Any Landing You Can Swin Away From.............Part Deux
Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:45 pm
Is a good landing 
Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:58 am
Well no wonder it went over the side, they forgot to hook up the back of of the plane 
Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:44 am
Built by the lowest bidder also
Lynn
Lynn
Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:51 pm
Boy..... that Hellcat pilot is one lucky SOB! Amazing photo too... thanks alot for posting.
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers,
Richard
Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:00 pm
Pilot to log: "Made successful landing". But I am not sure if the plane lost me or I lost the plane!"
Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:01 pm
Was this a bad landing, or was it battle damaged? It reminds me of that classic film of the hellcat hitting the island of the carrier, and breaking apart.
Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:28 pm
mustangdriver wrote:Was this a bad landing, or was it battle damaged? It reminds me of that classic film of the hellcat hitting the island of the carrier, and breaking apart.
Same here but that Hellcat did not go over board. But the break up seems very simular as to the photo. Was there some kinda structural flaw in the Hellcat?
Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:24 pm
I don't think so. Aircraft aren't really built very sturdily in the first place. The place with the most structure would be the cockpit area and wing stem- forward to the engine. Behind the wing would be where the structure lightens up, and probably the first place to take the pressure of a crash is right at the joint there. So...snap!
Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:57 pm
So...snap!
It would really suck if that snap is where the pilot sat!