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F-102 walk around book by Squadron/Signal

May 27 2011 at 1:14 PM		   (Login willc453)
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Several weeks ago I was quite excited to see this book for sale on Ebay and bought it with out hesitation. Very, very bad mistake. Far as I'm concerned, this thing is a
major P.O.S. You're better off searching the web for detail shots or finding one on static display some where and taking your own photos. The majority (90%?)is filled with profiles of the aircraft in different squadron markings. The author shows a photo of a F-102A on display at a museum with the missile bay open but there's only one partial shot of the bay. Nothing of the radar system in the nose, area behind the ejection seat just to mention a couple places not covered by this "reference book". Add to this, very little about the AIM-4 missile. I was in Colorado 2 years ago and able to photograph one in its original shipping crate!
I had the opportunity to photograph a 2 seater MiG-21 (with both ejection seats & gun sight removed from the aircraft) about 10 years ago and took approximately 400 photos. If I could stick my camera in some place, there it went. This included photos of all the stenciling/data plates inside the gear wells, landing gear, etc.
So how come the author couldn't get permission from one of the museums to get all the detail shots needed? Wouldn't he just need a letter from Squadron/Signal stating he was doing a book on the F-102 to show to the museum?
Why am I so bummed out about this book? Our father worked on them while we were stationed at Bitburg in the late 50's and it his his favorite airplane. Add to the fact I paid $20 total for this thing. If it had gone for maybe $10, I wouldn't be so bummed out.
For those interested, I have a scanner coming to me via Ebay and hope to show the AIM-4 photos.

 
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