"Lucky Bug" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 28 Jan 2025 10:03 p.m. PST |
The Chance Vought OS2U Kingfisher was designed as a scouting aircraft—an airplane that had the range and loiter capabilities to extend the visual reach of the fleet and provide gunfire spotting for battleships. The type, which was first flown in 1938, featured a number of firsts and improved on existing technology. It was a two-seat, low-wing monoplane readily convertible from a wheeled land-based aircraft to a float-equipped seaplane. Its load-carrying ability was less than prodigious: Two .30-caliber machine guns and 650 pounds of external bombs or depth charges was the limit… Naval History Magazine – link |
| thedrake | 29 Jan 2025 2:51 a.m. PST |
Great story,thanks for posting the link. |
79thPA  | 29 Jan 2025 7:25 a.m. PST |
Only a handful of them are left. Cuba has one that I was able to see at their Museum of the Revolution. |
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