Hey David,
Great shot of the Corsair. Here’s a tidbit of history for
you.
When the Corsair was first introduced it was deployed on the USS
Bunker Hill. If you watch closely when they roll film of the Corsair, you will
see what appears to be an arrow pointing up painted on the tail. That arrow is
the designation of the Essex Class Bunker Hill.
My dad flew dive bombers off of that carrier in 1944. Tough duty
that. I think the worst of it was a raid they made of Formosa. Out of his
entire squadron he was the only one to make it back to the carrier.
The British were the ones who perfected the carrier landings with
the Corsair. Because the nose is so hard to see past, they came up with the navy
180 method which is the only way they could keep the carrier in sight on
approach.
Great Photos!
T Mann
From: Rotary motors in
aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of David Leonard
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:58 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Quiet: Here is What I Did
Oops, forgot to add pictures
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:54 PM, David Leonard <wdleonard@gmail.com> wrote:
Here is some motivation. I flew my RV- up to the Reno
Air races and had a great time. Am thinking about entering next year as
the Sport class did not fill. Great Trip and made lots of great
friends. The RV-6 was a hit as was the rotary installation.... (there
were obviously lots of hits at Reno..)
Great shot of half dome on the way up. I was crewing
for Ed Deutrox in Slingshot in the Formula One Class, and got lots of pictures
of cool war birds...
Plane is flying great. I now have a smoke system (of
my own design) installed and it makes great smoke, super fun addition.
Flying in the Apple Valley airshow this Saturday...
Smoke On!
--
David Leonard
Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
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