SPAD Heading For the Barrier
Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:52 pm
High and fast isn't really good. Uss Essex CV-9
Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:32 am
One can only wonder what the pilot is thinking just few seconds to......
Having been in a big crash once, the experience was a weird to say the least.......the adrenalin got everything in slow motion right up to a few mili-seconds before the crash itself.
Tks for sharing Jack.
Having been in a big crash once, the experience was a weird to say the least.......the adrenalin got everything in slow motion right up to a few mili-seconds before the crash itself.
Tks for sharing Jack.
Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:06 am
Besides the initial "oh sh__", he's too busy to think. Getting himself and the aircraft ready for a very abrupt stop. 
From the guys I've talked to from the WWII era, taking the barrier while not a daily occurance was still frequent. He who took the barrier and trashed an engine and prop got the pleasure of taking it for it's first flight and slow timing it over the ship. (as aircraft got heavier and more complex after WWII, fix'n em onboard might have been reduced a lot.)
Now THAT is cause for him to have thoughts running through his head. Is everything put back together corrrectly? Is it gonna wrench off during the cat shot? Does my Mae West work? Why did I take the barrior?
Regards
Steve
From the guys I've talked to from the WWII era, taking the barrier while not a daily occurance was still frequent. He who took the barrier and trashed an engine and prop got the pleasure of taking it for it's first flight and slow timing it over the ship. (as aircraft got heavier and more complex after WWII, fix'n em onboard might have been reduced a lot.)
Now THAT is cause for him to have thoughts running through his head. Is everything put back together corrrectly? Is it gonna wrench off during the cat shot? Does my Mae West work? Why did I take the barrior?
Regards
Steve