Comments on: Flightdeck Friday: F7F Tigercat http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jose C Jimenez http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat/comment-page-1#comment-3936 Jose C Jimenez Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:01:28 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat/#comment-3936 A beauty, love to fly one! :cool: A beauty, love to fly one! :cool:

]]> By: Steeljawscribe http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat/comment-page-1#comment-2903 Steeljawscribe Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:34:54 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat/#comment-2903 Rich: Yes, please send along those photos (they'll be given due credit) in an article I'm working up on aircraft and carrier requirements... - SJS Rich:

Yes, please send along those photos (they’ll be given due credit) in an article I’m working up on aircraft and carrier requirements…
- SJS

]]> By: Richard Pearsall http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat/comment-page-1#comment-2901 Richard Pearsall Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:02:58 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat/#comment-2901 Beautiful bird, but not strrdy enough for carrier duty. I was on deck on the Shangri la. On hard landings a wing would break off. I have pictures if you wish. Rich Beautiful bird, but not strrdy enough for carrier duty. I was on deck on the Shangri la. On hard landings a wing would
break off.
I have pictures if you wish.
Rich

]]> By: djh_usmc http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat/comment-page-1#comment-157 djh_usmc Sat, 07 Jul 2007 05:10:19 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat/#comment-157 I had the honor seeing an F7F Tigercat fly at an airshow 13 years ago. When the plane was on the tarmac, I watched in fascination as the pilot (and his grandson) poured a whole case of oil into the port side engine. He had to go home to Wisconsin (I think) and he taxied out and made a pass across show center. It raised goose bumps when I saw him hit the throttle and white smoke poured out of the engines when he made a lazy dive and banked off to the right. A beautiful bird. I had the honor seeing an F7F Tigercat fly at an airshow 13 years ago. When the plane was on the tarmac, I watched in fascination as the pilot (and his grandson) poured a whole case of oil into the port side engine. He had to go home to Wisconsin (I think) and he taxied out and made a pass across show center. It raised goose bumps when I saw him hit the throttle and white smoke poured out of the engines when he made a lazy dive and banked off to the right. A beautiful bird.

]]> By: Steeljawscribe http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat/comment-page-1#comment-153 Steeljawscribe Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:31:02 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/07/06/flightdeck-friday-f7f-tigercat/#comment-153 Well, two if you count when the COD comes aboard :) - SJS Well, two if you count when the COD comes aboard happy
- SJS

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