Betcha didn't know this!!

[Jolly Roger]

Hey fellas, check this out! Betcha didn't know it!

http://www.usscoralsea.net/pages/f111.html

 

[Fly Navy]

Actually, I did know. Now, go tell me what a FJ Fury is and you can get a cookie.

 

[nittany03]

One from me if you can also tell me which currently-serving aircraft shares the same wing as the FJ Fury. Long live useless trivia.

 

[zuggerat]

the buckeye doesnt serve anymore

 

[Fly Navy]

the buckeye doesnt serve anymore

You want to make a wager on that one?

 

[zuggerat]

oops i didnt know they were still active in 'FO training

 

[Jolly Roger]

Actually, I did know. Now, go tell me what a FJ Fury is and you can get a cookie.

A navalized variant of the F-86 Sabre.

Now where is my damned cookie, please!

Okay, hotshot, what was the largest operational aircraft to routinely operate off a carrier

 

[nittany03]

A3D Skywarrior. aka "The Whale" or "All Three Dead."

 

[Jolly Roger]

or Wally the Whale.

Come on fire back!

In the mean time here's a another engima for you:

What was the most unconventional shoot down of a MiG over North Vietnam by Navy aircraft?

And who was the first NA to evade and escape capture three times in North Vietnam?

 

[Bevo16]

If you want big cookie, find me some pictures of the U-2 that we modified to fly off of carriers back in the '60's.

 

[Squid]

someone dropped a bomb on it as I recall??

 

[zuggerat]

oo i got one i got one, what was the original shape of the F-14A's wing box fairing?

 

[Squid]

umm, was it dinosaur shaped? can I have my cookie now? I have no idea, but I'm curious. can someone answer the mig question, it's racking my brain.

 

[squeeze]

What was the most unconventional shoot down of a MiG over North Vietnam by Navy aircraft?

well, a Skyraider shot down a MIG-17, and a Skyhawk shot one down with a rocket.... so I suppose it's up to your idea of 'unconventional'

 

[VetteMuscle427]

the buckeye doesnt serve anymore

I was coming back from the range the other day and saw a T-2 coming out of Andrew's Air Force Base.....