[Wichita-SCCA] Speaking of sites

[Lonnie Heston]

Thanks for the correction, yeah, Dad was A4D avionics after WWII, on the
Hornet and Ranger among others;  I was typing faster than I was thinking
again...

You mean they wouldn't let you use some paper towels on the grease??

Those took a lot of force, slowing a plane down in that short of a
distance!!

On 5/4/07, Rocky Entriken <rocky at spitfire4.com> wrote:
>
>  Actually, the hooks are on the planes. Arresting-gear cables across the
> runways would simulate the carrier deck.
>
> Worst job I ever had to do in the Navy -- clean out the grease pit below
> decks under the ends (giant pulleys) of those cables
>
> , and arresting hooks in the runways for carrier landing practice.
>
>
> Rocky Entriken, AG2 USNR-ret.
>



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