Could not get any closer to these at the air show. I suspect the Mid-Atlantic Museum might try to restore them.
Is this the Flying Boxcar?
Thanks,
Louis of PA
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Could not get any closer to these at the air show. I suspect the Mid-Atlantic Museum might try to restore them.
Is this the Flying Boxcar?
Thanks,
Louis of PA
If so, I think that was our first combat jet, rushed into production at the beginning of the Korean War. Does anyone know?
a C-119 Flying Boxcar, alright:
http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircr...ircraft_id=379
and a P-80/F-80 (AAF/USAF designations):
http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircr...aircraft_id=86
Disclaimer: Being a sailor-type, I COULD be wrong on this....:yikes:
I believe the fighter to be an F84. If the wings are swept back, it could also be an F86 but from the angle the photo was taken, it seems the cockpit to be to far back for an F86.
C-119 and an F-84....helps to have been at the Air Force Museum Friday!
Nope! The C-82 had more rounded vertical stabilizers and lacked the large fillet up the booms. It also had a rounded rear fuselage rather than the horizontally split/ramp found in the C-119.
Like I said, I was looking at both of them Friday at the AFM!