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They were at Reno again last year (as were the Thunderbirds, who did a courtesy fly-by on their way to another air show) but they didn't do the JATO act this time. If you really want to see something impressive, you should see a C-123 with JATO, it's a lighter plane and shows much more effect with the JATO. That 'ficticious' unit commonly referred to as 'Air America' used them in SEA to get out of short 'Jungle Strips'. For a newcomer seeing it for the first time, you might think it's a 'noisy helicopter with wings' coming up out of the trees! But (Other than the coupe) I'll still vote for the Gooney Bird as the most 'unlikely' sight with JATO. Bob Saville Mike Dean wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Colonels are just so dang much fun. 'specially when they're drunk. ha-ha > > Has anyone seen the Blue Angle in recent years? I saw them in Kalamazoo a > few years back and their support plane, a C-130, did a JATO demostration. > Talk about impressive. Off the ground in about 300ft. Climbed at about 60/70° and then levelled off at about 500ft AGL. All in very short order. > > -----Original Message----- > > Make that USAAF. I saw it done on a Gooney Bird (C-47) early one Sunday morning over in Engand in > 1955. WOW, was that ever impressive!! > (One of the things Colonels do for excitement when they get drunk. It was a wager between the Base > Commander and a TDY B-47 Wing Commander at the "O-Club" the night before.) > > Bob Saville > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
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