Wildcat Woops

Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:33 pm

FM-2 barrier crash USS Guadalcanal 1944

Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:32 am

At the moment I can't remember, but did the Wildcat have good roll over protection for the pilot?

I certainly hope so.

And, with this airplane, did it end up on its back, or did it fall back down on the main gear?

-David

Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:05 am

nope!!! HOPE HE faired well.....

Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:47 am

That is good to hear! It must have been quite a scary moment though.

Cheers,

David

Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:27 pm

Yikes...

Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:36 pm

One my all-time favorite aircraft!
An FM-2 in the Atlantic (grey) color scheme...

Oops is right...