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Post by Jim on Mar 21, 2010 8:44:39 GMT 9
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Post by pat perry on Mar 21, 2010 12:02:52 GMT 9
How about this old Gooney?  ? Neat! That old Gooney was (some still are) like a Swiss Army Knife - good for many diverse situations. Pat P.  |
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Post by jimpadgett on Mar 21, 2010 20:34:26 GMT 9
And when did you say the "Skunk Works" really got started? I used to ride with some desk pilots getting their time in a Gooney out of Kadena in 1962-63. Once we flew an engine for a broke Gooney to Ie Shima (the small island off Okinawa where Ernie Pyle was killed). There were cliffs at both ends of the runway. When we took off I had a sharp feeling of need for something like these floats since the AC dipped when we departed over the cliff's edge. Quite an aircraft the C-47.
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