Psyched about that AD-4

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

RRG has a website. Sorry, I forget the address, but search for it.

Once there look up "Project Galba".

As I replied in my initial thread about Ilya's project, the RRG website offers slim pickings for info. We also serve who sit and wait.
Flyby out

[Avimimus]

Meh, you can't beat the firefly for a plane that can be easily beaten (and thats what really counts right?).

[Rjel]

Loved the Skyraider since I saw The Bridges at Toko-Ri as a kid.

[96th_Nightshifter]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

Meh, you can't beat the firefly for a plane that can be easily beaten (and thats what really counts right?).

Well I certainly wouldn't be using it for dogfighting...........

Armament:

4 × 20 mm Hispano cannons
2 × 1,000 lb bomb under wings
8 pairs of 60 lb rockets

[dflion]

If you want to see some Skyraider's doing their job well, get a DVD copy of the film 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri' starring William Holden and the beautiful Grace Kelly.
William Holden (Lt. Harry Brubaker) is a USN reserve pilot flying jets (I think Grumman Panthers from memory) from the carrier 'Essex'.
Some great aircraft/carrier shots with Mickey Rooney doing a wonderful job as the Sikorsky rescue helicopter pilot.
DFLion

[proton45]

Another Korea era war movie is "The Hunters"... The movie stars Robert Mitchum as a aging F-86 Saber pilot who still has a few tricks up his sleeve... I have not seen this movie for a few years but as I remember it was pretty good. One area of interest is that most (if not all) of the aerial combat footage is live action (with an F86 standing in as a Mig), their might even be some real combat footage edited in for effect...this is in contrast to "Bridges at Toko-Ri" which made liberal use of miniatures in a studio (even though it was done very well, and is quite enjoyable) cut together with live action footage...

[Rjel]

Originally Posted by proton45

Another Korea era war movie is "The Hunters"... was pretty good. One area of interest is that most (if not all) of the aerial combat footage is live action (with an F86 standing in as a Mig), their might even be some real combat footage edited in for effect...

Actually, they used swept winged F-84s to stand in for the MiGs. Same with another Korean air war movie The McConnell Story starring Alan Ladd. Kind of hoakey but the flying is good. I like Alan Ladd movies too.

[proton45]

Originally Posted by Rjel

Actually, they used swept winged F-84s to stand in for the MiGs. Same with another Korean air war movie The McConnell Story starring Alan Ladd. Kind of hoakey but the flying is good. I like Alan Ladd movies too.

Your probably right...I haven't seen the movie for a few years.

Alan Ladd was a pretty good actor, I really like the film-noir movies he made with Veronica Lake.

"Jet Pilot" with John Wayne and Janet Leigh has some good footage in it... I think it was filmed around the time of the Korean war but it wasn't released for almost 8 years after filming had ended...nun-the-less their is some good scenes in it (Starfires and B36's).