Talk about flying by the seat of your pants -----

[Brogs]

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/exclusi ... 076-1.html

[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

[Brogs]

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

[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.