> they were used very successfully for close support during the
 > Vietnam War.  (Skyraider perhaps?)
 DK> Yep, Skyraider.  Spad.  A-1E.
Thought so. For some reason I can never remember the name of that
particular aircraft, as easily as I can picture it in my head.
 DK> There was a novel about Navy carrier ops during the Korean War that
 DK> described how the carrier skipper was having difficulties docking (no
 DK> tugs?), and he had to use the tied-down piston fighters on his deck as
 DK> a kind of side-acting propeller.  The fighters were cranked up (sitting
 DK> on the deck), and their engines pulled or pushed the carrier laterally.
You're joking! How many did he use?
Wait a minute. Wasn't the Korean War a bit early for the
Skyraider? I thought they were introduced after it.
 DK> And the "owner" of those aircraft (forget his title, not being a Navy
 DK> type) was gnashing his teeth at what they were doing to his precious
 DK> radial engines. 
I would be too. But there's no arguing with the Old Man. :)
 DK> I wonder if those were A-1E's as well.  I doubt any _other_ piston
 DK> fighter-bombers were flying off carriers by then.  Any Corsairs left
 DK> were probably all with the Marines and flying off land bases?
Don't look at me. I dunno. :)
Gang warily
Buster
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