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| RIDE
WITH THE RAIDERS! |
|  Hold
on tight as over three thousand
horsepower pulls you toward
the heavens. With a little imagination,
you can get a small sense of
what it must have been like
for the Raiders as they departed
Shangri-La! Peer out the windows,
don’t worry, the guns
aren’t loaded. You won’t
be encountering any flak on
today’s mission, and any
fighters you see will be friendly.
Use your imagination; the ground
below is enemy territory. The
bomber you are riding in is
not bulletproof; it is made
out of aluminum! They were propelled
into the history books, not
by gasoline, but by the courage
of their crewmembers!
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| AC-47
Puff (Gunship) |
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 The
first AC-47s were ordered in 1940
and by the end of World War II,
9,348 had been procured for Army
Air Forces use. They carried personnel
and cargo, and in a combat role,
towed troop-carrying gliders and
dropped paratroops into enemy
territory.
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| AH-1 Cobra |
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 The
AH-1 Cobra was the world's first
dedicated (that is, specifically
designed) armed attack helicopter.
The need for an armed gunship
to protect unarmed helicopters
had quickly become apparent during
the early months of the Vietnam
conflict, when many helicopters
were lost to ground fire.
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| AT-6
Texans |
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 The
AT-6 advanced trainer was one
of the most widely used aircraft
in history. Evolving from the
BC-1 basic combat trainer ordered
in 1937, 15,495 Texans were built
between 1938 and 1945.
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| B-25J
Miss Mitchell |
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 The
-J was the last B-25 production
model manufactured by North American
Aviation (NAA). Almost 4,400 B-25Js
were built, far more than any
other model. The B-25J was an
improved B-25H but looked like
a cross between a B-25C and a
B-25H. The solid nose was replaced
by a 'greenhouse' with one fixed
and one flexible .50-cal. machine
gun. The bombardier was returned
to the crew bringing the total
to six men aboard.
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| Bell
206 |
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 Bell
Helicopter model 206 L-4
Gross weight is 4,550lbs. w/ 1,037
lbs. Of useful load full of fuel.
(available passenger weight =
useful load)
Holds 112 gallons of fuel.
Cruise speed is 120 knots.
Engine is Allison 250-C30P. 540
Shaft Horse Power
Searchlight is 30 Million Candlepower
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| B-17G
Flying Fortress |
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 The
LSFM’s B-17 rolled off Lockheed’s
Vega assembly line in Burbank,
CA on 8 May 1945, the day the
European war ended. It was declared
surplus by the Army in 1947 and
sold to a French company with
whom she flew as a high altitude
mapping platform until 1984.
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| BT-13
Valiant |
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 The
"Valiant" was the basic
trainer most widely used by the
USAAF during WW II. It represented
the second of the three stages
of pilot training--primary, basic
and advanced. Compared with the
primary trainers in use at the
time, it was considerably more
complex. The BT-13 not only had
a more powerful engine, it was
also faster and heavier.
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| F-16
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| In
an air combat role, the F-16's
maneuverability and combat radius
(distance it can fly to enter
air combat, stay, fight and return)
exceed that of all potential threat
fighter aircraft. It can locate
targets in all weather conditions
and detect low flying aircraft
in radar ground clutter. In an
air-to-surface role, the F-16
can fly more than 500 miles (860
kilometers), deliver its weapons
with superior accuracy, defend
itself against enemy aircraft,
and return to its starting point.
An all-weather capability allows
it to accurately deliver ordnance
during non-visual bombing conditions.
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| Harvard
Mark IV |
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 The
aircraft was so good and so popular,
that it was used by many different
service branches and many different
countries. Our aircraft was one
of those licensed by Canadian
Car and Foundry in Canada where
it was known as the "Harvard"
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| L-5A
Sentinel |
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 Another
of the great versatile aircraft
of World War II is the fabric
covered L-5 Sentinel. This unarmed
aircraft was often used for
observation, spotting and transporting
personnel.
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| Mohawk |
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The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk is a military observation aircraft designed for battlefield surveillance. The prototype (YAO-1AF) first flew on April 14, 1959, and the aircraft served in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1996.
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| P-40
Warhawk |
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 Chennault's
American Volunteer Group, popularly
known as "The Flying Tigers"
flew their P-40B's and P-40C's
with great success against the
Japanese aircraft.
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| P51
Mustang |
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 The
P-51 Mustang destroyed more enemy
aircraft than any other fighter
in Europe. It began as the NA-73
in 1940 at Britain's request.
The design showed promise and
the Army Air Forces purchase of
Allison-powered Mustangs began
in 1941 primarily for photo reconnaissance
and ground support use due to
its limited high-altitude performance
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| Staudacher
S-300 |
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 John flies the world famous Staudacher S-300D which was hand crafted by John Staudacher in the Bay City, MI area.
