To: Robert A. Cook, PE; COEXERJ145; republicanwizard
And what has to be the all time most played footage of the Pacific War...that same Wildcat making a failed carrier landing, hitting the island of the carrier, and cracking in half.
That poor pilot is must be like the Navy's version of the ABC Wide World of Sports "agony of defeat" ski-jumper guy.
To: Gator101
Another one is the air combat video where the American fighter is behind a Japanese fighter and another Japanese aircraft flies between them.
212 posted on
07/03/2006 4:09:26 PM PDT by
COEXERJ145
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To: Gator101
Wasn't that a Grumman Hellcat? ;-)
213 posted on
07/03/2006 6:28:33 PM PDT by
wolficatZ
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