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Missing WWII Aircraft Located .. By "Accident"
Members of a submarine crew sent to examine artificial reefs off the coast of Miami had the surprise of their lives earlier this year when they instead stumbled across a World War II relic. (www.huffingtonpost.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I wasn't there but... wow if you ask me you couldn't ask for a better looking field to do an emergency landing in..
seeing as how it was pretty much intact, it must have been a good 'un.lol
We'll move an Indian burial ground for a mall or highway, but Navy has it's own special do not disturb law??
Not just the U.S. Navy. The law is international and was adopted by the U.S. Code...
There are round holes machined ito the flap surfaces reminiscent of the dive brakes on a dive bomber or torpedo bomber. Did the F6F have air holes in the flaps? I have only seen pictures of the Hellcat an none that I've seen had dive brakes but there may have been a variant late in the production closer to our "police action" in Korea
Probably a SB2C dive bomber
Then probably not an F6F. I just love the new breed of writers.
Most likely an F6F. Note that the landing gear it rotated 90 degrees and retracted into the wing fore-to-aft. F6F landing gear retracted in that manner, while SB2C landing gear were farther out on the wing and folded inward into the wing.
The only other aircraft I can recall using a similar retraction method is the F4U, and this is definitely not a Corsair.
The only other aircraft I can recall using a similar retraction method is the F4U, and this is definitely not a Corsair.
Was there a variant that had dive brake like holes in the flaps?
I'm not convinced the holes aren't the result of corrosion and appear to be speed brake holes because of marine growth. The skins of the rudder and elevators are also worn away with some substantial growth growing on them producing a similar appearance.
Very round for corrosion, but stranger things have happened. I hope there is a follow up story, but...