What I did on my Spring trip

[BILLY D.]

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You would have appreciated the AC-119's we had in 'nam. They added 2 J-85's out board. Still had the standard 3350's

More than doubled the gross weight. Take off speed 160k, cruising speed 180k, landing speed 160k. The glide path of an anvil.

But I'll say one thing for the old girl, in 192 missions I never had to walk back home once. We had one AC #883 that had 15 feet of the leading edge of the wing shot off by AAA and flew from the Plain De Jars back to Nakhon Phanom in Thailand.

I loved those birds.

Best wishes, Bill