Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider #3 - for Bill and Rob by goodoleboy
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Utterly awesome.
As a follow-up on yesterday's debbielove Skyraiders, this beauty was captured back on 10/26/08, at the 7th Annual Wings Wheels Rotors & Expo, held at the beautiful Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) in beautiful Los Alamitos, California.
Most ZOOM worthy.
One of 100 AD-4Ns that served in Korea as a ground-attack aircraft, without its night-attack equipment, but fitted with bombs and four 20 mm (0.79 in) cannon.
Tons/tonnes of information on the intrepid Skyraider, with variations on same, can be found on the Internet.
Ciao, thankx for coming aboard, and for any and all favs and noncritical comments.
Comments (15)
magnus073
Very nice work on this follow-up Harry, what a super fantastic collage
weesel
One mean little arplan. ;) Nice collage.
morningglory
Such a nice collage of this very interesting airplane.
MrsRatbag
Beautiful captures, Harry! I didn't know their wings could fold up like that, I'm sure it comes in handy. Curious name it has!
goodoleboy
MrsRatbag: the wings fold up for storage on aircraft carriers.
bmac62
Thanks for the dedi Harry. This has the Southeast Asis camouflage paint job used commonly during the Vietnam War. I've been on the ground as an adviser to Vietnamese Infantry when we called these in to support us during combat operations. They really look awesome while working for real...
npauling
A super collage of these wonderful captures. I'm chuckling over the name of the plane.
Hendesse
Fantastic series of excellent and interesting shots!
Feliciti
i don't know about this but cool name ;)
durleybeachbum
Does Fanny mean the same in the USA I wonder, as it does here?
steelrazer
Damn...looks like a porcupine under those wings! It wasn't affectionately called a dump truck for nothing. It's a massive looking plane! Thanks for posting this.
debbielove
Harry brilliant collage! Super clear! lol And look....Rendo missed the naked nose art! They withdrew mine....twice! lol Well done on getting away with it... Can't believe a single engined aircraft can heave that amount of luggage into the air....often from carriers! Great w9ork Harry.. Like!!!! Rob
danapommet
An amazing collage Harry and wonderful POVs.
tennesseecowgirl
Wow these are some impressive planes, nice work!
anahata.c
I haven't done a plane montage in a while, and this one's so beyond my experience, I just had to comment on it. Amazed at the comments from Rob & Bill, especially Bill talking about how these things looked in action. They're almost terrifying on the ground, to a novice like me. And I'm grateful you gave us so many views. The top 2 views orient us, and I'm amazed at the depth of reflection in the metal and the many hues that these planes have & pick up. With the wings up like that, these appear almost 'saluting'. Then comes the heavy stuff: The two shots of all those rockets/bombs. They're visually stunning like this, and of course you've let us see the inner workings of the "joint" between the two pieces of wing (ie, where the wing separates). You know, with all the talk of aesthetics and focus and light, etc etc, sometimes I forget that part of the art of photography is what one shows us to begin with, ie, that you were thoughtful enough to show us these details in the first place---just as you do with your car shots, sensing that many of us never have seen these before, so you're sure to let us see all the views you can pack into these amazing montages. And the 4th shot, though similar, is really very different, because the angle shows us more incl the door behind the wing. I have to assume that seeing this monster flying overhead, and seeing those bombs are enormously welcome sights to American soldiers in the field...And the fifth shot has the strange & wonderful combinations of hues and undulations from the back. And we get to see the bombs from a slightly safer distance...A really first rate collection, harry, and once again making me grateful that you go to the trouble to show us so many views of things that most of us would never see otherwise.