The Thunderbirds were preceded by the SkyBlazers in Europe (22nd Fighter-Bomber-Squadron, 36th Fighter-Bomber-Wing) The 2 wingmen, identical twins who went on to help start the Thunderbirds. They flew F-84E's while I was attached to the squadron in 1951-52. The Patillo twins retired as general officers, one a Lt. General, the other a Maj. General. One, I don't remember which, was a POW during WWII. I sent some info to the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas. They have quite a display on the Thunderbirds, perhaps they can be of assistance to you. Al (MSG, USAF, ret.
On Feb 6, 8:26 pm, "EG" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Joe > > Maybe you or another poster can help with a few other things I'm going to > need for this. > > Let me explain first.... > > Last summer the USAF Thunderbirds flew at Mchord AFB for the first time in a > couple of years. I met a young gentleman of about 10 yrs old who was intently > watching the show. > He mentioned that his great grandfather used to make the show happen but that > he died doing it. I had a very interesting comversation with this young man > for about fifteen minutes.he was very proud of his great grandfather, so I > asked him if I could talk to his father. What I discovered was that his great > grandfather was one of the ground crewmen for the thunderbirds that had died > in the crash of their support aircraft on October 9, 1958. > That day, 19 men aboard the thunderbirds support C-123 perished in a crash > about 50 miles NW of Boise, Idaho, while flying to an airshow at McChord AFB, > his great grandfather was one of them. After talking for a while, I found out > that this little guy has posters all over his walls of the thunderbirds many > of them signed by pilots and groundcrew. But, he doesn't have any models of > the aircraft. His father tried to build some but claims that he doesn't have > the talents to do it right. > > The father said that it would be ok if I built some for this young man to > hang from his ceiling. I have their contact info. > > I have already aquired or built a couple of the aircraft, the F-100D > (1964-68); F-16A (1983-91) , and the F-84F. (FG thunderstreak repainted into > TB colors) > > The ones I need to complete the set are, > > Performance Aircraft - F-84G (1953-54); F-100C (1956-63); F-105B (6 shows > 1964); F-4E (1969-73); T-38A (1974-81); F-16C (1992-2008) > Support Aircraft - C-119F (1955-57); C-123B (1958-63); C-54D (1959-63); T-33A > (1950's - 60's narrators aircraft); F-16B (1983-91 PR Aircraft) and F-16D > (1992-2008 PR Aircraft) > > Locations and availability would be nice, free if possible, low cost is ok, > Skinned as a thunderbird would be nice but I can easily do rescales and > repaints (I already have the artwork a must for this one) > > Any help at all on this tall order would be greatly appreciated... > > EG > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 4:33 PM > Subject: [Papermodels II 34371] Re: Fairchild C-123? > > EG, > > 1:48 Scale C-123 at ThiaPaperwork: > > http://agro-on.com/tppw/ > Scroll down quite a ways - $8.95 US > JoeG- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
