Path: news.nzbot.com!not-for-mail
From: "Claus Gustafsen" <claus@gustafsen.nu>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
References: <0mjn9bto58jej601hp2et49qrf2769l3gk@4ax.com> <sqxny.565991$5%6.225352@fx21.fr7> <l4dv9bp38mpr52uutog1pkq2d14apaea66@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <l4dv9bp38mpr52uutog1pkq2d14apaea66@4ax.com>
Subject: Re: 062 - UASF Museum - North American T-6D Mosquito.jpg - 062 - UASF Museum - North American T-6D Mosquito.jpg
Lines: 2
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
format=flowed;
charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
Importance: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3528.331
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3528.331
X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 160121-0, 21-01-2016), Outbound message
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
Message-ID: <gA6oy.759826$wE2.400735@fx02.fr7>
X-Complaints-To: abuse@teranews.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:13:16 UTC
Organization: TeraNews.com
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:13:19 +0100
X-Received-Body-CRC: 2283226930
X-Received-Bytes: 2075
Xref: news.nzbot.com alt.binaries.pictures.aviation:3013
Thanks Frank, makes sense (somewhat ;^) )
Claus
skrev i meddelelsen news:l4dv9bp38mpr52uutog1pkq2d14apaea66@4ax.com...
On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:56:56 +0100, "Claus Gustafsen"
<claus@gustafsen.nu> wrote:
>It looks mostly as an A-6 Texan/Harvard, and I have never heard of the A-6
>family having a Mosquito, is that special for the T-6D andd what is the
>change in designation for?
>
>Claus
>
><frank@thehowards.ca> skrev i meddelelsen
>news:0mjn9bto58jej601hp2et49qrf2769l3gk@4ax.com...
Yes, this was new to me as well.
My reading of the Museum catalogue is that the Texan was modified as
the T-6D during the Korean War and used for airborne Forward Air
Control, in which role it became known as the Mosquito.
The Texan was chosen as it could operate from small, rough forward
airstrips and was easy to maintain. It was also faster and more rugged
than the light aircraft the FACs previously used.
Frank.
|
|
){kind=link}