Name That Plane
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:47 pmName this hunter-killer team of Korean War era vintage...with looks only a mother could love. 8-)
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:47 pmRe: Name That Plane
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:30 pmLooks like a Skyraider (introduced in 1945), a breed quite active in Korea and Vietnam, but I've not the time to search this one's habitat.
Re: Name That Plane
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:32 pmGrumman AF-2S & AF-2W Guardian. http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/hist-ac/af-2s.pdf
I recall one of our forum members posting shots of one under restoration.*
*PS. Found it. http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1276657099
I recall one of our forum members posting shots of one under restoration.*
*PS. Found it. http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1276657099
Re: Name That Plane
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:45 pmH, pretty close....I like to think of these as the Skyraider's ugly siblings.
Re: Name That Plane
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:47 pmPepe has posted the Grumman AF-2 pack and it is available for download now. It consists of the AF-2S, AF-2W and an AI version as well. 
All look considerably better than the shots above, which were taken of WIPs.
All look considerably better than the shots above, which were taken of WIPs.
Re: Name That Plane
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:00 pmWell, they may not be masterpieces, but they are certainly close to a 1000% upgrade over the FS9 originals. I had a CFS2 conversion of the S model. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]