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.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
LSO running for cover aboard USS Hancock during an F7U-3 crash, 14 July 1955.
Ramp strike of Vought F7U-3 Cutlass BuNo 129595, Modex 412, of VF-124 on the USS Hancock on 14 July 1955. LCDR Jay T. Alkire (XO of USN's VF-124 "Stingrays") was killed in the crash, and several deck crew were killed or injured.
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ReplyDeleteRamp strike of Vought F7U-3 Cutlass BuNo 129595, Modex 412, of VF-124 on the USS Hancock on 14 July 1955. LCDR Jay T. Alkire (XO of USN's VF-124 "Stingrays") was killed in the crash, and several deck crew were killed or injured.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F7U_Cutlass
The F7U was a great looking plane. As a kid we would sit outside the Grand Prairie NAS and watch them take off and land. Exciting stuff for a kid.
ReplyDeleteThe Gutless Cutlass was also known as the Ensign Killer.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad how many Navy airplanes were known as Ensign Killers.
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