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I've said it before, post-war I'd take one all day long and head up to Alaska/Canada to do some real fishing/hunting BUT, if you told me in training that I'm going to be flying OS2Us while my friends were sent out to fly Hellcats and Corsairs, I'd curl up in the fetal position and cry. Just something about flying a greenhouse on floats in a combat zone…..View attachment 684547
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I swear watching these planes catapult off a warship reminds me of throwing those little balsa wood gliders they sold at the mini-marts, throw too fast and they nose down or the wings came off, you had to find that sweet spot between failure to launch and catastrophic structural failure upon launch,
Sounds like those guys at Industrial Light and Magic, when they started building the models for Star Wars. Yes, I called it Star Wars, is old dogs remember it coming out and the lines wrapped around buildings. Lucas didn't even think he'd get a sequel, back then, so no need for elaborate titles.I once attached an Estes model rocket engine to one of those balsa wood gliders. It came apart most satisfactorily.