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Section Eight paid a visit to Pocatello Airport in summer 2012.
More than 8-thousand D variants were built, in the U.S. and Australia.
The D variant saw combat during World War 2, Korea and the upgraded Cavalier version saw action in Latin American countries.
24 VDC, located toward the rear of the starboard wing root.
At least you can see the canopy rail detail.
Pocatello Airport, 02 August 2014.
This plane has been around for a while. Bob Hoover began naming his P-51D airshow planes Ole Yeller starting in 1962. The FAA declared him physically unfit to fly in the 1990s. John Bagley of Rexburg, Idaho, is the current Ole Yeller owner/operator. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.
In 1999, there was a small ‘air show’ at Pocatello Airport that was actually a promotional event for what was then called the Confederate Air Force (now called Commemorative Air Force). One of the planes that showed up was Section Eight.
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
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Who knew that this free airshow would also be the last for Idaho’s Pocatello Airport?
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Put into USN service in 1954, in 1962 the Navy changed its designation to S-2 Tracker.
The Tracker retired from U.S. military service in 1976. At last word, it’s still used by Argentina & Brazil.
Looking forward.
Looking aft.
Wright R-1820-82WA radial engine, 1525 hp (1137 kW)
Strong legs for landing a 20-thousand pounds+ (9071.8kg+) aircraft on aircraft carriers.
Outboard side.
Inboard side.
Looking forward in the main landing gear wheel well.
Looking rearward.
Large external hinges for folding the wings. I have a couple of kits of this plane and I don’t think they depict these noticeable hinges, very well anyway.
This privately owned Grumman is painted in the colors of the utility/transport version. The USN converted many armed S2F-1s to unarmed US-2Bs.
Have fun trying to string the wire antennae on your model.
Seems to be missing the hook, but the tail bumper wheel is present.
The combat version could carry 4800 lb (2200 kg) of torpedoes, bombs, depth charges and mines.
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Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Russian steel company Severstal will sell off its factories in Deerborn, Michigan, and in Columbus, Mississippi. At least 25-hundred jobs affected! The company was supplying steel for Ford tough trucks, but the new Ford F-150 will be made of aluminum (cans?).
