Banzi!!!
Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:40 pm
A snappy subject line fails me 
F4U-1s VMF-213 patrol the slot 1943
Capt John Carey's VMF-221 Wildcat after Midway
C-47 5th AF 1944
L/C Jack Coonan CO 1st Ftr Sqd and his F-100
SB2Cs of VB-10 over Japan 1945
F4U-4s VMF-222 Okinawa 1945
165 Squadron Scotland 1942
Major Virgil Fields 31st FG and Monk
Test pilot Lyman Bullard and a F4U-1
F4U-1A VMF-124
TBF in close
Memphis Belle
P-40Bs 20th PS Del Carmen Field, PI July 1941
F4U-1s VMF-213 patrol the slot 1943
Capt John Carey's VMF-221 Wildcat after Midway
C-47 5th AF 1944
L/C Jack Coonan CO 1st Ftr Sqd and his F-100
SB2Cs of VB-10 over Japan 1945
F4U-4s VMF-222 Okinawa 1945
165 Squadron Scotland 1942
Major Virgil Fields 31st FG and Monk
Test pilot Lyman Bullard and a F4U-1
F4U-1A VMF-124
TBF in close
Memphis Belle
P-40Bs 20th PS Del Carmen Field, PI July 1941
Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:49 pm
What's going on with the last Corsair (VMF-124) picture? What's the smoke coming from? Brakes locked up on one wheel?
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:43 pm
Smoke?
Or, Steam from catapult?
Or, Steam from catapult?
Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:20 pm
Jack Cook- did anybody tell you that you are living archive 
Great images as always 
Great images as always
Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:34 pm
ww2John wrote:Smoke?
Or, Steam from catapult?
It's not the Cat. You can see the Catapult track under the Corsair's port wing to the left.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:27 pm
Thanks for posting that pick of Capt Carey's plane, Jack. I always wondered how bad the damage was when he landed. Bad enough that both his legs were broken, but Americna planes could take a good slugging, eh?
Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:27 pm
It's not steam. Steam cats were developed by the Brits postwar. Our WWII cats were hydraulic. The smoke you see was to let the pilots see any potential crosswind on takeoff. The ship isn't always able to steam directly into the wind.
Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:10 am
Did Corsairs take-off with that much flap?
If the wind is 010 degrees at 5 knots and the ship is going 10 knots heading north, making it own wind, than the x-wind factor would be?
Phil
If the wind is 010 degrees at 5 knots and the ship is going 10 knots heading north, making it own wind, than the x-wind factor would be?
Phil
Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:44 am
phil65 wrote:Did Corsairs take-off with that much flap?
Hopefully that one did..
Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:59 pm
fotobass wrote:phil65 wrote:Did Corsairs take-off with that much flap?
Hopefully that one did..
He could be landing? no? And locked up the brakes after missing the wires?
Its like a picture of a sunrise or is it a sunset?
Phil