Douglas L wrote: JWilsonphoto wrote:
That is an O2 I believe. Those guys had their hands full in Vietnam didn't they Dan?! The rear engines in those are very vulnerable to overheating due to poor cooling design, I'll bet they replaced a bunch of them over in that climate.
Jim, Dan, were you guys talking about this plane?
Yeah, I think that is a J-3 Cub called the Piper L-4A Grasshopper. (Also O-59). I have read some WWII books where the Army would be fighting in the interior of jungles where there was so much rain they were fighting in mud measured in feet. They couldn't get resupplied via trucks so they sent in some of these guys. The pilot would fly low then have to kick the boxes out since there wasn't room for a second person.
Sep 02, 2022 at 03:49 PM
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