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- Jan 31, 2021
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Supposedly, the Whistling Death designation came from the airflow going though the intercooler. But I can't recall hearing an F4U make that noise. An F-105 sure as hell, does, though.
The emergency egress for the A3 was the cockpit access ladder/chute in the belly just behind the nose gear. IIRC, if opened from outside, the chute would drop down and the steps would flop out, but if opened from within, the chute would drop and the steps would remain stowed.Someone I knew, who flew P-3s also called the A3D "all three dead" and said it was almost impossible to for any of the crew to exit in flight. Once I was an observer on the USS Hancock for a week in 1960 and got to see A3Ds land.
Yes. Possibly career ending. Definitely ending carrier flying.
If a pilot is having problems that the "bat man" doesnt know about, is he justified in ignoring a "wave off" because he knows thats as good as it will get? (just a thought, he didnt lose the plane and crew)Someone I knew, who flew P-3s also called the A3D "all three dead" and said it was almost impossible to for any of the crew to exit in flight. Once I was an observer on the USS Hancock for a week in 1960 and got to see A3Ds land. One pilot landed in a confident manner but another was obviously afraid and took two wave offs before ignoring a third an hooking up. Blew the tire on stbd main L/G and bent stbd wing tip but got it down.
That's for the Squadron CO, the CAG, or the Performance Board to decide.If a pilot is having problems that the "bat man" doesnt know about, is he justified in ignoring a "wave off" because he knows thats as good as it will get? (just a thought, he didnt lose the plane and crew)
Thats what I thought, not automatic that ignoring a wave off ends your career, I presume all pilots value their life above the cost of the plane they fly.That's for the Squadron CO, the CAG, or the Performance Board to decide.
Which version did you see? Back in the day we had four different versions in our Aviation Training Aids film library, dating from different time periods, but each had at least one A3, and a couple had more. The one most commonly seen on YT dates from 1966-68, as it still shows Crusaders, has B model Phantoms, and IIRC, only one A7.
That's odd, I didn't put up a link, just named it. I know YT will find it for you by name.I just watched the one you linked. I don't know which version it was, but I sure appreciate you putting it up.
That's odd, I didn't put up a link, just named it. I know YT will find it for you by name.
Uh oh, nose guns now unsynchronized! MASTER ARM - OFF!You're right, I merely highlighted the title and hit the first vid in the search. I'm multitasking right now and clearly slipped a cog.
Uh oh, nose guns now unsynchronized! MASTER ARM - OFF!
Which model DC, 1, 2, or 3? The manual should be around here somewhere.My director-control was fixated.
Which model DC, 1, 2, or 3? The manual should be around here somewhere.
And complete with a Shiner! Used to be able to get that up here, but since Covid and the administration change, methinks us Yankees have been shut off.I'm not sure the model, but this is the sort of thing that grabs my brain:
(http://imgur.com/iKJzWIz)
Jalapeño popper at ten o'clock, fresh avocado at four, and sights filled with Q'dillas.
And complete with a Shiner! Used to be able to get that up here, but since Covid and the administration change, methinks us Yankees have been shut off.
GCA is SO last century. Rolling Rock with a fancy label. Try a Long Trail Double Bag.I haven't had a Genny Cream Ale in about ten years --
GCA is SO last century. Rolling Rock with a fancy label. Try a Long Trail Double Bag.
Well then, how about a Samuel Adams Summer Ale for a long shot second place? Or are you folks down there all hostages of Annhauser Busch, Miller, Coors, and similar forms of panther piss? I find it amusing that the same folks who would brand my Gold Wing a "rice burner" and "un-American" choose to drink beer fermented primarily from rice instead of barley by companies that sport red white and blue labels, but are foreign owned.Never even heard of that, and I'm always on the lookout for a new label so long as it isn't IPA, which I can't stand. Reading their website, it sounds right in my corner -- I like malty stuff. Never hav seen it here or SoCal, though.
I read a long time ago that Stella Artois is the Schlitz of Europe. I have no idea how true that is.