Boy those guys had some guts landing them on carrier flight decks:eek:

Spectacular prangs as they fought to 'get it right' Amazing footage :eek:

Interesting that the British pilots showed the way and taught the Yanks how to land their own planes :D

I'd love a go in one of those Corsairs :D Not on a carrier though ;)

I know, scary footage of them ripping wings off and snapping in two when landing.....just scary man

Just seen it. Those Kamikaze pilots gave the Yanks such a headache.

Taking the last few islands, Hundreds of thousands of allies would have died so its no wonder they dropped the bombs on Hiroshima/Nagasaki.

[Edited by Popeye P1 - 2/27/2003 9:05:45 PM]

I heard about that plane, wasnt it nicknamed the "Pubes". Apparently it was made of coarse hair (corse-aire geddit) :D :D :D

TAXI.....................

:rolleyes::D;)

UB,
Have you seen the clip of the chinook landing on a carrier - and things go slightly wrong :eek:

I'll upload it tommorow if you havent, frightening stuff.

do it :D I've not seen it. As long as people walk away I like those kind of things.;)

It's a bit like Jackass, but on a serious scale :D:D

they don't so much walk away - more like sink to the bottom of the atlantic.

I'll send it anyway.

UB,

try this, not sure if its the one:
http://stian.grytoyr.net/fun/videos/...20accident.mov

oh, go on then :D:D I had a shot somewhere of a ground crew guy being sucked into a jet engine on a flight deck :eek: The flames from the jet's exhaust were incredible :(

That *is* a Corsair landing :D:D Shame it's sooo tiny.

did you watch it?
dunno if its the right clip-the one i meant is on my pc at work.

Well, it's a Quicktime file and on my cable modem here it'll take ages to download. Saw the first frames though.:D

I'll watch it tomorrow at work ;)

ub

Its a lovely looking aeroplane but a bugger to land.
Blackhawk helicopter next week.