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.
The saying back then was, "When you're out of F-8s, you're out of fighters." Accompanied by an image of a sad looking pilot dripping a single tear. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/95/10/77/951077a59dc8f2faa3273d506c002c7c.jpg
Read some old-time naval aviators' accounts about the fun of getting into and out of cockpits like that when the wheels were spotted right at the deck edge, with the nose hung over the side.
Ingenuity in aviation. The wing was hinged near the trailing edge, so that the entire thing could tip up. That allowed a higher angle of attack (and shortened the distances for takeoff and landing) without having to tip the entire airplane up, simplifying the landing gear. See Wikipedia.
Naval boat slamming trailing link nose wheels.
ReplyDeleteF-8 Crusader, beautiful in the air, ugly on the ground. Hydraulics were a nightmare.
ReplyDeleteThe saying back then was, "When you're out of F-8s, you're out of fighters." Accompanied by an image of a sad looking pilot dripping a single tear. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/95/10/77/951077a59dc8f2faa3273d506c002c7c.jpg
ReplyDeleteSpent 3 years working electronics in a F-8 squadron at NAS Dallas. Great times.
ReplyDeleteVery well could be wrong, weren't these the last of the gunfighters?
ReplyDeletesteve canyon?
ReplyDeleteRead some old-time naval aviators' accounts about the fun of getting into and out of cockpits like that when the wheels were spotted right at the deck edge, with the nose hung over the side.
ReplyDeleteThen think about it at night.
my favorite Revell model, thing just looked like a hotrod with wings
ReplyDeleteIngenuity in aviation. The wing was hinged near the trailing edge, so that the entire thing could tip up. That allowed a higher angle of attack (and shortened the distances for takeoff and landing) without having to tip the entire airplane up, simplifying the landing gear. See Wikipedia.
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