The Battle of Palmdale, August 16, 1956, Southern California

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2X F-89D Scorpion interceptors, 4Xcrewmen, 1XF6F-5K drone, several hundred Folding Fin Aerial Rockets, lots of property damage, and thousands of annoyed citizens! :D

http://articles.latimes.com/2005/sep/11/local/me-then11

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I read about it a while ago.I was looking into building cool model of a Hellcat and found this

https://www.ecardmodels.com/index.php/1-33-grumman-f6f-3k-hellcat-crossroads-drone-paper-model.html

If I remember correctly some articles claim that this incident was the end of unguided aerial rockets as a means of shooting down planes.Sidewinders very quickly replaced them even if they had their own set of problems.

What bugs me is that was in 1956-why did they send F-89s rather than gun armed F-86s?They were stationed in California at the time.
 
donor said:
I read about it a while ago.I was looking into building cool model of a Hellcat and found this

https://www.ecardmodels.com/index.php/1-33-grumman-f6f-3k-hellcat-crossroads-drone-paper-model.html

If I remember correctly some articles claim that this incident was the end of unguided aerial rockets as a means of shooting down planes.Sidewinders very quickly replaced them even if they had their own set of problems.

What bugs me is that was in 1956-why did they send F-89s rather than gun armed F-86s?They were stationed in California at the time.
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Sounds like it was a real CF. Always amazes me the value of those aircraft was considered to be so low, they would use them for targets. Bubba wasn't confined to military rifles. :(

Grizz
 
Good find. Interesting, and l like the link to the X-Hunters.
Always wonder how ineffective the unguided rockets would be.
Also confirms the problems of gun-less military fighter/interceptor aircraft.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Sounds like it was a real CF. Always amazes me the value of those aircraft was considered to be so low, they would use them for targets. Bubba wasn't confined to military rifles. :(

Grizz
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According to the info I read, the Scorpions at that squadron were recently converted over to a new fire control system, and the manual sights were removed. Big mistake apparently, if that part is true.
 
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