It sucks here... I'm gonna bounce
Sat Feb 22, 2020 1:46 pm
No information on this clip. Any information would be appreciated.
Re: It sucks here... I'm gonna bounce
Sun Feb 23, 2020 6:09 am
Scott,
I believe the CV was firing it's 5" guns which caused the unsecured plane to do it's dance.
Mac
I believe the CV was firing it's 5" guns which caused the unsecured plane to do it's dance.
Mac
Re: It sucks here... I'm gonna bounce
Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:22 am
Jim MacDonald wrote:Scott,
I believe the CV was firing it's 5" guns which caused the unsecured plane to do it's dance.
Mac
If it was in combat then accidents happen, if it was in training then someone has some explaining to do
Re: It sucks here... I'm gonna bounce
Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:53 pm
New edition of "Riverdance! 
I think that that was on the Enterprise and it was bouncing due to nearby bomb strikes in the water. Not 100% sure, but that is what I have read a couple of different times! There are other images of that SBD hanging on the side of the carrier.
I think that that was on the Enterprise and it was bouncing due to nearby bomb strikes in the water. Not 100% sure, but that is what I have read a couple of different times! There are other images of that SBD hanging on the side of the carrier.
Re: It sucks here... I'm gonna bounce
Sun Feb 23, 2020 2:43 pm
Probably enough wind over the deck, to help make her light on her feet.
Re: It sucks here... I'm gonna bounce
Sun Feb 23, 2020 3:53 pm
Jerry O'Neill wrote:I think that that was on the Enterprise and it was bouncing due to nearby bomb strikes in the water.
Sounds right. Imagine the ship heeling over 15-20 degrees in evasive maneuvers while being concussed by nearby bombs. That would definitely be the kind of things to cause an unsecured airplane to pogo-stick itself over the side.