tinyclark Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Someone posted a picture of her father in fornt of an F-105. She says her mom told her that all the pilots carried a cyanide tablet. Just wondering if that would be feasible. I kind of doubt the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Maybe he said it tongue in cheek...weren't the F105's known as the Lead Sled? Then again, if He Was flying in SEA, the Hanoi Hilton was NOT a five star Hilton and ending up a POW was pretty close to a toss up vs the "alternative"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWoods Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I remember GO NO GO pills but no cyanide tablets. the 105 was nick named the Thud, the lead sled was the F 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Yeah, Bob, the story is one of two,how the 105 got it's name, one was it was named after Chief Thunderthud, the Indian on the Howdy Doody, the second is that was the sound it made when it hit the ground. These are from Jack Broughton's book 'Thud Ridge.' It seems to me that somewhere I read a blurb that said the U-2 drivers had such capsules, but who knows for sure. somebody always comes up with somethin' spark up a story, and never lets the true interfere. Giz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWoods Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The name the builder called it was the Thunderchief so the nick name Thud followed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizzard Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 oh, yeah forgot to mention it was originally named thunderchief, of course nowhere near as classy as HERCULES!!!!!!!!!!!!! But, if our bird was named after a male mythological figure, why do we call it a HER???????????????? Inquiring minds want to know...................Maybe the same reason ships are female it costs so much to keep them in paint and powder????????????? Oh, hell, I'm goin' back to bed.... Giz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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