[R-390] RE: [R-390]_F104_can't _remember

[Marshall]

You are close, but the "Thud" was actually the Republic F-105
Thunderchief fighter/bomber, a 49,000 pound jet that was used out of
Thailand bases in
the Vietnam war.  A good book on the "Thud" was Thud Ridge, by Col. Jack
Broughton.  He had a tape recorder wired into his ship's radio/audio
system for taking notes in live combat for the book he was writing.

Marshall Dues - WB5MYO
U.S. Navy radioman (and R-390 driver),
U.S.S. Boston (CAG-1) (a heavy cruiser)
U.S. Sixth Fleet (flagship) Mediterranean Sea '60-'64
40+ year Private Pilot and aviation historian and RV-6 pilot
(currently building on my 20th Van's RV series homebuilt kitplane)
Damn....this brag is getting long...shut up, Marshall...go to bed...OK


Edward Zeranski wrote:
> 
> During the '60s I was a Navy type who used/fixed R390/390A receivers and
> allied TX/RX comm. gear. ( We called them ALL '390s' with no regard to
> suffix.) We did have comms with the Air Force, usually from Thailand,
> because of the on-going SE Asian festivities. It seems I heard the F104
> called the 'thud' because of crashes...or was that a different airframe???
> Damn...been a while since 1967 =:^0 Geeze! 'Had hair and hair color back
> then...
>