Would that be the first radio controlled model of a C-2? It's such an ugly pig and it fly's like it looks, nobody has ever built a model of it that I know of. I hear that a company is coming out with a 1/48 model next year.
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The Monster COD thread (homage to the C-2A Greyhound)
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Would that be the first radio controlled model of a C-2? It's such an ugly pig and it fly's like it looks, nobody has ever built a model of it that I know of. I hear that a company is coming out with a 1/48 model next year.
I have never seen an R/C model of a C-2 probably for the reasons you stated. I grew to like it while I was stationed at VRC-30.
MasterBates
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Will your model have a 20/6-2 rudder switch?
Resurrection time? Can an ol' C-1A Trader Ships COD driver post some adventures of two combat deployments on the USS MIDWAY (CVA-41) ...1971-'72? Even as a "pointy-nose" on a Ship's Co. tour, it was some of the most interesting, challenging & fun flying of my career!
She was "Schoolboy 700" aka "Easy Way Airlines", and she rests in retirement today, on the flight deck of her old home in Sandy Eggo. She has been to some strange & exotic places!
*Her motto: 'Alone, Unarmed, and Afraid'
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BzB
She was "Schoolboy 700" aka "Easy Way Airlines", and she rests in retirement today, on the flight deck of her old home in Sandy Eggo. She has been to some strange & exotic places!
*Her motto: 'Alone, Unarmed, and Afraid'
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BzB
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That's quite the motto as the title of my research paper contrasting C-2A det operations with Navy antiterrorism doctrine was "Alone and Ignorantly Unafraid."
Resurrection time? Can an ol' C-1A Trader Ships COD driver post some adventures of two combat deployments on the USS MIDWAY (CVA-41) ...1971-'72? Even as a "pointy-nose" on a Ship's Co. tour, it was some of the most interesting, challenging & fun flying of my career!
She was "Schoolboy 700" aka "Easy Way Airlines", and she rests in retirement today, on the flight deck of her old home in Sandy Eggo. She has been to some strange & exotic places!
*Her motto: 'Alone, Unarmed, and Afraid'
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Any takers?
BzB
Thanks for the memories... and for all the precious mail cargo from home during that 11-month cruise!
How about those 'neato' RONs at Nakhon Phanom so you guys & the A-7 drivers could brief with the Bird Dog FACs...........OR..........RON 2s in Hong Kong to arrange CAG/Sqdn parties/Admins. The night, sh**ty WX, non-intrepreted Chinese language GCA at (Ye Olde) Kai Tak Int'l, steep approach path to avoid buildings, could drive a flight crew & Pax to drink...and usually did, good times!
*SH Midway COD Squad flight suit, built outside the gate @ "NKP". Wear it every Vet's Day.
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BzB I have a co-worker who deployed from the Miday from 69 to 84, he was an AE1 for F4s and E2Cs, his first tour F4s with VF151 and ended with the EC2 in 84. His first tour was with VQ1 in country.
AE606, check with Catmando, he flew with a MIDWAY Phantom Squadron in the '72-'73 era.
BzB
I know, buddy was a TS with VF151 in that time frame, believe he was an AE2 at that time. He has told me some awsome stories from the Q and the Viggies, I do swear I was born a decade too late!
If he was an AE Trouble Shooter of that cruise, I certainly knew him. And proud to serve with him. I even probably had him in my F-4 backseat for a few hops out of Atsugi as a good deal for our guys. Our TS guys were absolutely incredible! Unsung heroes, except to a few who remember and will never forget...I know, buddy was a TS with VF151 in that time frame, believe he was an AE2 at that time. He has told me some awsome stories from the Q and the Viggies, I do swear I was born a decade too late!
How about those 'neato' RONs at Nakhon Phanom so you guys & the A-7 drivers could brief with the Bird Dog FACs...........OR..........RON 2s in Hong Kong to arrange CAG/Sqdn parties/Admins. The night, sh**ty WX, non-intrepreted Chinese language GCA at (Ye Olde) Kai Tak Int'l, steep approach path to avoid buildings, could drive a flight crew & Pax to drink...and usually did, good times!
*SH Midway COD Squad flight suit, built outside the gate @ "NKP". Wear it every Vet's Day.
BzB
Aside from the outrageous approach, HGK was good times. But NKP?
Yikes, the bad guys used to shoot at us people over there!
PS: I used to be 6'4". But after pulling all those many Gs for so many years, I am now short for my old weight at 5'8". Therefore I can't fit into my shit-hot anymore. How you can is amazing! BZ!
A C-2A Greyhound approaches the flight deck.
PHILIPPINE SEA (July 24, 2012) A C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistic Support Squadron (VRC) 30, Detachment 5, approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka on May 26 to begin its 2012 patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Brian H. Abel/Released)
While our C-2 crews venerate your beloved 'Greyhounds' , save a little love for your ol'
retired Daddy, the C-1A. The "Pony Express"-like 'Trader' carried mail/supplies & personnel to/from the fleet for decades prior to C-2 introduction.
They also unretired for Linebacker II in '71-'72, to carry the ball, when the new COD was placed on a fleet-wide 'injured reserve' grounding due to propellor issues.
A salute to our (USS MIDWAY's) C-1A "SchoolBoy 700", aka 'Easy Way Airlines'!
BzB
retired Daddy, the C-1A. The "Pony Express"-like 'Trader' carried mail/supplies & personnel to/from the fleet for decades prior to C-2 introduction.
They also unretired for Linebacker II in '71-'72, to carry the ball, when the new COD was placed on a fleet-wide 'injured reserve' grounding due to propellor issues.
A salute to our (USS MIDWAY's) C-1A "SchoolBoy 700", aka 'Easy Way Airlines'!
BzB