Sea Fury

[MR_BURNS2]

Anyone looking for a plot?

This awesome vintage video gives you motivation and ideas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFS7nRVkr08

Intercepting supply junks,
Interdiction,
strikes against bridges,
CAS,
using firefly´s as FAC and observer for naval gunfire,
and....the best part, Mig Kill with a Sea Fury!

One could also add PT boat and U-boat attacks and AsUW patrols to counter them.

Sea Fury Power!

[hellfish6]

IIRC Cuban Sea Furies seriously ruined Brigada 2501's day at the Bay of Pigs too.

[jomni]

Nice. I'll watch this when I have time.

Shameless plug: I am making a Vietnam scenario featuring Ho Chi Minh trail interdiction, CAS, CSAR, para drops, supply drops, etc.
Main aircraft is the A-1 skyraider. With other support aircraft like O-2,C-47,HH-53. Pitty the Spooky is currently broken. :/ would really love to use that in my scenario.

[MR_BURNS2]

I think the AC-47 actually didn´t fly that much out of country(i.e. SVN), A-26 and NC-123(the latter as FAC) were used a lot for interdiction on the trail, if you want vintage-piston engine action over vietnam, you could use these.
Here is a excellent book about a NC-123 pilot in the war, one of thebest books i ever read!

http://www.amazon.com/Flying-Through-Midnight-Dramatic-Missions/dp/0743274881/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382705010&sr=8-1&keywords=flying+through+midnight

Interview with the author:

http://www.sponauer.com/candlestick/

[jomni]

Thanks for the links. I intend to use the AC-47 for defensive CAS during night assaults on US / SVN bases.