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mike furline
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What are we looking at?

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I'm not certain, but I think SBU-1s.

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Definitely a SBU-1/2
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Seems like the gear legs are missing the fairing or brace.

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mike furline wrote:
Seems like the gear legs are missing the fairing or brace.


You're correct, a fairing seems to be gone from the lower strut.
Probably removed for ease of servicing, a lot of military types lost wheel pants and similar items.
By then, the type was pretty obsolescent, so it wasn't much of an issue.

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Much better when seen flipped. :drink3:

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Duggy009 wrote:
Much better when seen flipped. :drink3:



I flipped it on purpose to show the same view.

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