A few Xmas Ornaments ...

[Mark Allen M]

... or should I say ordnance. :)

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u455/mam121061/F6F/13-Vought%20F4U-1C%20Corsair%20Fighter%20Bureau%20%2057569%20At%20 the%20Naval%20Air%20Test%20Center%20Patuxent%20Riv er%20Maryland%2031%20January%201945_zpsxwvcox6v.jp g (http://s1068.photobucket.com/user/mam121061/media/F6F/13-Vought%20F4U-1C%20Corsair%20Fighter%20Bureau%20%2057569%20At%20 the%20Naval%20Air%20Test%20Center%20Patuxent%20Riv er%20Maryland%2031%20January%201945_zpsxwvcox6v.jp g.html)
Vought F4U-1C Corsair (Bureau # 57569) At the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, 31 January 1945.
This plane has eight 5-inch High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR) under its wings and two 11.75-inch (Tiny Tim) rockets mounted below its midsection.

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Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat with six 5-inch High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR) under its wings and two 11.75-inch (Tiny Tim) rockets mounted below its midsection.

Zack say a big "hello" and "Happy Holidays" to Chris for me :)
BTW what's the interest over here? Anything specific the members like to see? ...

[Mark Allen M]

A few more ...

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u455/mam121061/P-51/080221-F-1234S-005_zpsfjrydhbu.jpg (http://s1068.photobucket.com/user/mam121061/media/P-51/080221-F-1234S-005_zpsfjrydhbu.jpg.html)
North American XP-82 Twin Mustang 44-83887

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[Mark Allen M]

A test P-47 Thunderbolt (serial nuimber 44-88335) with 'Zero Rail' rocket installation fitted to the wings

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u455/mam121061/P-47/A%20test%20P-47%20Thunderbolt%20serial%20nuimber%2044-88335%20with%20Zero%20Rail%20rocket%20installation %20fitted%20to%20the%20wings-4_zpsug7e04v8.jpg (http://s1068.photobucket.com/user/mam121061/media/P-47/A%20test%20P-47%20Thunderbolt%20serial%20nuimber%2044-88335%20with%20Zero%20Rail%20rocket%20installation %20fitted%20to%20the%20wings-4_zpsug7e04v8.jpg.html)

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[Mark Allen M]

FAA Hellcat and Martlet at Boscombe Down

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u455/mam121061/1a_zpscoh38pvq.jpg (http://s1068.photobucket.com/user/mam121061/media/1a_zpscoh38pvq.jpg.html)

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[Mark Allen M]

Rocket loaded P-38

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[Mark Allen M]

SB2C-3

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[Mark Allen M]

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[Mark Allen M]

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[Mark Allen M]

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[Mayhemxpc]

A P-51 with V-1 rocket motors slung underneath? What is the story behind that one?

[eidemc]

The pictures of the rockets remind me of one of my more memorable flights as a test pilot in the Strike Ordnance branch at Patuxent River. One day the Ordnance Chief said he needed a favor from me. He had a bunch of 2.75" rockets that were reaching the end of their shelf life. If he did not expend them in the next week he would need to do a lot of extra paperwork to return them to the depot for destruction. So he asked: "Please, Lt. Eide, would you mind if we loaded up a a few rockets on an A-7 and asked you to expend them for us?" Needles to say I grudgingly agreed - no attack pilot ever turns down the chance to fire rockets.

At the preflight the next day I noted that his "few rockets" was four 19-shot pods for a total of 76 rockets. This was more than I had fired in the previous 3 years. So I launched over the Chesapeake Bay and spend the next hour firing rockets into an abandoned ship near Crisfield, MD which was our live ordnance target. I got lots of good hits; Hannibal target had dozens of more holes in it when I was done.

I had a great time. And all the fishing boats around Hannibal target seemed to enjoy the impromptu firepower demonstration.

Mike