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.
"A P-47 of the 64th Fighter Squadron, while on a mission to Milan, struck the ground during a low-level strafing run. Despite the bent props and crushed chin, the pilot nursed the Jug 150 miles home to Grosseto."
It was amazing to me how much of that matting one could all over the place in the Philippines in the late 1980s. None of it still.on runways, but salvaged and repurposed as fencing, walls, foot-bridges, etc.
Failure to flair?....or as Navy carrier pilots say, "Flare to land, squat to pee"....
ReplyDeleteReverse thruster 1944 variant.
ReplyDeleteReduced blade length for flying in a school zone.
ReplyDeleteRacing prop.
Delete"A P-47 of the 64th Fighter Squadron, while on a mission to Milan, struck the ground during a low-level strafing run. Despite the bent props and crushed chin, the pilot nursed the Jug 150 miles home to Grosseto."
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Wow, great story! Simply amazing that it would fly at all with those damaged props.
DeleteNursed it back home, changed his pants, and hosed out the cockpit!
DeleteIt's a Republic plane. They may not be the most maneuverable, but they will survive where other planes will fail.
DeleteSame with the F-84 and the F-105.
Had that been a Mustang, the pilot would have been lucky to survive.
Metal runway, you can still see the old one in Barrow, Alaska, pretty sure no one lands on it anymore though.
ReplyDeleteMarsden matting. Used extensively in WWII.
DeleteIt was amazing to me how much of that matting one could all over the place in the Philippines in the late 1980s. None of it still.on runways, but salvaged and repurposed as fencing, walls, foot-bridges, etc.
DeleteNo no no, I said fold up the wings....
ReplyDeleteDamn tough old birds!
ReplyDeleteJUG!
ReplyDeleteProp tips bent backward indicate power was off (throttle back) when the prop hit the ground. When they hit with power on they bend forward.
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