This is the place where the majority of the warbird (aircraft that have survived military service) discussions will take place. Specialized forums may be added in the new future
Post a reply

Can Anyone ID This F-105 Test Pilot?

Sun Aug 02, 2015 4:39 pm

I was going through a box of old "stuff" and came across this early photo of an F-105 Thunderchief and a Republic test pilot. Unfortunately, the original clipping on the back has been lost-to-time, and I was wondering if anyone can identify the pilot?

Ok, well now I'm having trouble posting the photos (thank god for the edit button!).

It's on my desktop so there isn't a URL to link to ... any suggestions?

Dale

Re: Can Anyone ID This F-105 Test Pilot?

Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:58 pm

In order to upload a photo to a forum you have to have the photo hosted on an online photo hosting website like photobucket. Once the photo is uploaded to that site, there is a link to copy and paste into forums.

Re: Can Anyone ID This F-105 Test Pilot?

Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:36 pm

Ok - let me see if I can figure that out. Thanks for the tip.

Dale

Re: Can Anyone ID This F-105 Test Pilot?

Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:48 pm

No go! Using the "share" link option provided by Photobucket only produces this line of gibberish:

[img]<a%20href="http://s403.photobucket.com/user/rtepak6/media/post-3632-0-72767800-1435126542_zpsftpupstz.jpg.html"%20target="_blank"><img%20src="http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp120/rtepak6/post-3632-0-72767800-1435126542_zpsftpupstz.jpg"%20border="0"%20alt="%20photo%20post-3632-0-72767800-1435126542_zpsftpupstz.jpg"/></a>[/img]

Dale

Re: Can Anyone ID This F-105 Test Pilot?

Wed Aug 05, 2015 4:54 pm

Here is the corrected link.

Image

Richard

Re: Can Anyone ID This F-105 Test Pilot?

Wed Aug 05, 2015 5:49 pm

My Dad has an "inside" book on the history of Republic/Fairchild that's quite nice. Next time I'm over there I'll take a look at it and see if this pic is in it, and identified.

Re: Can Anyone ID This F-105 Test Pilot?

Thu Aug 06, 2015 5:15 am

Buzz number looks like FH-152; that would be either 58-1152 or 61-0152, both w/o in stateside accidents in the '70s.

Re: Can Anyone ID This F-105 Test Pilot?

Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:03 pm

To assist Dale, here is a closeup of the pilot from his photobucket page.

Image

Richard
Post a reply