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Jack Cook
 Post subject: Cool Corsair Landing
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Landing a Corsair on a carrier is hard enough but when your runway is making a pretty good turn to port it's gotta be a bit harder.
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Jack Cook wrote:
Landing a Corsair on a carrier is hard enough but when your runway is making a pretty good turn to port it's gotta be a bit harder.
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I'm pretty confident that I'd screw that one up!
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That is a great pic.

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I'm pretty confident that I'd screw that one up!


beachgirl,

So was that you flying the one in the picture then? :lol:

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beachgirl wrote:

I'm pretty confident that I'd screw that one up!


beachgirl,

So was that you flying the one in the picture then? :lol:

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Yeah. And shortly after, I was very, very wet........
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Yeah. And shortly after, I was very, very wet........


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Yeah. And shortly after, I was very, very wet........



I'm not gonna touch that one with a ten foot pole. :lol:

Jack, you wanna take over from here? :wink:

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King wrote:
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Yeah. And shortly after, I was very, very wet........


:shock:


I'm guessing I'd end up in the drink for sure!


:oops: Behave, gentlemen!
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I'm guessing I'd end up in the drink for sure!

:oops: Behave, gentlemen!


Sorry beachgirl. My mind must've slipped in the gutter for a moment....or was it the drink? Either way, you always have to be sure you make good landings, because I'm sure Jack will have a picture of it. :wink:

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Yup, that'd be me....... :wink:

Only jesting, of course. I certainly don't want to make light of the actual event...........
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Yup, that'd be me.......

That's actually my cousin's VMF-112 Corsair after landing on fire onboard the Bennington
after getting hit in a dogfight over Japan. BTW the other guy didn't make it back at all :!:

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That's actually my cousin's VMF-112 Corsair after landing on fire onboard the Bennington
after getting hit in a dogfight over Japan


As I said, I was just being silly, and in no way was attempting to make light of the situation, Jack.......
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