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A Historical Tidbit

Ricci.WrightRicci.Wright Member Posts: 5,127 ✭✭✭✭
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In 1963, a Royal Lao Air Force T-28 piloted by Lieutenant Chert Saibory, a Thai national, defected to North Vietnam. Saibory was immediately imprisoned and his aircraft was impounded. Within six months the T-28 was refurbished and commissioned into the North Vietnamese Air Force as its first fighter aircraft.
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  • Ricci.WrightRicci.Wright Member Posts: 5,127 ✭✭✭✭
    This obviously is not that plane but ain't she purty!!!
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    What did they arm it with?  Maybe 4 Mosin nagant rifle taped to the wings :D

    That is a cool old plane though too bad it fell into commie hands.
    RLTW

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  • gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭
    Sam06 said:
    What did they arm it with?  Maybe 4 Mosin nagant rifle taped to the wings :D

    That is a cool old plane though too bad it fell into commie hands.

    Nah. Probably used J-B Weld ! :D
    +1 on the cool plane ! B)
    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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  • varianvarian Member Posts: 2,265 ✭✭✭✭
    when i first got to Keesler AFB in 1969 they were training Vietnamese "pilots" in them.   loved the sound of those radial engines.
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