Readers of the legacy site know that your humble scribe is something of a throwback in that he has a fondness for prop aircraft. Comes today an offline note from Mike C. (DC Tailhook RR “Handler”) that included links for F4U training vids. π
… so work up those right thigh muscles, there’s more below the fold…
Good gouge from Mike:
J-15s onboard CV 16 Liaoning in 2013 – sporting a familiar tail emblem…
KIDO BUTAI First Carrier Striking Force VADM Nagumo Chuichi Chief of Staff: RADM Kusaka Ryunosuke Carrier Division 1 Γ’β¬β VADM Nagumo Akagi (flagship) Γ’β¬β Captain Aoki Taijiro, commanding 18 x A6M2 carrier fighters (aka Zero) 18 x D3A1 carrier bombers (aka Val) 18 x B5N2 carrier attack aircraft (aka Kate) 6 x A6M2 fighters (6th…
Pause… Ponder… Remember… Honor… From these honored aviators, Marines and Sailors – those departed and the few left with us, we draw our heritage…our ethos. May they and their actions this day never be forgotten. And from their stand, may we evermore draw strength. – SJS
No, not us. Hopefully by the first of the year after peer review is done… Tommy Thomason has a second volume hitting the streets this month: (hey Tommy, about the cover — with all the great “A” aircraft around, why a Hornet on the cover? Why not an A-4, A-1 or A-6? – SJS) Yes…
Part 1 1958 was a year of ups and downs. The worldβs first satellite launched in October 1957, Sputnik, came crashing to earth with the New Year. The Cold War gets ever hotter as nuclear tests continue (35 by theSoviets alone) and the means for delivery become faster and more complex. Across the Atlantic…
Full story here: Flight-Test Program Accelerates For U.S. Navy’s E-2D Couple of items worth noting: Within three years, the U.S. Navy’s fleet will have fielded the technology for precisely locating small, flying targets. The target set embraces some of the Navy’s latest nightmares, including the next-generation of stealthy – sometimes supersonic – cruise missiles.Moreover, with…
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THANK YOU for one of the best videos to explain the intricacies of flying. Meaning no disrespect, but there is something so very sublime about propellor aircraft that jet aircraft can’t match. Then there’s the sound…oh my!!! Are there any F4Us that survived? Have you ever flown one, and, if yes, how would you compare it to modern fighter aircraft? My thanks, as well, to Mike C.
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π π π π Would these come as little planes? Just asking, sir.
Deb:
Alas, no I have not and likely wil not have a crack at an F4U or one of the vintage fighters. Suffice to say I have sen them up close/personal in venues like the reno air races (think one P-51 at full song/low altitude is neat? Mulitply it by a dozen…). There are several F4Us and a few of their steroid packed, hormone enhanced brethern (aka the F2G Crsair with the Pratt & Whitney R-4360, a massive, four-bank/28-cylinder radial engine). Might want to watch some of the old re-runs of “Black Sheep” sometime (old TV series) to see a covey of still existant Corsairs in action…
– SJS
Thank you, as I had heretofore not known the names of the different classes of fighter aircraft. I have just finished viewing the post on Instapinch’s site of the beginning of the decommissioning of the USS John F. Kennedy. What a sad time for all who served on the great carrier. The Navy is losing a true legend.
Veritas et Fidelis Semper