I wonder if it was a shitty assignment because it was dangerous as hell compared to the F4 drivers?
Re: Spads
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 2:25 pm
by Colonel
Naw. Back in the 60's, if you were a pilot, you
wanted to fly jets fast and high - that was the
future of aviation.
No one wanted to fly low and low in a prop aircraft -
that was the shittiest pilot assignment there was.
No future, certainly no promotion. The fact that
CAS was desperately needed was irrelevant.
Re: Spads
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:16 pm
by vanNostrum
There are some interesting stories about the Skyrider told by Bill Bridgeman , Dougla's Skyrocket test pilot , in his biography
" Silent Sky''
Good read
Re: Spads
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:54 pm
by Slick Goodlin
[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=4194.msg11218#msg11218 date=1473690350]
Naw. Back in the 60's, if you were a pilot, you
wanted to fly jets fast and high - that was the
future of aviation.
No one wanted to fly low and low in a prop aircraft -
that was the shittiest pilot assignment there was.
No future, certainly no promotion. The fact that
CAS was desperately needed was irrelevant.
[/quote]
Just back in the sixties?
Re: Spads
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 5:34 am
by Four Bars
What I found weird was the man-sized entry door near the tail on the port side. It must be a long climb in the dark to get up to the front...