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Title: Pardo's Push
Post by: TeeArr on September 01, 2014, 12:00:08 PM

John Mollison has added another project to his already impressive list of "Old Guys and Their Planes".  You can check it out at:
http://www.rockethub.com/projects/46957-push-someone-a-vietnam-war-hero-and-the-push-that-made-him-a-legend
Thanks for looking,
OlShakey

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: Groth on September 06, 2014, 02:22:30 PM

 I wonder if Puma44 has anything about this in his knowledge banks??
                              JGroth

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: Puma44 on September 06, 2014, 02:35:17 PM

Oh, yeah!  This is a classic tale amongst Rhino drivers.  This guy had a huge set of brass ones to do the pushing considering the size of the shoe on the end of the hook and the possibility of that thing coming through the windshield or the skin and into the cockpit or any number of other bad options.  But, they pulled it off!  Real live hero stuff and a demonstration of true camaraderie.

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: Puma44 on September 06, 2014, 11:02:40 PM

(http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac270/puma44/bd2fb9281a86c448b3fc9442d24d934f_zpsbf09fe8c.jpg)

(http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac270/puma44/9aed307490e6bd3cf1e3cd39bb8c7de1_zps94d6a680.jpg)

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: Puma44 on September 07, 2014, 10:13:43 AM

The tailhook.  Note the size of the shoe.

(http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac270/puma44/b6c57ff7a9e734d02f7aa48f611f3420_zps9dcda58f.jpg)

(http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac270/puma44/41e6860ba01c5f64486e10e989d2a99c_zpsd97b582f.jpg)

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: Groth on September 09, 2014, 10:47:24 PM

 Good stuff Puma, Glad you were here to ask.
              JGroth

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: Puma44 on September 09, 2014, 11:27:45 PM

Any time my friend!   :salute

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: Puma44 on September 13, 2014, 01:17:37 PM

Here's another video:  http://youtu.be/RRNbcPS3A9c

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: colmbo on September 13, 2014, 03:09:27 PM

Didn't it crack the windscreen on Pardo's airplane?

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: Puma44 on September 13, 2014, 09:29:51 PM

Here's an excerpt from one of the articles I found.

"Flying at 300 miles per hour, Pardo carefully brought his plane's nose up under the rear end of the other plane to nudge his inch-thick glass windscreen against the tailhook. Any pushing had to be done with utmost care. If the glass broke, the tailhook would smash into Pardo's face. Pardo cautiously began to push his windscreen against Aman's tailhook for a few seconds at a time, in each instance just until the force of turbulence thrust his plane aside. Nonetheless, Aman's rate of descent began to slow.

Suddenly, cracks started to zigzag through Pardo's windscreen. Pardo immediately backed his fighter off and tried a different approach. This time he positioned the tailhook against the square of metal at the junction of his windscreen and his radome. Carefully, Pardo continued to push the other fighter a few seconds at a time, until turbulence would once again brush Pardo's plane aside. But the tactic was working. The rate of descent of Aman's F-4 was cut from 3,000 to 1,500 feet per minute."

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: FLS on September 15, 2014, 12:55:41 PM

Puma you put this one in the Robin Olds thread.

http://www.historynet.com/pardos-push-an-incredible-feat-of-airmanship.htm

Thanks for the link, great story.

Title: Re: Pardo's Push
Post by: Puma44 on September 15, 2014, 06:21:17 PM

Oops!  Thanks!