NOT The Biggest Warbird Story Of The Year!
Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:32 pm
Jack shares pictures 
L/C Don Yost
It's smok'in so Brad must have checked the oil!
F4U-1 VF-10
F4U-1 17-F-12 VF-17
F2G at Pax River
L/C Don Yost
It's smok'in so Brad must have checked the oil!
F4U-1 VF-10
F4U-1 17-F-12 VF-17
F2G at Pax River
Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:38 pm
Picture #1 - Wow! I don't believe he landed.
Picture #4 - That had to hurt about 1.5 seconds after that picture was taken!
Picture #4 - That had to hurt about 1.5 seconds after that picture was taken!
Re: NOT The Biggest Warbird Story Of The Year!
Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:40 pm
Jack Cook wrote:Jack shares pictures
It's smok'in so Brad must have checked the oil!
I'm thinkin Brad should not have spent so much time checking the oil and paid a little more attention to the brakes.
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:41 pm
When you covered in that black gooey stuff you then to lose your focus
Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:36 pm
ww2John wrote:Picture #1 - Wow! I don't believe he landed.
I don't know. It looks like that happened during the landing. Probably hit something on the deck.
jerry
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:38 pm
There's no FOD on our freaking deck 
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:38 pm
i've seen that triple hoola hoop prop wash on a number of carrier shots, but never ground bound birds. is it due to the physical characteristics of a carrier coupled with the at sea weather conditions???
Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:32 am
tom d. friedman wrote:i've seen that triple hoola hoop prop wash on a number of carrier shots, but never ground bound birds. is it due to the physical characteristics of a carrier coupled with the at sea weather conditions???
Look harder.
With high power and in humid conditions, you'll see it on land bases. But you are right that it's probably more common on carriers, 'cost they're always close to water!
Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:52 am
I still think #1 is a deck/landing accident. The barrier is obviously on the deck in front of the F4U.
Jerry
Jerry
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Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:46 am
The only thing in front of that F4U is Davey Jones locker
Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:18 pm
Yep, the vapour spirals off the prop tips happens on land too. Somewhere I've got a shot of the Indiana museum's PV-2 "Hot Stuff" taking off in rather grotty weather with those "Slinky contrails" much in evidence. Have seen Hercs doing this as well. Very dramatic.
S.
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Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:48 pm
OK guys I'll come clean.
This wasn't a crash, accident, incident or anything else.
This was a test of JATO or RATO using a F4U-1A. The smoke fizzling out under the wings is the rocket petering out.
This wasn't a crash, accident, incident or anything else.
This was a test of JATO or RATO using a F4U-1A. The smoke fizzling out under the wings is the rocket petering out.