tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1858234100726214856..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Because Nothing Screams "Invasion" Like the An-2The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-28704361015266793282014-01-25T14:21:35.762-08:002014-01-25T14:21:35.762-08:00But to deliver a strike force of 150 would require...But to deliver a strike force of 150 would require 15 aircraft travelling for at least 90-minutes undetected. I really wouldn't want to be along for the ride.<br /><br />TMN, it sounds like that would have been something to see.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18027862343305253202014-01-24T20:08:16.578-08:002014-01-24T20:08:16.578-08:00Why nit just have a parade with a 200-piece marchi...Why nit just have a parade with a 200-piece marching bamd? Be about as subtle.<br /><br />I remember reading some years back of a demo pf its famed "parachute manuver" that an AN-2 gave at Oshkosh one summer. In a moderate headwind with leading edge slats deployed and full flaps it descended from 200 - 300 feet nearly vertically a very gentle rte and settled with barely a bounce. She may be old, cranky, and clanky, but she can still fly...<br /><br />N.ThinkingManNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233707013338083180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-17583891300757235002014-01-24T20:02:10.361-08:002014-01-24T20:02:10.361-08:00If they are AN-2 models built with wooden frames a...If they are AN-2 models built with wooden frames and propellers, covered in canvas, then they would have a certain amount of stealth characteristics. But don't tell Lockheed. It's all hush-hush.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-5489555895094566252014-01-24T18:47:37.761-08:002014-01-24T18:47:37.761-08:00Five o'clock Charley.Five o'clock Charley. Kirbycairohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.com