Psyched about that AD-4

[leitmotiv]

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

[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?

[DuxCorvan]

I love the Skyraider. My dad had a nice 1:32 model of that plane when I was a child. I always found it had an aura of might and sturdiness.

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Al Schlageter

F7Fs were used as NFs were they not?

Could be, the F-82 definitely was, until replaced by the F-94 Starfire, which had 4 kills in Korea.