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. 😀
… so work up those right thigh muscles, there’s more below the fold…
Good gouge from Mike:
Project CADILLAC (Part I) Ed note: Everything has a beginning and that beginning is usually quite humble compared to present conditions. Consider, a small spring at the headwaters of the Madison River in Montana is the source of the mighty Missouri River which itself empties into ol’ man river — the Mississippi, all of which…
Looking for an O-4/O-6 Naval Aviator in the Chicago area and an O-4/-6 NFO in the Dallas area to conduct an aviation accession interview with a 1/c MIDN in each of those areas. Active, Reserve or Retired is fine — just need to complete by 1 March 2011. If you can help, drop me a…
As a squadron of U.S. Navy dive bombers, flying at 12,000 feet, closed in on a Japanese target the sky ahead would fill up with bursting anti-aircraft shells as the Japanese defenders ranged in their guns. A high speed run in to 10,000 feet placed the squadron almost two miles high over the target in…
DoDBuzz is reporting new cost estimates for the JSF program are going to jump by over $17.1B. Apparently the concurrent nature of the program lies at the heart of the massive revision upwards of program costs. So much so that Nunn-McCurdy is starting to be invoked: “Unfortunately, DoD has put all its eggs in the…
Task Force 17 – Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher in Yorktown Task Group 17.5 Carrier Group – CAPT Elliott Buckmaster USS Yorktown (CV-5)CAPT Buckmaster CVG-5 – LCDR Oscar Pederson VS-5LT Wallace Clark Short, Jr.19 (17) x SBD-3 VF-3LCDR John Smith Thach27 (25) x F4F-4 VB-3LCDR Maxwell Franklin Leslie 18 (17) x SBD-3 VT-3LCDR Lance Edward…
Several items on the docket today: If at first you don’t succeed… From Ria Novosti comes word the much troubled Bulava SLBM will be tested five times in the coming year: Despite five failures in 10 trials, Russia’s Defense Ministry is planning to complete a series of Bulava tests and put the ICBM into service by…
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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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😆 😆 😆 😆 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.
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