Anyone here old enough to know the take-of distance of an F4U under ordinary circumstances? (i.e., not loaded to the gills with ammo, drop tanks, bombs, etc) How about landing roll? (I realize the answers vary by altitude, temperature, wind, etc., but would like just a "round number"...

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DEDICATED TO ALL WHO FLEW BEHIND ROUND ENGINES We gotta get rid of those turbines, they're ruining aviation and our hearing... A turbine is too simple minded, it has no mystery. The air travels through it in a straight line and doesn't pick up any of the pungent fragrance of engine oil or pilot...

Which country designed an intercontinental bomber to attack CONUS during WW II? Which country actually did bomb CONUS during WW II, and how did they do it? WDA end

For all you faint hearts who can't stand the heat... George Bush does have a strategy, and it's not just some wimpy liberal war plan to leave on a date certain regardless of whether the job is finished or not! Bush's plan has a set of milestones of critical events, most of which have already been...

Have you almost given up waiting for the Democrat plan for winning the war on terror? Well, here it is now from http://www.democrats.gov/rs.html THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN (Do they mean the DEMOCRAT PLAN?) "War on Terror To Defeat Terrorists and Stop the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction, we...

Just finished Jim Armstrong's book, "From POW to Blue Angel", about Commander Dusty Rhodes, who introduced the Blue Angels to jets. Interesting book, especially for old naval aviators. But, here's a question for tail hookers of half a century ago. On page 282 Armstrong writes, "...a Twin Beech...

On this Memorial Day remembering Naval Aviator shipmates who never returned from deployment... Jim Butler Al Rice Arnie Wagner Milt Lucas Bob Frosch WDA

On 23 December, 1956, an FJ-3 Fury fighter plane was launched from the U. S. S. Shangri La while operating south of Japan. The FJ-3 did not follow normal departure procedures - instead it continued flight with it's landing gear and flaps still down while slowly banking left as the plane turned...

Do you know the answers to these questions? 1. What country was the first to employ strategic bombing? 2. When did they do it? 3. Who did they bomb? 4. What aircraft did they use? So tell us! WDA

Recently during a discussion about WestPac carrier airgroup deployments the question came up about how many carrier deployments occurred between the end of WWII in 1945 and about 1965 when the VN War started. Any one know where this kind of data might be available? WDA end

What type approach did Japanese pilots use for landing on carriers during WWII? Have any other countries since WWII used other than paddles or mirror type approaches? If so what was their technique? WDA end

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Anyone know of a source for desktop (diecast/plastic/etc.) models of Grumman's F9F-6/8 Cougar? Thanks, WDA end

Just curious.... Who in the Navy holds the record for greatest number of carrier trap landings? And what's his total number of traps? WDA VF-24 & VA-192

For what it's worth... At the Naval Academy in the early 1950s we got fam flights in N3N floatplanes. It was great fun. The engine flywheel had to be hand cranked to provide the energy to turn over the engine to get it started. The plane then pushed off the Severn River bank by white hat crewmen....

How many on this newsgroup ever made paddles passes to aircraft carrier landings? How many to straight decks and how many to angled decks? On which carriers did you make them? How many in this newsgroup even know what paddles passes were? Let us hear from all you really old, formerly...

Kerry had a total of four months experience commanding a patrol boat as part of the brown water navy in Vietnam thirty years ago. Bush has over two and a half years (and counting) experience commanding the most lethal military force ever seen in the history of man! So who actually has the most...