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03-09-2018, 08:07 AM | #21 | |
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Grumman F4F manually retracted/extended by turning the landing gear handle located on the right side of the cockpit (30 turns each way). A friend of mine flew one off the USS Essex during WWII. He said that it was always fun to watch a "newbie" on his first take-off trying to crank the handle and fly at the same time. He owned a '39 CV identical to mine at the time. Ken |
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03-09-2018, 12:24 PM | #22 | |
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03-09-2018, 01:17 PM | #24 |
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My dad flew P-47s. Have his logbooks and notebooks which are wonderful to look through, especially the notebooks. Stuff you don't usually see, like which officers liked saluted which ways (snap, slow, pause, etc), Dad was nothing if not methodical. One of his best stories was "jumping" a pair of Navy planes from the nearby Naval Airstation, which happened frequently. Nothing could out dive a Jug, but these two stood on their tails and went straight up. Turned out they were brand new F-7F Tigercats being worked up with two engines like the one the Thunderbolt had in about the same size airframe.
I've ridden in a B-17, B-24, B-25 and BT-13 - all wonderful experiences trying to imagine the feelings of the young men flying them into harms way. For pure sexiness though, it's tough to beat the B-17. One of his sayings I always remembered when I was flying was, "Attain and Retain airspeed and altitude never trading one for the other."
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03-11-2018, 10:03 PM | #25 |
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Never run out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas at the same time.
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03-11-2018, 11:16 PM | #26 |
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03-12-2018, 07:06 AM | #27 |
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You guys should come to Port Clinton Ohio's Liberty Aviation Museum. There you can fly war birds, a,Ford Trimotor etc. Google it & see their website. Awesome !!! Check it out!
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03-12-2018, 12:00 PM | #28 |
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I work part time for a WWII veteran as his caregiver. I asked him on Saturday what he did when he heard the war was over. He was an air traffic controller working out of Casablanca. Without missing a beat he said he climbed up on top of the roof with a bottle of champagne and celebrated. We just attended his friend Stan’s memorial. Stan flew Corsairs. I am privileged to know these heroes.
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03-12-2018, 03:21 PM | #29 | |
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On the early models you had to pump the under carriage up and you could tell a new pilot as the aircraft bounced up and down as the joystick hand moved in time with the pumping hand. The P-51D (Mustang here ) was also a fantastic plane . Karl |
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03-12-2018, 03:55 PM | #30 |
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the guy in the next hanger where i worked owned a P51 Mustang -took me up a couple of times--what a rush--seemed like a rocket ship compared to the F4-U's we flew
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03-14-2018, 03:47 PM | #31 |
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My dad was in the army air corp and was a left blister gunner,the plane he was on went down and he was the only survivor. HRP
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03-14-2018, 03:56 PM | #32 |
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03-14-2018, 05:06 PM | #33 |
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My Uncle flew his 25 B-17 missions over Europe. I think because I asked him so many questions when I was a kid, he gave me his wings instead of his own son! He was very upset he was loosing so many friends early in the campaign with then, no fighter escort. He painted a vivid picture of the horrors. He had a stellar career as a High School Principal and a father of a great family. I am still deeply proud of him.
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03-14-2018, 05:20 PM | #34 |
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I was a qualified crew chief on this Douglas C-47 for several years.
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03-15-2018, 12:06 AM | #35 |
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Thanks for the photos and discussion. I've always been fascinated by the B-24, mostly because my Grand Uncle (that's a thing right? My grandfather's brother.) Piloted and was KIA'd flying one in the Pacific. (His was a B-24D-15 built by Consolidated in San Diego.)
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