
Finn
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Not your average getting it back on the deck:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/85716
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/85717
Jari
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- John1, firefly7 and patricksparks
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4 hours ago, Dave Williams said:
I enjoyed seeing the B-57 rotating bomb bay door in action, but was very surprised how slow it was. Was it really that slow in actual combat, or just a slow ground mode?
In flight to fully open takes 4 seconds and 6 seconds to close according to the manual.
Jari
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A series of 5 videos showing various USAF a/c, F-100s, F-105s, F-104's, FAC 0-1s and B-57s in action in SEA:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/69617
Jari
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If you have a 3D printer, you can make your own:
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/missile-matra-magic-ii-1-32
Jari
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Different rules apply for different situations, especially in war time, below are some example's of open panels on loaded aircraft:
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- Sepp, Christa, Rick Griewski and 1 other
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Here is one with the overall weight so no need to add up all the numbers:
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- John1, easixpedro, firefly7 and 1 other
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Here a recent one landing at a undisclosed location in the Mideast:
https://www.afcent.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2003319212/
Jari
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John if you still want to do a F, how about a Ryan's Raiders:
http://www.34tfsthuds.us/ryans/
check out the video showing the initial deployment.
Jari
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Here is a view of a A-10C from below the left wing showing some details that may be of help:
as for the luggage carriers, some pilots liked to have the door on the pod facing outboard to make it easier to load/unload their baggage even though the pod did have markings for which way was forward. Also for some pods one of the fairings could be removed and it was preferred to have that facing to the rear so in case it came off in flight it would go straight back.
Jari
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Probably to hold the a/c steady as the pilot used the relief tube.
Jari
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Some free ones in various scales:
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/vietnam-aircraft-revetment-32nd-48th-and-72-nd-scale-parts
Jari
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A-10s ready for battle again:
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- Fanes, Isar 30/07, Marcel111 and 5 others
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No definite answer but during WWII it probably took a long time for bombs to get to their destination from the factory, in the case from the US to overseas they would go by boat over the salty sea and in the case of corrosion you wouldn't want a "soft" spot on the bomb and have the majority of the blast at that weak spot when it went off. On a personal point, of the many inert bombs i loaded during my time about 98.9% percent were painted blue, the rest were still painted in red/brown primer, either they ran out of blue paint or they ran out of time to paint them before sending them off to the squadron.
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- Isar 30/07 and Oldbaldguy
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A nice article with photos of assorted aircraft:
https://www.docdroid.com/9ejZEGy/cam-ranh-bay-article-pdf
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- Jim Mason, thierry laurent, Bill Cross and 4 others
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Here is a seat from the same squadron, same time frame but the A-6A:
note what looks like a mod on the canopy top to block the light probably, don't know if it was applied to the B's they got.
edit: the other seat top:
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- Isar 30/07, easixpedro, allthumbs and 2 others
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Marcel here is a A-6 flight manual that has some B info in it:
https://www.docdroid.com/gRI6P3E/grumman-a-6a-b-c-e-and-ka-6d-intruder-flight-manual-pdf
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- Isar 30/07 and Marcel111
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7 hours ago, Tony T said:
I'd love to see that without its clothes on — I think that's a very rare (one of six) A-6B AN/APS-118 TIAS radome.
Where is this? It looks like the paint's being stripped off as part of a refurb.
Tony
It was found here among others:
Jari
F-4B Main Wheels, Outside View
in Aviation Discussion & Research
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Another view:
http://fanakit.free.fr/F-4B_walkaround/F-4B_PhantomII_walkaround02.JPG
Jari