And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
From my understanding, one of the hardest planes to land on a flat top. That's why the navy was happy to give the polyhedral-winged F4U Corsair to the land-based Marines. Which allowed great pilots like Pappy Boyington to flourish...
Tommy Blackburn, CO of VF-17, the Jolly Rogers, says in his book the carrier landing characteristics had nothing to do with it. They did their carrier qualifications on a CVE, the Charger. They were scheduled to go to the Pacific aboard CV-17, Bunker Hill. But they would have been the only Corsair Squadron afloat with the fleet, and there was no supply line in place to support the Corsair there. So VF-17 got sent to the Solomons and the F6F-equipped VF-18 took their place. He also says they practiced carrier landings every time they approached a field. Blackburn later went on to become CO of USS Midway CV-41.
From my understanding, one of the hardest planes to land on a flat top. That's why the navy was happy to give the polyhedral-winged F4U Corsair to the land-based Marines. Which allowed great pilots like Pappy Boyington to flourish...
ReplyDeleteI figure landing any high powered "tail dragger" fighter on a limited length, pitching runway has to be difficult.
ReplyDeleteTommy Blackburn, CO of VF-17, the Jolly Rogers, says in his book the carrier landing characteristics had nothing to do with it. They did their carrier qualifications on a CVE, the Charger. They were scheduled to go to the Pacific aboard CV-17, Bunker Hill. But they would have been the only Corsair Squadron afloat with the fleet, and there was no supply line in place to support the Corsair there. So VF-17 got sent to the Solomons and the F6F-equipped VF-18 took their place. He also says they practiced carrier landings every time they approached a field.
ReplyDeleteBlackburn later went on to become CO of USS Midway CV-41.