[ARC5] NMNA F6F-3 Radio Frequencies of Equipment

[Robert Caponi]

The very same aircraft in the below news article was featured in Warbirds International either late last year or early this year.

I'll check out the article at home later to see if the Bu No is mentioned. if so, I'll post for those interested.

If I recall from the article, the USN is having aircraft recovered for them for museum examples.

73, Rob KB1PZM
 
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:20:27 -0400
> From: ka1kaq at gmail.com
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> CC: jfor at quik.com
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] NMNA F6F-3 Radio Frequencies of Equipment
> 
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon
> <kgordon2006 at verizon.net> wrote:
> > On 15 Jun 2010 at 7:21, J. Forster wrote:
> >
> >> This is a bit grusome, but did the crew escape or were remains found?
> >>
> >> -John
> >
> > John:
> >
> > The F6F was a single-seat fighter-plane, the Grumman "Hellcat". Usually, in
> > a water landing such as was involved here, the pilot got out....but not always.
> >
> > As I remember it, in this particular case, we were told earlier that this
> > particular plane was involved in a somewhat "exciting" landing, was caught by
> > its tail-hook, dangled over the side of the aircraft carrier until the pilot was
> > rescued, then the plane was simply cut loose and dropped into the water to
> > clear the deck. Apparently it was also damaged in the landing accident.
> 
> Sounds like this one, Ken:
> 
> http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7146023
> 
> http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/11/navy_hellcat_recovery_113009w/
> 
> 
> And an SBD:
> 
> http://cbs2chicago.com/local/aircraft.lake.michigan.2.993477.html
> 
> 
> They make mention of the SBD I saw in Midway airport recently.
> 
> 
> Here's the homepage of the company pulling these planes out for the
> last 20+ years, A&T Recovery:
> 
> http://www.atrecovery.com/Index.htm
> 
> 
> Very interesting reading, with a lot of good photos.
> 
> 
> ~ Todd, KA1KAQ/4
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