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 Post subject: Hail Damaged AT-17
PostPosted: Thu May 16, 2013 6:22 pm 
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Given the horrific storms that rattled thru Dallas yesterday I thought I would forward this 1943 photo of a hail damaged AT-17 / UC-78 at Altus AAF, OK.

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Interesting to see that style insignia on a Stateside aircraft. I though deletion of the red surround was purely a PTO practice.

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 Post subject: Re: Hail Damaged AT-17
PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 10:37 am 
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Steve Nelson wrote:
Interesting to see that style insignia on a Stateside aircraft. I though deletion of the red surround was purely a PTO practice.

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That insignia would have been prior to the red surround being added.
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Can anyone cite any info on that style insignia? All I've ever read had the red outline from the very beginning of the bars, then replaced with a blue outline. Even the Air Force Museum has no mention of it

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The reason for that is because they were not done painting the rest of the bar surround.Markings did not take precedence over maintenance.

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hang the expense wrote:
The reason for that is because they were not done painting the rest of the bar surround.Markings did not take precedence over maintenance.



That's what I was thinking too, given completed markings (looks like blue border from the sliver showing) and no markings on the other airplanes.

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Looks like an easy fix...
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Looks like an easy fix...
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That's gonna need a lot of duct tape.

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It's only temporary of course.

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