gec Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Another WWII plane crashes at air show http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/again_another_wwii_plane_crashes_FQmUGOSURNqoiZtmZA5otO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Bongodriver Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 They say it's a T-28......not a WWII machine at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted September 18, 2011 2. Administrators Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Another fine example of biased reporting - since when has 1958 been "WWII-era"?? It's not even what I would class as post-war. And yet again 'stunt formation' gives the impression that these aircraft are flown dangerously. And as for the comments - "maybe God is saying quit honoring war." Totally failing to understand the point. Well done And not a jot of sympathy for the pilots family and friends either. Well, they have mine. Jabo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediteo Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 It's the New york post, no one takes them seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Yep, saw it last night on the 10 oclock news, but they showed a pic of a skyraider LOL Just found this on it. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/09/17/west-virginia-air-show-crash.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 I saw one of these a couple of years ago at the Winston-Salem Airshow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan I think I remember reading somewhere that a T-28 was the first American plane (single engine or something like that) shot down in Vietnam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 One thing is for sure, we have a few Dogz on the short list of the living that can attest to what a real WW2 Airplane crash is all about first hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I think I remember reading somewhere that a T-28 was the first American plane (single engine or something like that) shot down in Vietnam. Wouldn't surprise me. Operation Farm Gate was one of the first uses of "how do we get around politics and get our guys into combat" in Vietnam. The answer was, in part, to use American piloted T-28s on attack missions. "Legal" because there was always a Vietnamese "student" riding back seat. We had one that lived at the airport where I went to flight school. Awesome airplane, but rather expensive to operate. I distinctly remember the owner towing it from the ramp to the hanger after one local airshow, rather than firing it up and taxing over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PropNut Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I remember half a dozen of these sitting at Merrill Field in Anchorage Alaska when I was a kid. The U.S. Forestry Service used them as forest fire spotters or some such. Always exciting when they took off (our house was near the end of the run way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.