Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:08 am
Cubs2jets wrote:AFWhite wrote:In the Third series of pics, is that Harpoon (No. 74), flying with underside wing panels removed?? Not sure why they would, but it sure looks like it.
No, those are the aerodynamic "slots" in the wing. It appears that a darker colored rectangle has been painted behind the slots (don't know why). The light colored "strips" that seem to project forward are actually the sunlight lighting the inboard sides of the slots.
C2j
Mon Nov 27, 2017 3:51 pm
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42-5300 Del Tulsa 16/11/42; Gt Falls 14/1/43; Gowen 10/3/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Spokane 1/7/43; Moses Lake 5/8/43; 4117 BU Robins 23/6/44; 327 BU Drew 7/8/44; WO 3/10/44; Recl Comp 4/45.
Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:27 pm
Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:28 pm
AFWhite wrote:Too bad I got in to P-3 Orions too late in my career...there was a permanent Det in Adak and Kodiak up through the 90s. I would have love to operate out of there.
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