During the Vietnam war, US planes used aluminum drop tanks to store surplus fuel for jets and tankers. The tanks could be jettisoned mid-flight, or, in some cases, were simply abandoned on the ground.
Clever Vietnamese people cut and customized the drop tanks into capable canoes and river boats.
The tanks onboard a fighter jet:
The tanks converted into boats:
Previously: German WWII military helmets re-manufactured into colanders
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We did the same after the war, except we made lakesters from the tanks...
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Captainleeward (Oct 30, 2016), Jon (Oct 25, 2016), oldcaptainrusty (Oct 8, 2017)
Good one Marv! I've semi followed Bonneville and saw those Lakesters and thought they looked suspiciously like drop tanks but they were never the focus of the story I was reading.Originally Posted by mklotz
Good use of those fuel tanks .
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