Just to put this into circulation
04-12-2004, 05:09 PM
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Just to put this into circulation
i found this picture in some of my grandpas(korea vet.) old slides.
See if you can spot something out of hte ordinary(focus toward the center
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See if you can spot something out of hte ordinary(focus toward the center
[img]image9.jpg[/img]
04-12-2004, 06:35 PM
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RE: Just to put this into circulation
While back there was a Discovery Wings program about that test pilot that looked like Clarke Gable....forgot his name.....buddy of Chuck Yeager who test flew a captured MIG-15 out of Wright-Pat if memory serves......
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RE: Just to put this into circulation
Seems fairly certain that that is the Mig that the Korean guy defected in. The Mig has since been repainted back in North Korean markings and is still on display at Wright Pat. (I crawled over it there.)
The plane was evaluated for a while on one of the pacific islands (Okinawa?) before being sent to Ohio for more testing. I think Franky T may have done a BVM model in these markings.
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The plane was evaluated for a while on one of the pacific islands (Okinawa?) before being sent to Ohio for more testing. I think Franky T may have done a BVM model in these markings.
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04-12-2004, 07:29 PM
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RE: Just to put this into circulation
At least at the time of filming of the Discovery Wings program, the defector was still alive and appeared in the show....
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RE: Just to put this into circulation
you got it! my Grandpa took this picture while he was stationed in Wright-Patterson, He was a F-86 pilot in korea(Kimpo A.F.B), and then went to Ohio after his 80 mission tour of duty, he must have taken this sometime, after i got flown in, he remembers the day it came in
04-12-2004, 09:26 PM
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Interesting picture!!
The pilot's name who defected is Lt. Ro Kum Suk (Dr. Kenneth Rowe US name). I believe he actually wrote a book about his defection called "A Mig To Freedom". He's now an instructor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with the Engineering Department. I had him for several classes and it was fascinating to hear him tell his stories of how he defected and his first flights in a jet. He was actually my instructor for my first turbine class. Very jolly, intelligent guy.
The pilot's name who defected is Lt. Ro Kum Suk (Dr. Kenneth Rowe US name). I believe he actually wrote a book about his defection called "A Mig To Freedom". He's now an instructor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with the Engineering Department. I had him for several classes and it was fascinating to hear him tell his stories of how he defected and his first flights in a jet. He was actually my instructor for my first turbine class. Very jolly, intelligent guy.