The Staudacher was built for world class unlimited aerobatics and has competed in several world contests in many foriegn countries. The Staudacher is powered by a Lycoming A10-540 delivering more than 330 HP and has the latest
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| T-34 Mentor |
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 First flown in 1949, the Mentor was demonstrated by famed acrobatic pilots Bevo Howard and Betty Skelton at at the Cleveland Airshow.
The T-34 eventually won a long competition to determine a new trainer but Walter Beech did not live to see production. He died of a heart attack in 1950.
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| T-34C Turbo Mentor |
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 The
T-34C aircraft is an unpressurized
two-place, tandem cockpit low-wing
single-engine monoplane manufactured
by Raytheon Aircraft Company (Formally
Beech Aircraft), Wichita, Kansas.
The aircraft is powered by a Model
PT6A-25 turbo-prop engine manufactured
by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
of Canada. The primary mission
of the T-34C is to provide primary
flight training for student pilots
attached to the Chief of Naval
Air Training. As a secondary mission,
approximately 10% of the aircraft
provide pilot proficiency and
other aircraft support services
to AIRLANT, AIRPAC, and NAVAIR
"satellite sites" operated
throughout CONUS.
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| T-45 Goshawk |
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 The
T-45A aircraft, the Navy version
of the British Aerospace Hawk
aircraft, is used for intermediate
and advanced portions of the
Navy pilot training program
for jet carrier aviation and
tactical strike missions. The
T-45A replaces the T-2 Buckeye
trainer and the TA-4 trainer
with
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| TH-57C Sea Ranger |
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 The
TH-57 aircraft is the military
version of the commercial Model
206 Jet Ranger helicopter manufactured
by Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
The aircraft is powered by one
Allison Gas Turbine 250-C20J turboshaft
engine downrated to 317 shaft
horsepower. The primary mission
of TH-57 is to train student naval
aviators in the fundamentals of
helicopter flight for their transition
to operational fleet aircraft
in the U. S. Navy, U. S. Marine
Corps, and selected international
armed forces.
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| T-6A
Texan II |
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| The
Raytheon T-6A Joint Primary Air
Training System (JPATS) turboprop
is designed as a dedicated training
aircraft possessing jet-like handling
characteristics. Replacing the
Air Force's T-37 and the Navy's
T-34C aircraft, which are 37 and
22 years old, respectively, the
T-6A will offer better performance
and significant improvements in
training effectiveness, safety,
cockpit accommodations and operational
capabilities. Seven hundred and
forty T-6A aircraft will be purchased
by the United States Air Force
and the United States Navy. The
Air Force and Navy transition
to the T-6A is expected to take
approximately 10 years. The Air
Force will steadily replace T-37s
with T-6s at all Air Education
and Training Command joint specialized
undergraduate pilot training bases. |
| UH
58 |
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 \Soldiers operate a traffic control
checkpoint in Ah Salama, Iraq,
as 2 UH-58 Blackhawks fly over
on September 6, 2003. The Soldiers
and their M1-A1 Abrams tank are
part of Company C, 1st Brigade,
1st Armored Division.
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| UH1
Iriquis |
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The most widely
used military helicopter, the
Bell UH-1 series Iroquois, better
known as the "Huey",
began arriving in Vietnam in
1963. Before the end of the
conflict, more than 5,000 of
these versatile aircraft were
introduced into Southeast Asia.
"Hueys" were used
for MedEvac, command and control,
and air assault; to transport
personnel and materiel; and
as gun ships. Considered to
be the most widely used helicopter
in the world, with more than
9,000 produced from the 1950s
to the present, the Huey is
flown today by about 40 countries
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| UH-60 Blackhawk |
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 The
Black Hawk is the Army’s
front-line utility helicopter
used for air assault, air cavalry,
and aeromedical evacuation units.
It is designed to carry 11 combat-loaded,
air assault troops, and it is
capable of moving a 105-millimeter
howitzer and 30 rounds of ammunition.
First deployed in 1978, the
Black Hawk’s advanced
technology makes it easy to
maintain in the field.
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| Zero
101(replica) |
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 Zero 101 – TORA 101 is a Japanese A6M Zero replica originally used in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! TORA 101 is realistic looking, has an authentic sounding engine with three-bladed propeller, LOUD wing mounted propane machine guns, and a smoke system.
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Here are a few of the aircraft of the CAF
Vultee BT-13A Valiant Basic Trainer
All pilots, whether they were destined
for fighters or bombers, had to go through the pilot
training process. One of the most important aircraft
for developing new pilot skills was the BT-13 Valiant,
sometimes known as the "Vibrator" ~ not
for what it did to you, but to the windows of buildings
when it flew by.
Harvard Mk IV
The most important advanced pilot
trainer of World War II was the AT-6 Texan. The
aircraft was so good and so popular, that it was
used by many different service branches and many
different countries. Our aircraft was one of those
licensed by Canadian Car and Foundry in Canada where
it was known as the "Harvard"
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