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The thread about the clamps reminded me that there were "No Easy Days", same as the documentary film of that title.................

US NAVY PHOTO

Photo Description; A General Motors FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter upended after a barrier crash on board Sable (IX-81), during pilot training in the Great Lakes, May 1945. Another FM-2 is flying past in top center.

US NAVY PHOTO

Photo Description; A U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver of attack squadron VA-34 Black Panthers, Carrier Air Group 3 (CVG-3), pictured in the midst of a spectacular barrier crash on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33) during operations in the Atlantic Ocean, in 1948.

USFG PHOTO

Photo Description; A Douglas A-1H Skyraider (BuNo 134563) of U.S. Navy attack squadron VA-152 Friendlies after a wheels-up emergency landing at Da Nang, South Vietnam, in December 1965. VA-152 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) for a deployment to Vietnam from 5 April to 16 December 1965. The foam visible was used to ensure a relatively smooth wheels-up landing. The aircraft with a tail hook also used an arresting cable, so that the damaged aircraft would slide to a quick halt.

US NAVY PHOTO

Photo Description; Hard landing of APC Howard Packard's F4F Wildcat 6-F-24 on USS Enterprise (CV-6). Left landing gear collapsed but Packard was uninjured. 24 April 1942
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US NAVY PHOTO

Photo Description; A U.S. Navy Douglas A3D-2 Skywarrior (BuNo 138955) of heavy attack squadron VAH-9 Hoot Owls pictured after its nose wheel collapsed during recovery on board the carrier USS Saratoga (CVA-60), 1959-1960. Note the open canopy. As a high altitude strategic bomber the A3D (after 1962 A-3) was not equipped with ejection seats and the crew was expected to jump off with parachutes in case of an emergency. Date 1959-1960

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Is that a Japanese carrier, it looks like the island is on the wrong side

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Nah! Plane has just spun 180 tangling with the wires. You can see the bottom of 33 at the top of the photo.

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Da-yum, that's one violent crash... makes my back hurt just lookin' at it. Also, re the A3D... there's a reason Naval Aviators referred to the aircraft as "All 3 Dead".

Lynn

on that A3D photo - doesn't that nose wheel and associated gear has to go somewhere - like UP into the cockpit ??

Tom P.

Dude, you're landing the wrong way! Downwind landings are not fun on aircraft carriers!