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Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:30 pm
There are indeed 70 or 80 Bird Dogs still in Thailand but they are all MAP-supplied airframes. The problem has always been that they are not the Thai's to sell. Tango Squadron, of which I am the UK representative at the moment, has them officially on loan.
Browse the Wrecks & Relics pages of my site.
Steve Darke
www.thai-aviation.net
Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:32 pm
Just for the record, the Bearcat photos were taken by me at Takhli RTAFB in February 2004.
Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:34 am
Hi Steve,
thanks for posting the fantastic pics, now if only my lottery numbers would come up.
Ken
Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:54 pm
stevedarke wrote:There are indeed 70 or 80 Bird Dogs still in Thailand but they are all MAP-supplied airframes. The problem has always been that they are not the Thai's to sell. Tango Squadron, of which I am the UK representative at the moment, has them officially on loan.
Browse the Wrecks & Relics pages of my site.
Steve Darke
www.thai-aviation.net
So is the Barnstormers ad offically a scam then? How did the Thais obtain their Bearcats?
Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:30 pm
Good point Bdk, I've read the Thai acquired their Bearcats thru MAP in 1951.
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