I just joined this site for one reason. To offer anyone an actual photo of the flying Couger Yes THE flying Couger I have the negative. I took the photo and no it is not photo shopped. I was looking at images on google when I could not believe my eyes to see the photo I took so long ago. I clicked on the link to this site. The debate on whether the photo was real or not was quite entertaining to say the least. I took the photo during troop training. We were crossing an open field on the west side of red route line abreast when we stumbled onto this perfect rise to get the couger in the air with a soft landing. The crew comander in the photo was at that time Lt. Burke. We had to go back and give it another try. Thats when I took the photo. I used a Pentax K1000 with a standered lens. In the photo you can see the towing pintels standing straight up so its at the top of its arc. I was Gunner in 11A at the time with WO Neameth. The driver with Burke was Beausoleil
At the time the regement was having a problem with the front suspension on the avgs. I showed up at a squadron party down at the riders roust I think it was called with a bunch of 8x10 inch prints for the boys in the troop. The maintanice ET was not impressed when he saw this Couger in the air. He promised someone would be up on charges for this one but after a few beers he wanted a pic too. So thats the story of the flying Couger and if anyone wants a photo of it my email is in my profile THX...
At the time the regement was having a problem with the front suspension on the avgs. I showed up at a squadron party down at the riders roust I think it was called with a bunch of 8x10 inch prints for the boys in the troop. The maintanice ET was not impressed when he saw this Couger in the air. He promised someone would be up on charges for this one but after a few beers he wanted a pic too. So thats the story of the flying Couger and if anyone wants a photo of it my email is in my profile THX...