Beechcraft Warbirds

[arod138]

Hi all,
I'm a fan of the US Army Special Electronic Mission Aircraft, specifically the Beechcraft RU-8D, RU-21 and RC-12's. (I flew in RU-21A's, and am restoring one for a memorial in Orlando) How can I get some of the photos of the aircraft I have collected on to the Warbird Registry, assuming there's an interest in this?

For example, here's my Flickr collection of RU-8D 56-3712, it had served with the 146th Aviation Company (Radio Research) 224th Avn Bn (RR) in Vietnam, and later served with the 138th Army Security Agency Aviation Company, US Army Reserve in Orlando, Florida until 1979, when it ultimately ended up in storage at the US Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskeCHfki

Thanks!

[Lon Moer]

So, your restoration project aircraft is RU-21A #67-18113 (?)

[arod138]

So, your restoration project aircraft is RU-21A #67-18113 (?)

Yup, that's us!
http://www.138thavnco.org/RU21A-Memorial-Project.html
https://www.facebook.com/138thAviationC ... morialInc/
http://www.rickblyseth.com/aircraft-pro ... otprofile/
http://www.rickblyseth.com/military-gal ... e-patriot/

[Lon Moer]

[b29driver]

This Beech warbird was originally born a 1943 AT-7. It was reconfigured at the factory and delivered in 1944 to the Navy as an SNB-2.
Beech remanufactured it in 1953 as an SNB-5. It was redesignated by the Navy a UC-45J before it was retired in the mid 1960's.
Its warpaint was exchanged for civilian markings in 1986 and has had a sheltered life since.

[arod138]

This Beech warbird was originally born a 1943 AT-7. It was reconfigured at the factory and delivered in 1944 to the Navy as an SNB-2.
Beech remanufactured it in 1953 as an SNB-5. It was redesignated by the Navy a UC-45J before it was retired in the mid 1960's.
Its warpaint was exchanged for civilian markings in 1986 and has had a sheltered life since.

She's a beauty! Although the King Air has more in common with the Twin Bonanza than the Twin Beech, you can see some of the same lines especially around the cockpit of a King Air today.

[b29driver]

BEECH XA-38 GRIZZLY
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 51 ft 9 in (15.77 m)
Wingspan: 67 ft 4 in (20.52 m)
Height: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Wing area: 626 ft² (58.15 m²)
Empty weight: 22,480 lb (10,197 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 35,265 lb (15,996 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Wright R-3350-43 air-cooled radial engine, 2,300 hp (1,716 kW) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 370 mph (322 knots, 595 km/h) at 17,000 ft (5,180 m)
Range: 1,625 miles (1,413 nmi, 2,615 km)
Service ceiling: 29,000 ft (8,840 m)
Rate of climb: 2,600 ft/min (13.2 m/s)</ul>Armament
Guns:
1 × T15E1 75 mm cannon (20 rounds)
6 × 50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (2 forward-facing, 2 in ventral turret, 2 in dorsal turret)

[oz rb fan]

oh how i wished they'ed saved the grissly's,such a cool looking bird.

[JohnB]

Don't forget that many of the fine looking Stahgerwings you see today began as Army and Navy aircraft.

And I would think there are probably QU-22s out there you could buy, restore and fly.

[JohnB]

Don't forget that many of the fine looking Stahgerwings you see today began as Army and Navy aircraft.

And I would think there are probably QU-22s out there you could buy, restore and fly.

[arod138]

Don't forget that many of the fine looking Stahgerwings you see today began as Army and Navy aircraft.

And I would think there are probably QU-22s out there you could buy, restore and fly.

Brian Studer is flying a QU-22, I don't know how many others exist to restore, but I'd hope more!

https://www.facebook.com/brian.studer.54?fref=ufi