Before I go with a bland civilian paint scheme on the Arii V Tail V35,were there ever any military users?My meager book collection and an online search didn't turn up anything,so I'm not holding my breath to find anything. Thanks in advance
Iran supposedly had some. While the USAF had Bonanzas in the aerial surveillance role, these were the later conventional-tail A series.
Israel had at least three in their air units during the War of Independence. These were originally in civil paint schemes but had Stars of David and crude desert camouflage overpainted. One was fitted with light bomb racks for dive attacks against the Egyptians and Jordanians.
Hope this helps!
Stephen "FPilot" Bierce/IPMS #35922 "I don't know whether to be comforted or appalled that the Grace of God extends to a man so undoubtedly wicked as Ronald Reagan. I feel both my nation and my God have been taken away for me for all time."--Tepid 6:05
Doesn't killing doctors count as military service? Wasn't that the Bonanza's nickname: "Fork-tailed doctor killer"?
There is a relatively poor b&W pic of a Bonanza in israeli colors with underbelly bomb shackles at:
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Eyeball2002308 wrote:
Old Hoodoo,
Thanks for the link. I tried it and it worked, and I also re-tried the first link and it worked as well. Guess it was just a case of my trying to access the site right after they'd had their "one millonth" user access it. . .;-)
The links worked for me,thanks!
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