straight from the jungles of Nam, Spads with a Load... (anyone else spend your time in the military around guys who changed up the lyrics to songs? Happened all the time when I was in the Navy) thank you George! Skip the first 30 seconds
Very good. But hey Jesse,I'm not up on US military slang much;I know the aircraft,but what and how do they get the name "Spads"? Thanks,and Happy New Year from hear! It's 23:29 right now.
A-1H Skyraider was nicknamed "Spad" after the WW1 biplanes, because the jet pilots thought the prop-driven A-1 was outdated. The explanation is about a minute after this video starts.
Very good. But hey Jesse,I'm not up on US military slang much;I know the aircraft,but what and how do they get the name "Spads"? Thanks,and Happy New Year from hear! It's 23:29 right now.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea, it's new to me too
DeleteA-1H Skyraider was nicknamed "Spad" after the WW1 biplanes, because the jet pilots thought the prop-driven A-1 was outdated. The explanation is about a minute after this video starts.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/search?q=spad+airlane&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS933US934&oq=spad+airlane&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORigATIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigAdIBCDQyMzFqMGo0qAIAsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:53e6ecb8,vid:Upw4TkLyBSE,st:1412