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A special shot if you click on this thread...

PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 6:47 pm
by flyboy 28
Sussex Airshow 2004... Had just rained making for good shots...

A nice Goodyear F4U Corsair...
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A nicer Douglas A-1 Skyraider or "Sandy"
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And maybe the most famous plane in Flight Sim, "Briefing Time"! Was to my surprise to see her sitting on the flight line as well. :)
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More to come later...

Re: A special shot if you click on this thread...

PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:33 pm
by Threadkiller
nice!! i went to the susex airshow 3 times while i lived in NJ al free ;D hehehehe is the texan that was based there still flying?

Re: A special shot if you click on this thread...

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:30 pm
by alrot
Nice shots Flyboy 28

Re: A special shot if you click on this thread...

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:21 pm
by Wing Nut
Very nice, but I thought the Skyraider was designated AD-4...

Re: A special shot if you click on this thread...

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:52 am
by flyboy 28
Thanks, all... Kevin, I thought so too, but the program said it was an A-1... That may be an earlier model...?

Re: A special shot if you click on this thread...

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:58 am
by Craig.
good photos, your skills seem to be improving:)

Re: A special shot if you click on this thread...

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:15 am
by Hagar
Nice shots Flyboy. ;)

PS. Sussex Airshow 2004. Thought for one moment I'd missed out on something. :o
Quite a coincidence that I live in another Sussex - 3,000 miles away from yours. ;)

Re: A special shot if you click on this thread...

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:33 am
by Felix/FFDS
Very nice, but I thought the Skyraider was designated AD-4...



You're both right.

The Douglas Skyraider was the AD  (-4 being the variant).  In 1962 (thereabouts) the designation of most military aircraft was "consolidated" and the AD became the A-1 (just as the F4H and F-110 became the F-4; but the few reamining F4D Skyrays I believe retained their F4D designations - Don't ask why the F-117 remains in the century series of fighter designations when it's really an attack ("A") aircraft.

Re: A special shot if you click on this thread...

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:35 am
by flyboy 28
Heh... Unless you wanna quick hop a BA flight, you're outta luck till next year. :)

Thanks all...

Re: A special shot if you click on this thread...

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:39 am
by flyboy 28
Cool. Thanks for the info, Felix.