14-327 Garand Picture of the Day

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LST'S UNLOADING troops and an artillery observation plane directly on shore during the amphibious landing at Saidor on the north coast of New Guinea, 2 January 1944

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[RT Ellis]

Be interesting to know the colors of the camouflage on the hull and doors of the LST, and what environment the camouflage was intended? Looks like it is intended to blend with the jungle, but nobody's going to be deceived unless this was well upriver.

They actually flew observation/liaison aircraft off LSTs at times.

[Bob Womack]

Yeah, I'm a little worried that someone is pushing the plane via the elevators.

Bob

[Bob Seijas]

That's why we send rifles into the field before adoption -- if there's a way to break something, GIs will find it

[Mike Haas]

Yeah, I'm a little worried that someone is pushing the plane via the elevators.

Bob

Not pushing the elevators. He got the tailwheel (or tailwheel Spring) and guiding it. Looks like a Piper L-4 or possibly a Taylorcraft L-2A. I can't tell because of the canvas covers and without the wings. It also looks like it was shipped without the windshield installed. You can tell by the tarp showing thru the cabanes above the instrument panel glare shield.

[Mike Haas]

Not pushing the elevators. He got the tailwheel (or tailwheel Spring) and guiding it. Looks like a Piper L-4 or possibly a Taylorcraft L-2A. I can't tell because of the canvas covers and without the wings. It also looks like it was shipped without the windshield installed. You can tell by the tarp showing thru the cabanes above the instrument panel glare shield.

It's a Piper L-4. I can tell because of the vertical slot at the front of the rear horizontal stabilizer. Piper used a jack screw for adjusting trim by moving the front of horizontal Stabilizer, up or down as necessary to adjust trim.
Taylorcraft L-2 A -B and M Models used a Trim Tab on the left elevator to adjust aircraft trim and the Horizontal Stab. was in a fixed position. The T-Craft system was the better of the two (2) since the trim could be adjusted by a simple slide control. Much better and easier to maintain than the Piper Crank Trim.

I've owned, flown both types of the Airplane mentioned above (sadly no more). Wish I could clearly read the tail # in the picture. Looks like the 1st #'s are "42".

Sometimes remembering things just stinks

Mike Haas

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# 29571 ! or 29671 !

[Bob Womack]

Sure looks to me like his right hand is on the elevator. The extreme position of the elevator also militates for it being held up that way.

[Paul S.]

Typically, the control stick was tied back with the seat belt to prevent damage either from the wind or from handling.