|
Description
| Notes: LOW-WING utility aircraft with reversing propellers and retractable tricycle landing gear. For command/control and utility missions in combat zones (2 CREW, 10 PASSENGERS) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Beechcraft | |
| Base model: | U-21 | |
| Designation: | U-21 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Ute | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1952-Present | |
| Basic role: | Utility | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Fake Oakley Fuel Cell Sunglasses 10021, AK | Thank you for a very enjoyable and helpful piece. It definitly opened my eyes to allot of things I had not thought of before. Mont Blanc PensFake Oakley AntixMont blanc Ballpoint PenFake Oakley Antix sunglassesMont blanc Etoile PenFake Oakley BatwolfMont blanc Document MarkerFake Oakley Batwolf sunglassesMont blanc Greta Garbo PenFake Oakley DispatchFake Oakley Bottlecap sunglassesMont blanc FinelinerFake Oakley Fast JacketFake Oakley Commit SQ sunglassesMont blanc Fountain PenFake Oakley Five SquaredFake Oakley Dispatch sunglassesMont blanc Ingrid Bergman PenFake Oakley Flak JacketFake Oakley Encounter sunglassesMont blanc John Lennon PenFake Oakley FrogskinsFake Oakley Enduring Pace sunglassesMont blanc Marlene Dietrich PenFake Oakley Fuel CellFake Oakley Fives Squared sunglassesMont blanc Meisterstuck PenFake Oakley Fuel Cell SunglassesFake Oakley Flak Jacket sunglassesMont blanc Mechanical PencilFake Oakley Gascan Sunglasses
05/11/2012 @ 23:38 [ref: 57076] |
| Rockne (Andy) Anderson Austin, TX | I mostly flew General Peers 11 Corp Commanders out of Nha Trang.We covered all the central highlands even to Doc To
on the Cambodian border. Never forget Song Mau wher the General had to go to investigate the massacre at Mae Lai. We were left out on the runway must have been 130 degs and when the ol PT's ITT redlined at 60% power we had to shove them forward and hope for the best. We were changing engines at 600hrs or sooner. We would fly to Saigon and pick up the engines have to crawl over them to get to the cockpit then flyback to Nha Trang. We had 6 U-21A's and was also the section officer with six planes and crew chiefs to heard! I can't remember all the ser. # but mine was 18026 the 18019 18035 Red Baron's 201st Combat 03/21/2012 @ 07:04 [ref: 54366] |
| Rob Tommasone Tucson, AZ | I worked at an avionics business in Manassas, Virginia and one of our clients was a company called Dynamic Aviation, located in Bridgewater, Virginia. Some years ago, Dynamic purchased all of the surviving U-21s and spare parts and engines from the US Government. About half have been converted for use as executive transport, fire bomber lead aircraft, spray aircraft, aerial survey, photography and mapping and other assorted missions. The other half are in storage in Oklahoma. I recognized several aircraft that I flew while with C.A.C. in 1971. I checked the Beech constructor numbers of all U-21As pictured on the website with discernable Army serial numbers and all are still soldiering on!
