Psyched about that AD-4

[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.

[BG-09]

This MiG-15 is something I cant wait! MiG-15! GREAT!

[Snuff_Pidgeon]

Mig 15 for me, a real performer!

[Ploughman]

Originally Posted by leitmotiv

The Skyraider is a gem, but that MiG-15 really gets my blood pumping.

Yeah, what a beaut! Can't wait to fly the unfriendly skies in that baby.

[Xiola]

Its not a plane that I know anything about, but I too think the AD4 looks wicked.

BTW, what versions of the P51 would be in Korea? Would the tall tail 'lightweight' P51H be there?

I think to a lot of P51 fans this would be what they were expecting from the P51D. It was modified weighing every part on the P51 and comparing it to every part on a RAF Spitfire to make it as lightweight as possible and bring its manouverability more in line with its British counterpart. (They really did take each plane apart and weight every single part(!) to find out why the P51 was so much heavier...)

Should be awesome, and a better dogfighter than the P51D..

[ElAurens]

H models were not deployed to Korea.

The aircraft in Korea should be late block D models.

I suspect (I readily admit I don't know for sure) that the H models were not robust enough for the ground attack role the F-51s were used for in Korea.

The Air Force's main ground pounders in theatre should be the F-51, A-26 Invader, F-80, and straight wing F-84.

As for the US Navy and Marines, the A4 Skyraider, Late model Corsairs, and the jet Panther did most of the work, as I recall. Not sure about the F7F.

[Metatron]

I can almost already read the posts whining about the La-9!

[Al Schlageter]

F7Fs were used as NFs were they not?