[R-390] Mitchell - B-25

[Ed Zeranski]

> Nice plane, too! I talked with a fellow some years back who flew them in
> Viet Nam and possibly later (or earlier?) for the CIA? He said they had
> to be taken from service and retro-fitted at one point because the wings
> were ripping off in dives. Something along those lines. I've seen
> updated models with the wingtip tanks and larger props. Looks like a Sky
> King on steroids!

There is a good one, a Black Cat, on display at Hickam AFB in Hawaii. The
SAC Museum just west of Omaha has a neat restored one and the Marine
Air-Ground Museum at Quantico has a nice fuslage section display. That needs
some light inside so folks can see the ARC-5 set up which is different than
the Smithsonian. I worked with a guy who was a mechanic for Air America back
in Nam time. He mentioned '26s. I think they may have had a couple at Marana
in AZ back then.

EdZ