Bluehawk Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share #26 Posted May 10, 2018 Good question! I think they retained the U-3A designation even when transferred to the Army. Holy Moly! Such a beauty... (By the way, my late baby brother was a USAF a/c painter on Buffs down in Louisiana years ago. I'd love to have a discussion with him today about how that shop would get those colors and designs so perfect like that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted May 10, 2018 Share #27 Posted May 10, 2018 It looks nice in Navy Blue too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share #28 Posted May 10, 2018 And, it could, if need be, land on a carrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share #29 Posted May 10, 2018 And, it could, if need be, land on a carrier. Something else, maybe germane? Whenever I let myself remember the Canoe, I also recall the Cessna Dragonfly, wistfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted May 10, 2018 Share #30 Posted May 10, 2018 Cessna sure wasn't the largest supplier of military aircraft, but they did have some good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkALSE Posted May 10, 2018 Share #31 Posted May 10, 2018 Army did retain the U-3A and U-3B designation. That KY ARNG one is cool, later 3 side window and swept tail variation. Looks like the 310E I did some training on with all those windows. I think ours was a 1963 or so. You can see the Army considered it an Obsolete aircraft in 1980 seeing the S/N has O in front of the 06072. That USAF Museum site mentions theirs had been transferred to the Army, guess they repainted it the USAF colors to display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share #32 Posted May 10, 2018 Obsolete, and still flying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkALSE Posted May 11, 2018 Share #33 Posted May 11, 2018 U-3A is the straight tail, U-3B is the swept tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_usmc Posted May 29, 2018 Share #34 Posted May 29, 2018 The Central Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in San Marcos, TX has a flying U-3. It's a nice little plane. https://www.centraltexaswing.org/aircraft/u-3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share #35 Posted May 29, 2018 Thanks for that info and link! Learned some new things. Having that operational U-3 in CAF San Marcos (or anywhere) must be something like having a vintage Corvette Stingray sitting in the family garage... The Central Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in San Marcos, TX has a flying U-3. It's a nice little plane.https://www.centraltexaswing.org/aircraft/u-3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeclown Posted May 30, 2018 Share #36 Posted May 30, 2018 If i am not mistaken this is the type of plane that I got a hop on from Travis to LAX while I was in the Navy. It was a couple reservist getting in their flight hours and seeing if they could make me puke (almost did) , but we made it to LAX alive in spite of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share #37 Posted May 30, 2018 That would be the aircraft to do so on, for sure... If i am not mistaken this is the type of plane that I got a hop on from Travis to LAX while I was in the Navy. It was a couple reservist getting in their flight hours and seeing if they could make me puke (almost did) , but we made it to LAX alive in spite of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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