Caribou, Skywarrior, Starfire, and Thunderchief

[dbusack]

There are a few new aircraft on Prime Portal tonight:

A 13 photo walk around of the DHC-4 Caribou
http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/bartolome_jordan/dhc-4_caribou/thumbnails/dhc-4_caribou_02_of_13t.jpg

A 28 photo walk around of the A-3B (143359) Skywarrior
http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/howard_mason/a-3b_143359/thumbnails/a-3b_143359_08_of_28t.jpg

A 27 photo walk around of the C-7B (62-4188) Caribou
http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/howard_mason/c-7b_62-4188/thumbnails/c-7b_62-4188_16_of_27t.jpg

A 21 photo walk around of the F-94C (51-13575) Starfire
http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/howard_mason/f-94c_51-13575/thumbnails/f-94c_51-13575_01_of_21t.jpg

And a 9 photo walk around of the F-105B Thunderchief
http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/howard_mason/f-105b/thumbnails/f-105b_4_of_9t.jpg

Check them all out at:
http://www.primeportal.net/whats_new.htm

Enjoy!
Don Busack

[PaulClift]

dont the ozzies still use the DHC-4 Caribou

[Hellfish]

A-3s are still my favorite naval aircraft.

[bilbo baggins]

dont the ozzies still use the DHC-4 Caribou


Yes we do 'cos we still haven't found anything to match its VSTOL capability and most probably never will.

The replacement programme has been on-going for 25+ years!!! :cantbeli:

Most likely the replacement will eventually be a mix of Chinook and C-27J Spartan...................:roll:

[PaulClift]

Yes we do 'cos we still haven't found anything C-27J Spartan...................:roll:

Hey dont knock it, you could even have a acrobatic team of them :D

link (http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Ciaf2006/Highlights/C27AtTopOfLoop.jpg)

:D

[bilbo baggins]

Apologies I put it badly, the comment wasn't aimed at the Spartan which I like immensely but at the fact its taken 25+ years to arrive at what is an obvious probable/possible decision now when it could have been taken more than a few years ago............:|

[OldRecon]

In a book about press photographers that got killed during the Vietnam war, there was a photo of one of those Caribous, that the US Army used for supply missions at the time, being accidentaly hit by a US artillery round as it took off from some sort of big firebase in the central highlands (Duc Pho special forces camp).
That pic was freaking sic.

http://www.c-7acaribou.com/album/photos/photo02.htm
http://www.c-7acaribou.com/history/acft_losses.htm

[PaulClift]

holy **** thats a dramatic pic if ive ever seen one.

[OldRecon]

holy **** thats a dramatic pic if ive ever seen one.

Then you should have seen the pic on the back cover of the book, where I first saw the pic i linked above.
It shows the camera the photographer used when he was killed later during the Vietnam war. It had a bullet hole straight trough the middle of the lense.
Poor sob :(