Tuesday, January 1, 2019

An F6F-5 Hellcat after an emergency landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier escort USS Takanis Bay (1945)


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  1. Student pilot - I'm guessing he didn't pass carrier quals after that landing.

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    1. I don't think that's the case. You can see the barrier net tangled up around the nose and wings. I think his tailhook wouldn't lower, so they rigged the barrier net to get him aboard.

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