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Talk about flying by the seat of your pants -----
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:05 am
by Brogs
Re: Talk about flying by the seat of your pants -----
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:16 pm
by raa57
jesus now that looks very hairy
,didnt like the sound of the yoke controlling the rudder and then body movement to control the ailerions,no wonder they changed it and added rudder pedals
nice find mike but any videos of it actually flying??
Terry
Re: Talk about flying by the seat of your pants -----
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:53 am
by Brogs
raa57 wrote:jesus now that looks very hairy
,didnt like the sound of the yoke controlling the rudder and then body movement to control the ailerions,no wonder they changed it and added rudder pedals
nice find mike but any videos of it actually flying??
Terry
not yet Terry, but if any turn up I,ll post them
Re: Talk about flying by the seat of your pants -----
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:27 pm
by hawkeyeted
I love Naval Aviation, and am proud that I am a direct part of it's history.
For those of you who are Amateur Historians, Tom Clancy's book "Carrier" is equally interesting. Its as though we said to ourselves, "We'll....we've got planes and we've got ships. Now what do we do? I got an idea! Lets land a plane on a ship!"
These guys were true pioneers.