Tailhook Topics Drafts

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Initial open/close mechanism:

Later open/close mechanism:

With respect to similarity with the P-51 canopy, it was similar (the sliding section, anyway) but notably bigger:

Tailspin: In 1956, at age 12, I lived on NAS Sangley Point in the Philippine Islands. Always enamored with airplanes, I imprinted on the Cougars, Banshees, and Skyraiders then being deployed. Not able to be a Naval Aviator because I was nearsighted, I instead became an aeronautical engineer and general aviation pilot. Now retired, I write books and monographs on U.S. Navy aircraft.

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