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Tillsonburg...my back still Acks....
My wife grew up on a tobacco farm there, Tom could have worked for her dad. The old boy made a point of sending us that record when it first came out.
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A fellow I used to work for owned a Harvard, he always promised that he would take me for a ride one day...until I took a ride on his daughter for a short while...kind'a f#$ked my way out of a Harvard ride...in hind-sight the Harvard would have been much more "memorable".
Short Sturgeon Experimental Variants.
Looks like a revamped Beaufighter.
Nice and tidy aerial reconnaissance pod on the bottom of the fuselage.
Sitting down with my first coffee of the day and seeing this pic...I thought "No way" That's the DH Hornet....LOL I have that pic already!!!!
Well, put my glasses on, a few sips and a few clicks later found out I was wrong....
DH.103 Sea Hornet F Mk 20 you can see the arrester hook....
sorry...carry on
An older friend of mine flew them in Angola during his portuguese air force time. Has large pictures of him and his planes on his collection room wall. Just have to pass around 20 wall mounted swords to get to room with flintlock and 19th century pistols and some 40 cameras. Retire from flying TAP airlines as a pilot some years ago.
https://www.t6harvard.com/harvard-war-bird/portuguese-harvard-combat/
https://www.t6harvard.com/harvard-war-bird/portuguese-harvard-combat/
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fat tony
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Very interesting. The guns in the pods were said to be Anm2 mg's from Portuguese Spitfires & Hurricanes. Idk what calibre, I guess .303. What are the small bombs? They do not appear to have tail assemblies. All ways fuzes?
A pic of the Bell X1 signed by Tex Johnston. The X1 was built to withstand a force of 18× gravity according to Johnston. The nose had a similar profile to the ogive of a .50 BMG bullet. This is why they went with the greenhouse cockpit glass. Baby Doc may want to ban this picture of the Bell X1 and any variants of this picture.
A pic of the Bell X1 signed by Tex Johnston. The X1 was built to withstand a force of 18× gravity according to Johnston. The nose had a similar profile to the ogive of a .50 BMG bullet. This is why they went with the greenhouse cockpit glass. Baby Doc may want to ban this picture of the Bell X1 and any variants of this picture.
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More Portuguese T6 pictures and info here:
https://www.t6harvard.com/harvard-war-bird/portuguese-harvard-combat/
Samples
PORTUGUESE T6 HARVARD “BOMBED UP”
The airplanes had a lot of different armament choices:
– Four Browning 7.7 machine guns (ex-Hurricanes and Spitfires of our ancient fleet).
– Two Matra LR 361 rocket launchers each with 36 S.N.E.B. T/447 37mm. rockets
– Two 50kgs plus six 15kgs bombs as normal load.
– Two 100 Liters/80 Kg. napalm containers.
– Guns and bombs aiming sight was a French S.F.O.M. 83A.
José Fonseca – Among many others Canadian Cars & Foundry (CCF) Harvard IV that I was flying in fire missions at ex-Portuguese Mozambique between August 1969 and August 1971, as a Portuguese Air Force ( F.A.P.) Pilot Officer and Flying Officer later on, “1741” was the airplane were I made most of my 1000 operational flying hours during the two years I spent in that ancient Portuguese territory. After Elementary Flight Instruction in D.H.C.-1 Chipmunk ( at B.A.7 ) and Basic Flight Instruction in Cessna T-37C (at B.A.1 ) I was then designated to close air support missions.
https://www.t6harvard.com/harvard-war-bird/portuguese-harvard-combat/
Samples
PORTUGUESE T6 HARVARD “BOMBED UP”
The airplanes had a lot of different armament choices:
– Four Browning 7.7 machine guns (ex-Hurricanes and Spitfires of our ancient fleet).
– Two Matra LR 361 rocket launchers each with 36 S.N.E.B. T/447 37mm. rockets
– Two 50kgs plus six 15kgs bombs as normal load.
– Two 100 Liters/80 Kg. napalm containers.
– Guns and bombs aiming sight was a French S.F.O.M. 83A.
José Fonseca – Among many others Canadian Cars & Foundry (CCF) Harvard IV that I was flying in fire missions at ex-Portuguese Mozambique between August 1969 and August 1971, as a Portuguese Air Force ( F.A.P.) Pilot Officer and Flying Officer later on, “1741” was the airplane were I made most of my 1000 operational flying hours during the two years I spent in that ancient Portuguese territory. After Elementary Flight Instruction in D.H.C.-1 Chipmunk ( at B.A.7 ) and Basic Flight Instruction in Cessna T-37C (at B.A.1 ) I was then designated to close air support missions.
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My Dad worked as a fitter for Can Car & Foundry and one day he suggested that I ride my bike out to the local Thunder Bay airport.
They were runni g up engines and putting the finishes touches on a batch of Harvards "for export". I distinctly remember them being outfitted with what appeared to be bomb racks.
Perfect low budget platforms for "counterinsurgency operations" in third world countries with limited AA resources.
They were runni g up engines and putting the finishes touches on a batch of Harvards "for export". I distinctly remember them being outfitted with what appeared to be bomb racks.
Perfect low budget platforms for "counterinsurgency operations" in third world countries with limited AA resources.
I sent that link I posted above to my friend the Portuguese pilot of the T6 I mentioned in the earlier post, his answer:
"Very interesting indeed. I was there, as a flying lieutenant, from mid August 64 till 03 March 66, flying T6G (mainly), Dornier DO27 A3 and A4 and Auster D5. I logged 900 hours during this 18 month and, as I said, mainly flying the T6G.
As armament two pods with two MAC 3 machine guns each, cal 7.62mm, two pods for rockets by MATRA with 36 rockets each (extremely accurate), two bombs of 50Kg, 6 bombs of 20Kg under each wing or 6 bombs of 15Kg with contact fuse (not very pleasant to carry), We could also carry two tin bombs, locally made, ignited by a incendiary hand grenade, carrying 78 Liters of a mixture of gasoline and oil. The gunsight was a lot more primitive than the one shown.
The T6 was indeed an amazing plane not easy to fly, but once understood was a pleasure to have in the hands. Dependable, reliable and could take quiet a beating even when hit by light enemy fire. Its main shortcomings were being under-powered (only 600HP) and as a consequence being too slow and therefore an easy target .
Thank you for the link."
"Very interesting indeed. I was there, as a flying lieutenant, from mid August 64 till 03 March 66, flying T6G (mainly), Dornier DO27 A3 and A4 and Auster D5. I logged 900 hours during this 18 month and, as I said, mainly flying the T6G.
As armament two pods with two MAC 3 machine guns each, cal 7.62mm, two pods for rockets by MATRA with 36 rockets each (extremely accurate), two bombs of 50Kg, 6 bombs of 20Kg under each wing or 6 bombs of 15Kg with contact fuse (not very pleasant to carry), We could also carry two tin bombs, locally made, ignited by a incendiary hand grenade, carrying 78 Liters of a mixture of gasoline and oil. The gunsight was a lot more primitive than the one shown.
The T6 was indeed an amazing plane not easy to fly, but once understood was a pleasure to have in the hands. Dependable, reliable and could take quiet a beating even when hit by light enemy fire. Its main shortcomings were being under-powered (only 600HP) and as a consequence being too slow and therefore an easy target .
Thank you for the link."
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