LTV A-7 Corsair II

[No.1]

Dear friends,

I am sure this will be great subject!!!!

[Nico Braas]

Nickname of the Corsair II was SLUF, or Short Littl' Ugly Feller!

[No.1]

Hahaha

[Second Air Force]

Only, the "feller" was another name we won't use in polite company.......


This will be a good series!!!!

[No.1]

Never hear fro 'feller', what does it mean?

[Second Air Force]

"Feller" is a kind of hillbilly way of saying "fellow". It is used a lot in the southern parts of the U.S. as slang, also some folks have always said it that way.

A guy who used to work with me was a crew chief on the SLUF during the later part of the Vietnam war and he's the first person who told me what the F really meant to them.......same thing with the B-52--Big Ugly Fat F_____....... No respect!

[No.1]

Wait- you know real person work on A-7? Can you help me with contact, I work on article

[Second Air Force]

I don't think he works for us anymore but I will surely look for him in our database today. I'm afraid he's retired and was something of a recluse when not at work. But, maybe I'll find him, and I know he'd like to talk about his time with the A-7.

[No.1]

Most important is that he is alive!!!

[No.1]

Finally back to project... 

[No.1]

Little progress last hour

[No.1]

Now its time for markings and first profile...

[mfg495]

 

[Second Air Force]

Looking good!!!

[No.1]

And the first one, this is first Corsair II unit to be operational over Vietnam