rejuvenated to continued use into the next century.<br />Just something about the sweep and grace of the old planes and wings that hasn't been carried over into the newest generation.<br /><br />B Woodman<br />III-perAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-53739837354857319212012-12-28T09:31:41.634-06:002012-12-28T09:31:41.634-06:00If I ever win the lottery, I always dreamed of get...If I ever win the lottery, I always dreamed of getting a pilot's license and buying a C-47 and painting it camo like the AC-47s that were used in Vietnam. I wish I could own one of these historic and tough birds!<br />Maddawg308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-60328409505107889872012-12-28T07:51:58.169-06:002012-12-28T07:51:58.169-06:00My Dad was RCAF. I got to sit in 'Pinocchio...My Dad was RCAF. I got to sit in 'Pinocchio' as a Child. <br />:...A Dakota fitted with CF104 Radome.<br />I'll always remember FLYING Magazines article that called the DC3 'A 13 Ton Toad bounding down the Runway in search of less than Perfect Landings' <br />Our Static Display at CFB Comox Airbase features one,, it's in pretty rundown Condition, her Rudder in Tatters, a string of old, bold Cessnas humbled in her Dirty Wake. <br />..aaand were Back, Squawking 7600Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-83924598243238605622012-12-28T05:26:36.143-06:002012-12-28T05:26:36.143-06:00The picture of the Gooney Bird brought back memori...The picture of the Gooney Bird brought back memories. I was a Marine and drew a 3 day rest with the Air Force in Thailand. I was flying on a 47 from Viet-nam, across Laos to Udorn Thailand. Over Laos, the pilot decided he wanted to see the Ho Chi Minh trail up close. So, we did a low-level. Never in my time in Nam have I seen anything bombed as the section we flew over. Bomb craters were interlocked as far as the eye could see. The trail itself look like pictures you see in history books of the Burma road. Exciting as it was, I remember being damn concerned about the NVA opening up on us with 20mm AA guns known to protect the trail. The Gooney had no defenses, but fortunately, nothing happened. SWIFTnoreply@blogger.com