Hi, I am looking for the following articles from the F4 Society's Smoke Trails. Would anyone who has these issues be willing to scan them for me? or if anyone...
I have a spare copy of Vol 5 No 3 (and of Vol 6 No 1). Contact me off-list if you'd like to buy it or work out a trade. Jeff Rankin-Lowe ... Trails. ... them....
Jeff, Super...Ok am happy to buy or trade. Not sure what I have that would be a suitable trade though, only thing I can really offer is slides by the bucket ...
Hi me again...sorry I wasn't too clear concerning the scanning..what I meant was a scan of the article not the whole magazine!!! Cheers, Pete ... From: "Peter...
When i look at the old pictures all the Air Force Planes, and Marine planes operating over South East Asia had the various dark shaded painting schemes. The...
Hello All .. Am sure some folks like Don Logan and a few others might be able to help .. I am gathering a bit of info for one of my current in the works...
When laying Chaff corridors for B-52s or other strike flights 388th TFW F-4 would carry MJU-1 Chaff bombs. I've attached a Bitmap scan of the MJU-1 and a...
Actually, they were Light Gull Grey on top, with white undersurfaces and control surfaces. There was a recent article in Wings or Airpower about the RA-5...
... Carrier-based aircraft were actually painted Light Gull Gray on top and white on the bottom during the Vietnam War era. Are you looking at black & white...
Actually, they were Light Gull Grey on top, with white undersurfaces and control surfaces. There was a recent article in Wings or Airpower about the RA-5...
Another method used by the 8th was the ALE-38 chaff dispenser. I'm afraid I don't have a photo handy just now, but will scan one in and send it. This unit...
Hello Steve .. Thanks much for the info .. The time frame I will be building from is 72/73 so that should work out fairly well ... I am thinking of doing 2...
... Robert, The ALE-38s were painted dark green on top with white (okay, light gray 36622) on the bottom. When on the ground, the hole in the front had a ...
Hi all I just joined the group and am hoping someone can help me. I'm building an F-4c and would like to put it in Bill Swendner's markings, along with the...
MB seats, as removed from the aircraft, excellent condition, non- demiled, all gear and stuff. Would like to sell both, stored indoors for the last three...
Actually, the Marine F-4s in Vietnam carried the Gull Grey/White paint scheme, the same as the embarked Navy and USMC F-4s. The Gull Grey, although intended...
Bull, very interesting! Now my question is: are the one grey schemes better than the ones with two or three in some sort of pattern in order to fool the...
... scheme, ... Someone here once posted a quote from a former Army Huey pilot who said about flying a big brown bug in a blue sky and consequently being very...
I'm almost afraid to mention Arnie again, but when and why were the static wicks deleted? The ones on the F-4Es at Seymour were gone by the late 80s, except...
As always... relying on Bull to point it out when I start spewing bullshit, my opinion is that the Colors had little if any affect. My experience was that the...
Interesting question that has been plaguing tactical aviation almost since flying began. Without going into a long disertation on the history of aircraft...
Bozo, "No visual, no tally, last one to the bar buys - fight's on!!" Bull ... bullshit, my opinion is that the Colors had little if any affect. My experience...
"Roger that...centerin' the dot, pipper's on....good tone. Lip-winder in the face at 3 miles!" "One shot....one kill.....knock it off and RTB the Club!" Bozo ...
I was the Wing Safety Officer at Spangdahlem AB from 1982-1985. About mid 1983 we started noticing that the static dissipaters were going missing off of lots...
... FOD ... That's intriguing, Les. Did they ever figure out why they fell off there rather than in the air? Inquiring minds want to know. :-)) Jeff...
Here's a drawing of the ALE-38 pod, for anyone that's interested. I have some photos of them somewhere, but don't have the time right now to go through all my...
Maybe they fell off during ACM over the practice range and found their way back home on their own... :-) Bombs aren't the only things smart you know ;-) Kostas...
... were ... not ... C'mon Jeff. Everyone knows that's because on takeoff roll, all those little Bernoulli's used to grab onto those static wicks as they ...
