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Post by Mark O on Jul 21, 2012 12:50:27 GMT 9
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Post by ma1marv on Jul 21, 2012 13:55:26 GMT 9
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Post by MOW on Jul 21, 2012 14:38:56 GMT 9
Very nice Mark  some great photos in there. Geez how times have changed  And those F-89's...  they look great flying, small as they are up there. Yea, stupid officers... what were they thinking? :  |
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Post by Gene on Jul 22, 2012 1:23:03 GMT 9
and just a little footnote... George went on to become a g.s. 13 squadron operation officer in the 1369 AVS at vandenberg afb. who in 1974 offered a g.s.5 lab tech at mcchord the lab chiefs job after the det. flunked the o.r.i. that year...i always like him...very quite, friendly, and competent.  |
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Post by shadowgunner on Jul 22, 2012 11:41:35 GMT 9
Very nice Mark some great photos in there. Geez how times have changed And those F-89's... they look great flying, small as they are up there. Yea, stupid officers... what were they thinking?  Great clip. In previous Forum threads there had been mention of the sole test firing of a live Genie; and here it is! No mention of the pilots in the 2 planes though :confused |
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Post by f89j1905 on Jul 22, 2012 12:05:56 GMT 9
I think the second airplane in the clip flying in trail behind the F-89 is a B-57. The F-89 that fired the MB-1 currently resides on a stick by the Montana ANG base at Great Falls.
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Post by Mark O on Jul 28, 2012 11:34:07 GMT 9
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jul 28, 2012 11:48:14 GMT 9
I remember the story made lots of news back then, and was in magazines, as well as newsreels.
The video clearly shows the chase plane is a B-57.
No other plane had a wing like it.
The story says both planes are F-89s, but is wrong.
Only the Scorpion fired a Genie, as stated on this forum in an earlier post.
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