18037 (LM-38)is now N7043N 18051 (LM-52) is now N7064Q 18048 (LM-49)is now N7062W 18076 (LM-77) is now N79W If you have an interest in finding out if your old mounts or charges is still flying, email the Army serial numbers to me at n35bonanza@gmail.com. I'll be happy to look them up for you. 07/26/2011 @ 14:25 [ref: 43066] |
| Brian , IN | We have a U-21 at our aviation school in Fort Wayne. 04/15/2011 @ 13:48 [ref: 37450] |
| Tom Berry Memphis, TN | To the webmaster:
How about changing the "designation" from Air Force to the (correct) U.S. Army. Phu Bai 69-70 02/17/2011 @ 12:02 [ref: 36065] |
| Jeff \"Fuzzy\" Fozard Rogers, AR | I was an air traffic controller in Viet Nam from Mar 68-Sep 71. On my day's off, I flew as a door gunner/observer in helos and Bird Dogs. I'm looking for Cpt. Jeff Gray/Grey. He flew Shotguns in Can Tho then went to the Long Trips out of Long Binh. One night in Can Tho, we were flying night security between Can Tho and Binh Thuy. I was flyin and Jeff was snoozing in the front. The engine quit. I slapped Jeff in the back of the head and yelled, "Jeff, Wake UP!!". He did, went full throttle, mixture and carb heat and hit the starter. The engine fired up and we landed back in Can Tho. We got another bird and flew the rest of our mission. I saw him once in Long Binh after he extended for 6 mos and went to the CAC there. I wrote about that incident in my memoirs, "Cleared To Land" and would like to find him again. If anybody knows Jeff, please send me an email or have him send one. My cell is 479-619-5025. I"m now a Deputy Sheriff and retired CW4(USA). 01/10/2011 @ 10:51 [ref: 35440] |
| Earl Myers Louisville, OH | Anybody know where I can obtain a large size 3 view drawing of these Ute's? I need them to make a large scale model from. I used to fly in them (as a "couier" in Nam 68 to 70.
Earl Myers 06/28/2010 @ 13:00 [ref: 26739] |
| wally osborne , CA | rob how about a capt. robert easly, virgina beach, vr. 03/12/2010 @ 18:26 [ref: 25876] |
| Dave Barlow Billings, MT | Let me join you on a walk down memory lane. I arrived at Long Thang North in May of 1968 and flew U-21s out of there until May of 1969. Then I extended for six months. When I got back to Vietnam a month later I was assigned to the CAC detatchment at TSN for six months, where I lived in the Massachusetts BOQ. Then I extended for another six months. When I got back in country, I was reassigned back to Long Thang North. I left Vietnam in August 1970.
Was Captain Smith's first name Dave? I always believed that ATC got him and Charlie Barnes mixed up with another aircraft and flew them into the mountains just west of Hue/Phu Bie (sp?). I went through flight school with Charlie, first flying T-41s out of Liberty AAF at Ft. Stewart, GA. Then we went to Rucker for, first doing instrument training in T-42s and then Bird Dogs. I put in to fly Mohawks but got a U-21 transition instead. Speaking of Long Thang North, I helped build the swimming pool, but perhaps more important I also helped build the flush toilets. No more burning shit every day. By the way, do you remember THUNDERBALL across the runway? Speaking of Charlie Barnes, here's a story. Besides being a pilot he also was the supply officer. One day I stupidly left a .45 in a pistol belt behind during one of my stops. I went to Charlie to confess my crime, but he just laughed, gave me another .45 and said, "We'll just write off the one you lost as a'combat loss.'" He was a Hell of a nice guy from the day I met him until he went down in Long Trip 007. Someone mentioned they had a PT-6 failure. I had one too in 1969 about 100 miles north of Saigon. We feathered the prop, crossed our fingers and plowed on. When we got about 20 miles from TSN (our destination) we told approach control that we were on one engine and were declaring a mayday. We figured they'd clear the skies for us. But the controllor came right back with, "Roger that Long Trip, be advised you're number three on the mayday list." We began laughing and didn't stop until one of our worried passengers came up and asked, "Are you guys all right?" All the passengers could see the feathered prop, and we had told them we'd be OK, but when they heard us cracking up, at least one of them thought we'd cracked up. I think that's enough for now. 01/25/2010 @ 17:53 [ref: 25633] |
| Harry (Skip) Harris Aliso Viejo, CA | I was a member of CAC for two tours, 68-69 and 71-72. I have many fond memories of the Unit and the plane. I lost my roommate Cpt Smith when 007 went missing. He was a great pilot and friend. 08/26/2009 @ 17:13 [ref: 24355] |
Recent photos uploaded by our visitors
