A-3 Skywarrior having a bad day in 1963

[Scott Rose]

[Mark Allen M]

An F9F Cougar having a bad day trapping on the USS Essex. A flight deck officer checks on Ensign W.G. DeBriere of Fighter Squadron (VF) 142 after his F9F-6 Cougar crashed into the barricade.

[JohnB]

It's neat to see video of a Demon flying, I don't think I've seen that before.

[Scott Rose]

Another Cougar, this one having a bit worse of a day. Anybody know if the pilot survived?



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[wendovertom]

Another Cougar, this one having a bit worse of a day. Anybody know if the pilot survived?



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On the up side- the plane seems to have landed in the water sunny side up and clear of the bow, plus the canopy was already open - hopefully the pilot was able to get out and fly another day

Tom P.

[Scott Rose]

Another Cougar, this one having a bit worse of a day. Anybody know if the pilot survived?



PS: This is the first video I've create on the Warbirds.tv YouTube channel, I'll be experimenting more in the coming months. If your interested please subscribe the the channel. Thanks!

On the up side- the plane seems to have landed in the water sunny side up and clear of the bow, plus the canopy was already open - hopefully the pilot was able to get out and fly another day

Tom P.

That's sort of what I was hoping

[p51]

This one always makes me cringe when I see it:

That poor pilot had plenty of time to embrace the horror before he drowned. From what I've read, the leg straps for the seat couldn't be released so he was tethered to the seat the entire time.
Nobody deserves to go out like that.
More info here: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=155362

[sandiego89]

I was pleasantly surprised that the A-3 could bolter after loosing the nose wheel, compressing the strut, and with so much down angle.

[JohnB]

The father of a friend of mine was killed while flying off a carrier in the 1980s. Never had the heart to ask what happened.
But whenever I see carriers footage, I think of her.

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[p51]

The father of a friend of mine was killed while flying off a carrier in the 1980s. Never had the heart to ask when it what happened.

I had a friend with the same deal. I made the mistake of asking.
I wished I hadn't. He died very badly and not quickly, either.
I can't recall which book it was, but I'd read a book by a career carrier pilot who talked about someone going over the side in a fighter on a carrier, then punching out underwater and saved his own life like that.
I was Army and never had any real interest in anything Naval other than visiting museum ships and reading books about them!