Heya freepersup...thanks for trying. That site looks like they are serious about safeguarding their images, as least as far as law-abiding people will try to respect their wishes.
Ah well.
But I was able to locate that serial number, it is: 158026. And looking at it, it was assigned to VA-46 in 1990...darn, so not one I worked on...:)
158026 (MSN E342) taken on strength ca.1972, this plane was first assigned to Attack Squadron 83 (VA-83) at NAS Oceana, VA. In 1983 it was transferred to VA-105, also at NAS Oceana. Come 1985 the plane was with VA-15 at Oceana, then to VA-46 at NAS Cecil Field, FL in 1990, taking part in Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. In about 1992 the plane was assigned as a ground instruction trainer at Naval Air Technical Training Center, Memphis, TN. Now at the Heritage of Flight Museum, Lincoln, IL, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
I went to this website, it has a lot of good information: http://www.joebaugher.com
In any case, I saw you had success! About an hour ago I saw your post, so I began digging around...thanks for finding that photo! Strong work!
Thank you for the reply and great thread.
My hometown airport where the Clansmen Corsair is on static display also has a gamma goat, a UH 1, an F-4, and a C-45, all of which I have had personal or working relationships with, within both my private affairs and military careers.
I participated in rigging the gamma goat for airdrop, as I was an airborne parachute rigger in a heavy drop aerial delivery company (612th QM Company) in the US Army.
I made several military static line, and hundreds of MWR-sponsored sport parachute freefall jumps out of the UH-1, while stationed at Ft Bragg, NC, with the 82nd Airborne Sport Parachute Club.
I packed the drag chutes and assisted in the packing of the drogue chutes, and the emergency personnel chutes of the F-4 Phantom jet, while assigned to the Parachute Shop, with the IL ANG, at Capitol Airport, in Springfield, IL.
Last but not least, I got the bright idea to get married in a C-45 Expeditor, otherwise known as a Twin Beech.
I don’t know if I have it in me to ever write a book or long essay, but maybe a few threads will someday surface.
BOATSWAIN! Pipe the Plane Captain aboard! Aye! Aye! Sir!