On The Deck
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Crimea_River
Marshal
3 engines feathered:
fubar57
General
Crazy
Jet engine testbed on that Lanc>?
Edit it's a Lincoln, either RA643 flew with a Bristol Phoebus turbojet in the bomb bay, and SX971 had an afterburning Rolls-Royce Derwent mounted ventrally
Second and now correct edit.
The photo is published as part of the Contents page in "Lincoln at War" by Mike Garbett and Brian Goulding. It shows a RAF Lincoln doing a low level beat up with No's 1,2, and 4 engines (props that is) feathered. The caption states:
"It needs nerve to take a picture like this! With three props feathered and barely eight feet off the deck - less under the HsS radome -the near -30 ton RF 346 is an awesome sight as she bears down on the cameraman at TFU Defford, September 1949, flown by New Zealander Flt Lt Alan Gibson DFM. Very low flying (usually on four engines) was part of experiments involving proximity fuse testing." The photo came from the Royal Radar Establishment.
Edit it's a Lincoln, either RA643 flew with a Bristol Phoebus turbojet in the bomb bay, and SX971 had an afterburning Rolls-Royce Derwent mounted ventrally
Second and now correct edit.
The photo is published as part of the Contents page in "Lincoln at War" by Mike Garbett and Brian Goulding. It shows a RAF Lincoln doing a low level beat up with No's 1,2, and 4 engines (props that is) feathered. The caption states:
"It needs nerve to take a picture like this! With three props feathered and barely eight feet off the deck - less under the HsS radome -the near -30 ton RF 346 is an awesome sight as she bears down on the cameraman at TFU Defford, September 1949, flown by New Zealander Flt Lt Alan Gibson DFM. Very low flying (usually on four engines) was part of experiments involving proximity fuse testing." The photo came from the Royal Radar Establishment.
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Cool shots guys!
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
buffnut453
Captain
Perhaps this one should be entitled "NOT On The Deck"?
My heart-rate goes up just looking at this photo!
My heart-rate goes up just looking at this photo!
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
That is going to leave a mark! But it will probably buff right out.
Yeah
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
De Havilland Sea Hornet F.20 Prototype during deck landing trails on HMS Ocean in April 1945
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Moral of the story - use a bigger bl**dy deck !!
This one made it on the deck - unintentionally. A Blackburn Baffin on the deck of the Normandie...
Plane Crash on Normandie
fubar57
General
So technically he accomplished his goal of putting the aircraft on the deck
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
This guy just missed!
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
And this guy made it however I think he lost points for form.
