Author Topic: F4F Flamed by Zero (pic) (Read 712 times)

mechanic · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2005, 03:22:03 AM »

is that fake??

the fire looks much better than AH fire is all.

nice pic tho

TBolt A-10 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2005, 03:25:22 AM »

the fire is actually zeke #1 splattered all over the Wildcat, though. you can clearly see zeke #2 buggin' out and goin' hooooome.

mechanic · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2005, 03:28:00 AM »

people complain about the water....i think it looks great even still captured.

FiLtH · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2005, 03:30:53 AM »

Bat look close and you can see the f4f's canopy pulled back and the pilot trying to shield himself from the heat, as he trys to get out.

lazs2 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2005, 08:43:20 AM »

I think he is trying to wipe blood from zeke number one off his windshield so that he can see the fleeing zeke number two.

lazs

hawker238 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2005, 08:50:17 AM »

Question: When bailing out, how easy was it to avoid striking the tail? How easy was it to bail out?

lazs2 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2005, 08:53:31 AM »

musta been fairly easy... some germans did it dozens of times.

lazs

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2005, 10:51:13 AM »

You flipped the plane upside down for bailing -> gravity did the job for you.

Kaz · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2005, 12:11:18 PM »

Check this film out

jodgi · « **Reply #10 on:** January 23, 2005, 12:26:04 PM »

On bailing.

I was under the impression that this is/was a well used procedure:

Open canopy.
Loosen harness, belt or whatever.
Put the plane in shallow climb.
Trim plane full down/forward, and pull hard on stick to keep same attitude as before trim.
Let go of stick, and pretty much eject out of cockpit.

I was a bit vague in the opening line;) I know for a fact this is and was a procedure to bail.

eilif · « **Reply #11 on:** January 23, 2005, 03:41:32 PM »

hehe, i always liked the part in the p38 film where they remind ya not to swan dive onto the elevator but to fall inbetween the nacels.

Karnak · « **Reply #12 on:** January 23, 2005, 05:24:18 PM »

Some pilots were killed by striking the tail. This is how Hans-Joachim Marseille died. He was bailing out after an engine malfuction was causing power loss and fumes in the cockpit of his Bf109G-2.

Heretik · « **Reply #13 on:** January 23, 2005, 06:38:44 PM »

George Bush Sr smacked the tail of his Avenger on the way out.

DipStick · « **Reply #14 on:** January 23, 2005, 06:41:48 PM »

Nice screenie Filth.