That’s not exactly what I was looking for Milairjunkie, but if someone doesn’t answer it, you’ll get the point 
I got to know all about what you mentioned before, every part I touched had something to do with fuel because it is used as a coolant for the entire plane and electronics that sit in bays of fuel.
hint: it’s not technical, yet deals with maintenance. (and it might actually matter to a die hard model detailer in the future 
OK, is it the “Rolling Transfer” kit?
Or maybe the swapability of the PW F135 & GE/RR F136?
That’s what I was looking for!
Although, after looking into some more, looks like things have changed. Use to be that the GE and PW engines were interchangeable across the board. Now the PW is only the A and C variant wile the GE is the B.
(But, still looks like the kept a lot of the old design rules since they use a lot of the same support systems on the airplane)
One of the reasons why, was to reduce the overall cost of the plane to foreign buyers… they could refrain from having to hire a whole new maintenance crew for the PW engines when they already had a strong GE crew for the rest of the base.
OK,
What was the first US jet powered aircraft to operate officially in the vietnam conflict?
What was it’s original design role?
What aircraft was this a stepping stone to?
Operation Pierce Arrow- August 4, 1964. (jets) A4’s and F8’s attack North Vietnam. F8’s were originally designed as air superiority fighters. A-7s are a derivative.
“last of the gunfighters” become the SLUF.
I could be wrong here, but that is not what I thought the answer was. If I am correct(?), the first jet was certainally not a gunship!
According to my book “Vietnam Air Warfare” the first US jet powered aircraft to fly in Vietnam officially was RF-101C’s in 1961.
Cheers, Richie
From what I can dig out, that is correct.
This was a three-parter mind!
(This was later in the war, I dont know if the first 101s over there had SEA camo or if they were in NMF?)
Some pics to help move thing’s along, one relevant, another less relevant - but to good looking to miss;
For the time frame, I would assume ADC Gray.
The Voodoo was originally designed as a long range bomber escort, which was a poor design without inflight refueling.
The Phantom is/was a derivative design.
F-101s (r) in SEA would have been gray I’m sure, or NATO green over gray.
Thats a nice photo for trivia. I’d say a C-123, but is that a J-04?
C-123 + Bird Dog me thought?
Onto You.
According to Canadian Polictical Thought, the Canadian stand was that there were no Nuclear Weapons on Canadian Soil, but once the VooDoo’s were knocked from Canadian Military Stores, the ‘Genie’ Nuclear Tipped Missiles (which were carried in the rotary weapons bay of the VooDoo) were removed from the weapons dump outside of Chatham, New Brunswick.
That was the scuttlebutt anyway.[#offtopic]
Wuddat?
Uh… something really neat-O and pointy that flys really fast with a big jet of flame coming from it’s arse end!
I think you need to be a little more specific, man.
I thought brain44 might have been quicker of the mark (like an Arrow - so to speak) on this one.
I am not familiar with whats shown, but assume it is some sort of flight / aerodynamic modeling to help acheive the then blackish art of getting a big supersonic delta to fly well & match the required criterea?
I guess this is where some of the 30M odd Dollars went on design & modeling.
This bird reminds me of the TSR.2, both ill fated but very capable aircraft - but that whole conversation is another matter!
Yes I owe this one to Brain44. It’s the Avro Arrow test model, one of nine, fitted to a Nike missile for high speed testing, followed by a crash into Lake Ontario. Recently there have been efforts to salvage these from the Lake.
Your turn Milair.
Cheers,
As the Gov of California would (& does) say “I’ll be back”
This aircraft, originating from the 30s, is twin engined, served as a fighter, bomber, anti-ship, strike, bomber escort aircraft to name but a few roles.
In it original design it shared several critical components with another aircraft, production topped 5,000, & the it gained a rather grim nickname.