Who Likes Aircraft ?

[Photon440]

'Taken' was a sci-fi UFO show from twenty years ago, but there's a pretty good B-17 vs. BF-109 sequence at the one minute mark:

 

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[oldbee]

Question—-one of the worst things on a carrier, besides a crash landing? OR a bomb/torpedo hitting it. Answer tomorrow

 

[Photon440]

I'd guess, considering what happened to the USS Forrestal that with all the fuel on board a fire is something to be feared.

 

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[Richard Cranium]

 

[Basket case]

Question—-one of the worst things on a carrier, besides a crash landing? OR a bomb/torpedo hitting it. Answer tomorrow

being bunked under the catapult.

 

[oldbee]

Dad told me, “landing cable breaking”.

 

[Slap Stick]

being bunked under the catapult.

My son says you get used to it.
My answer was a pilot by the name of McCain.

 

[Floyd]

My son says you get used to it.
My answer was a pilot by the name of McCain.

JBDs are pretty frickin loud as well.

 

[oldbee]

Dad told me, “landing cable breaking”.

He saw a guy cut in half by a broken cable whipping across the deck.

 

[Richard Cranium]

He saw a guy cut in half by a broken cable whipping across the deck.

There's a memory I wouldn't want to have.

 

[65Bel]

 

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[Richard Cranium]

Crash landing……….