In the introduction, I mentioned Capt. Mantell - Here is his story. Besides the UFO incident, check out the C-47 he flew on D-day!
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/7-january-1948/
Aircraft of the Kentucky Air National Guard
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Stikpusher
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Interesting stuff at that link Lyle. 
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I remember that story from a UFO book I had as a kid, it had an excellent painting of the KANG F-51 chasing the UFO - thanks for sharing the link Lyle.
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I remember the balloon story. But that C-47 .....damn
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That^^^^tempestjohnny wrote:I remember the balloon story. But that C-47 .....damn
Wow....
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Really interesting stuff Lyle!
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Thanks for following along. This unit is reallly quite diverse in what they do. Special people. . . as are all who serve or have served.
I have in house now the, P-51D (old Monogram), F-86A (Lindberg), C-130H (Testors), RF-101 (Monogram), (R)B-57B (Classic Airframes), AT-6 Texan (Revell), C-47 (Monogram). On the way are the RF-4 (Testors), F-84E (Revell) and I dithering on buying a C-130J (Italeri). I've put an offer in on that one.
I did finally work through the maze of options on the phone and was able to speak with a Msgt at the ANG base in the PA office. Very nice and even offered to go take some pictures of the 101 and f-4 that are on static display. Didn't sound like I would be granted access to do that in person. I've layed out what i would like to get from them as far as some photos, markings, etc. Turns out this guy served with my daughter-in-law who was a photographer in the unit. So, we'll see if he follows through. She said he was a good guy.
I have in house now the, P-51D (old Monogram), F-86A (Lindberg), C-130H (Testors), RF-101 (Monogram), (R)B-57B (Classic Airframes), AT-6 Texan (Revell), C-47 (Monogram). On the way are the RF-4 (Testors), F-84E (Revell) and I dithering on buying a C-130J (Italeri). I've put an offer in on that one.
I did finally work through the maze of options on the phone and was able to speak with a Msgt at the ANG base in the PA office. Very nice and even offered to go take some pictures of the 101 and f-4 that are on static display. Didn't sound like I would be granted access to do that in person. I've layed out what i would like to get from them as far as some photos, markings, etc. Turns out this guy served with my daughter-in-law who was a photographer in the unit. So, we'll see if he follows through. She said he was a good guy.
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Lyle, sounds like you’re getting all those various types that you’re gonna need. Just a quick note though. The Monogram RF-101 is a B model, which was only made in a very small batch, and was only used by the Nevada ANG for a few years. KY ANG used the single seat versions of the RF-101.
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Only found the “B” model. If another is out there.....Stikpusher wrote:Lyle, sounds like you’re getting all those various types that you’re gonna need. Just a quick note though. The Monogram RF-101 is a B model, which was only made in a very small batch, and was only used by the Nevada ANG for a few years. KY ANG used the single seat versions of the RF-101.
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But, I have a couple of 101s in the stash. Maybe some parts swapping would work.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..