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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2011, 07:45:20 PM » |
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The Hustler was one of my all time favorite planes, Tom. Do you remember which model Tower camera you had, or it's original manufacturer?
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2011, 07:55:00 PM » |
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Very nice present for an old Air Force guy like me Tom Thank you. BTW I had that plastic model when I was a kid.
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« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2011, 08:22:22 PM » |
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Love it, Tom. Great pictures by you from back in the day. I especially like the one of the plane on final. Do any of these still exist, I wonder?
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« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2011, 08:27:06 PM » |
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There was one on display at the old AFB in Indiana but they closed the base so I don't know if it is still there. I think the ANG may have taken over part of the old AFB.
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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2011, 08:39:20 AM » |
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Love this article. What a plane! and how quaint, a gun in the back of a Mach 2 bomber.
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« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2011, 12:58:02 PM » |
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I, too, had a model of the B58. As I recall, it was able to eject the bomb from the bomb bay (a useful feature when bombing your little brother).
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« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2011, 06:46:28 PM » |
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Yes that was the same model.... I think my mother still has it in a box someplace...
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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2011, 07:02:14 AM » |
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Glad you liked the story & photos. I don't recall the model # of the Tower camera. It was the cheapest of maybe five models they offered in 1962, and technically wasn't an RF. As I recall, there was an aiming window, but the focussing ring was not linked to it in any way. You simply guestimated focus. Or focomated guested.
The plane on approach wasn't from a high quality negative. I usually wasnted little grain and lots of detail, and this didn't have it. But a few years ago I putr a nice border on it and put it in a frame and it lookes nice on the wall. At least you know it is something unusual when you look at it. That one was coming in to Westover to be shown to some USAF Academy cadets.
There are a couple of these in museums. One at the USAF museum in Dayton, OH. I suspect another at what was the SAC museum at Offut AFB, NE.
The gun is interesting. I suspect they thought a pursuing aircraft would run into the 20mm rounds at Mach 2, while the rounds were travelling rearward at maybe a somewhat higher Mach, minus the Hustler's forward speed. And I have wondered how far to the rear of the bomber that formula produced zero velocity for the cannon rounds...?
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« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2011, 08:41:03 PM » |
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Well, it probably made the pilots feel better just knowing it was back there. And speaking of the physics, it could probably give a slight speed boost.
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2011, 12:34:15 PM » |
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Hah! Vulcan-the afterburner with bite!
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« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2011, 02:39:43 PM » |
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Hey Tom is this the camera? I have used mine and it is a nice little camera.  Tower 35mm camera by inetjoker, on Flickr |
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