This explains what was going on: http://rgsmithart.com/index.php?go=...etails&image_id=26&showOrnithologicalDetils=1
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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX
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This explains what was going on: http://rgsmithart.com/index.php?go=...etails&image_id=26&showOrnithologicalDetils=1
I wondered the same thing, but the R.G. Smith website sez the following:
About the Painting
Navy A-3 Skywarrior refuels a battle damaged A-4 Skyhawk for successful return to carrier USS Hancock, Vietnam.
The A-4 was a wet wing aircraft which meant that all of the fuel except for a small amount in the fuselage cell was contained inside of the wing. This meant that a large hole in the wing usually resulted in a lost aircraft untill the Douglas engineers developed a wing bypass switch which would direct fuel from the inflight refueling probe directly to the fuselage fuel cell and bypass the wing. Since there was not enough fuel in the fuselage cell to return to the ship, an aircraft with a hole in the wing would have to plug into the tanker or "Whale" and remain attached to the tanker untill on short final.
This painting depicts an actual event which occured after a strike into North Vietnam.
RadicalDude
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I've tanked at <1000' multiple times
Two pictures of the same plane?Tuff little Scooters,
Ltjg Alan R Crebo brings his damaged A4E back to the USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31 April 1967, hit by a SAM, too damaged to land he ejected near the ship.
Ltjg Alan Greensburg brings his A4E back to the USS Bon Homme Richard, April 1967.
Tuff, you bet. Same plane (bu numbers match) but the second picture shows it with the nose gear down.
Too bad Hugh Magee and Ron Marron aren't still around to share a few stories. Great Sailors!
Guess who.
Too bad Hugh Magee and Ron Marron aren't still around to share a few stories. Great Sailors!
Guess who.
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Malo83
Keep the Faith
My Bad!
Pics off two different sites, somehow missed Bureau#
Ltjg Crebo is the original Iron Man.
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LTjg Greensburg too, I guess...I guess they both ejected out of the same airplane on the same day?
707guy
"You can't make this shit up..."
Always thought that was a sweet looking ride...
That thing had to be a corrosion control shop supe's nightmare.
Lindbergh field in the background?
I believe it is. Good catch.
The worlds only supersonic seaplane. It was worth building if only for that fun fact.
And one is on a stick in front of the SD Aerospace Museum in Balboa Park.
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