Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Shaky Approach

 


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  1. Sloppy, left of center, off glideslope, too low in close, and probably behind on power just before he hits the burble.
    Somebody's going to get an ass-chewing from the squadron LSO.

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    1. They're called "corrections" for a reason.

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    2. ahhh, he'll grease it in. Guy in the back might argue the point but things always look worse from a passenger"s perspective.

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    3. Even if he traps he'll get a "No Grade".
      The squadron just got a new maintenance officer.

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  2. It's a painting. I forgot the name of the guy who did these. He was good, though.

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    1. Maybe Richard Moore, I have the USS st. Lo of his hanging in my house. My grandfather was on that ship, the first to be sunk by a kamikaze.

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  3. CW, I hadn't realized there are so many naval aviators, trap Q'ed among your readers.

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  4. Putting a Rhino on that small deck took somebig ones.

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  5. There's an F4 just inside the gate at Lakehurst NJ with those same markings. I'll have to check the tail number when I next see it.

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  6. Good old Contraption CVA-64. Those were the DAYS.
    Heltau

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  7. The F-4 was proof you could make a brick fly with enough thrust. Now those were planes. They could carry double the bomb load of a B-17.

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  8. Clearly a painting, we could never get our birds that clean.
    Victor

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