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Richard Goldsberry wrote:
I joined the Navy in '59. First duty station after Aviation Ordnance "A"
School was NAS Cecil Field, FL.
I remember hearing that the Cutlass was also called the "Ensign Breaker".
That the nose gear would sometimes appear in the cockpit during a hard
landing.
Any truth to that rumor?
Also the 20mm cannons were mounted above the intakes, those must have been a
bitch to load.
Dick...


I believe the correct term is "Ensign Eliminator".
And IIRC, the location of the cannon above the
intake lead to the engines ingesting smoke and
other interesting things when the cannon were
fired, often resulting in a compressor stall. Or
I may have that confused with another aircraft.
--
Lynn in StLou
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