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[MiTasol]

....and a "13"!

No - an SNJ - look at the tuck away landing gear.

 

[CATCH 22]

No - an SNJ - look at the tuck away landing gear.

I think he means the F4F with the number 13 in the back (the a/c in the middle), not the SNJ in the front.

 

[MiTasol]

Ahh - I should have turned my eyes or brain on. I will try better next time.

 

[Viking1066]

Fairey Albacore torpedo-bombers being lowered into the hangar aboard the carrier HMS Indomitable in 1943 FACB

 

[Viking1066]

SS Iowa (BB-61) with one of the ship's Kingfishers on the catapult behind. The Iowa class battleships typically carried two Kingfishers on the catapults ready for launch INHG

 

[Viking1066]

Task Force bound from Kwajalein to Saipan for the invasion of the Mariana Islands, mid-Jun 1944. Photo taken from USS Honolulu WW2B

 

[Zippythehog]

An attempt to increase maneuverability to counter the japanese fighters?

Often, longer wings are used to increase range or altitude. Consider the aspect ratio of a glider.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Glider]

Often, longer wings are used to increase range or altitude. Consider the aspect ratio of a glider.

I agree, the extra span would do horrible things to the roll rate. Spits could be fitted with wing extensions to assist altitude performance, equally the clipped wing tips were an attempt to improve the roll rate of the Spitfire.

 

[Viking1066]

Blenheim Bombers at RAF Bicester PEPO

 

[Viking1066]

Wildcat undergoing gun alignment at a NAS 80 G K ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

A Supermarine Seafire Mk.II HMS Formidable Dec 1942 DEST

 

[Viking1066]

Junkers Ju 88A-4/R June 1944 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Ki-10 aircraft painted to look like I-15 aircraft for the filming of the movie Moyuru Ozora, Japan, 1940 WW2B

 

[Viking1066]

Kingfisher aircraft being launched from the USS New Jersey, date unknown WW2B

 

[syscom3]

Imperial Japanese Navy Type 96 land-based attack aircraft Mitsubishi G3M fly during the Sino-Japanese War on April 15,
1941 in Shanghai, China.

 

[syscom3]

Igor Sikorsky with the second configuration of the VS-300, just after setting the endurance record
for US flights on 15 April 1941.

 

[syscom3]

RAF pilots of No. 33 Squadron at Larissa, Greece circa April 1941. Several of these pilots are KIA
beginning today, 15 April 1941, and through and until 17 June 1941. Others become POWs in May on Crete.

 

[Viking1066]

OS2U in the Yellow Wings scheme INHG

 

[Viking1066]

Kingfisher aircraft being recovered aboard USS New Jersey, date unknown WW2B