Author Topic: At least the oil in Aces High isn't this bad! (Read 906 times)

Baumer · « **on:** February 23, 2012, 12:00:46 PM »

Here's a cool sequence of photo's from the Naval Aviation Museum website, it's an F4U-4 recovering aboard our very own USS Randolph CV-15 . I'm glad not all engine oil hits are this bad!

Well at lest this guy saved his perks!

Baumer

Krusty · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:06:38 PM »

Could be even worse.....

Slate · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:08:03 PM »

I like his cool tinted windshield. lol

Tom5572 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:08:26 PM »

Pretty good landing considering.

Baumer · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:12:36 PM »

LOL Krusty I've seen that one and it's pretty bad, but the Jug didn't land on a carrier. Or risk any perks!

Reaper90 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:40:06 PM »

Can you imagine the whines if they changed the engine oil hits to look like that???

Would be cool, though, if they looked like that, as long as we could open the canopy and fly looking out around the windscreen kicking a hard side slip on approach!

Shuffler · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:47:46 PM »

Look at the wake in the first pic... some idiot turned the CV.

titanic3 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:55:39 PM »

I wouldn't mind it. Just let us open the canopy say once you get under a certain speed. 300MPH?

prowl3r · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2012, 01:07:30 PM »

that dude is bad to the bone he caught #3 wire too!!!!

Chilli · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2012, 01:08:21 PM »

Quote from: Shuffler on February 23, 2012, 12:47:46 PM

Look at the wake in the first pic... some idiot turned the CV.

You beat me to it!!

SPKmes · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2012, 01:15:09 PM »

I'd say the ship was turned so the pilot could see his landing platform and also to basically put it as close to under him to make up for some of the visibility lost

Reschke · « **Reply #11 on:** February 23, 2012, 02:33:16 PM »

Was just about to mention that those boys all had the option of at least opening the canopy to see outside and could lean just a little bit. Obviously great landing by both of them.

wil3ur · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:19:05 PM »

Quote from: SPKmes on February 23, 2012, 01:15:09 PM

I'd say the ship was turned so the pilot could see his landing platform and also to basically put it as close to under him to make up for some of the visibility lost

From what I've read it was common practice for landing F4U's even without the oil hit due to the 0 visibility over the nose of the thing.

bacon8tr · « **Reply #13 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:53:35 PM »

The last picture gave me a chuckle. The pilot appears to be sitting there relatively calm looking at the guy off the edge of flight deck as if to say "what's up?"

Shuffler · « **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:06:31 PM »

Quote from: wil3ur on February 23, 2012, 03:19:05 PM

From what I've read it was common practice for landing F4U's even without the oil hit due to the 0 visibility over the nose of the thing.

We Americans used the Corsair on land only after trials showed it to be a booger to land on a CV. You can't see over the nose.

The Brits developed the ideal way to land the monster. Come in from 9 o'clock and turn in right before landing. Obviously what this guy was doind. He turned a bit late due to circumstances.

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