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Richard
May 24, 2013, 4:12:53 PM5/24/13
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quote:
This idea was brought to my attention the other day and thought it a
great choice for a thread. Most of us who are US Navy fans can certainly
recall the Navy's efforts to train their pilots on the Great Lakes (Lake
Michigan) in the early 40's during the war. This thread may give you a
nice idea of what that exersize was all about.
Many interesting images to study here and quite possibly of interest to
those who are involved with the restoration of aircraft that have been
recovered from the Lakes. I have also included a page from my dad's
logbook showing his 1st thru 8th carrier landings on the USS Wolverine
in July 1944. Sources are the NMNA archives, Library of Congress photo
archives, LIFE image archives.
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http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48962
This idea was brought to my attention the other day and thought it a
great choice for a thread. Most of us who are US Navy fans can certainly
recall the Navy's efforts to train their pilots on the Great Lakes (Lake
Michigan) in the early 40's during the war. This thread may give you a
nice idea of what that exersize was all about.
Many interesting images to study here and quite possibly of interest to
those who are involved with the restoration of aircraft that have been
recovered from the Lakes. I have also included a page from my dad's
logbook showing his 1st thru 8th carrier landings on the USS Wolverine
in July 1944. Sources are the NMNA archives, Library of Congress photo
archives, LIFE image archives.
(more)
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48962
David E. Powell
May 27, 2013, 12:05:02 AM5/27/13
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Thank you for posting, brilliant stuff.
Richard
May 27, 2013, 12:04:54 PM5/27/13
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I'm glad someone noticed it at all...
The response was rather dead otherwise.
Vaughn
May 27, 2013, 12:49:32 PM5/27/13
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On 5/24/2013 4:12 PM, Richard wrote:
> Most of us who are US Navy fans can certainly recall the Navy's efforts
> to train their pilots on the Great Lakes (Lake Michigan) in the early
> 40's during the war. This thread may give you a nice idea of what that
> exersize was all about.
Those two carriers are a perfect example of something built just barely
> Most of us who are US Navy fans can certainly recall the Navy's efforts
> to train their pilots on the Great Lakes (Lake Michigan) in the early
> 40's during the war. This thread may give you a nice idea of what that
> exersize was all about.
good enough to do the job. Occasionally, crappy is good enough.
a425couple
May 27, 2013, 10:43:07 PM5/27/13
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"Vaughn" <vaugh...@gmail.com> wrote in message...
I appreciate that thought.
A person can harm themselves by always trying to
do everything perfect. Determining when to try for
"perfect", "excellent", "good", fine, or barely adequate,
is an important skill!!
A person can harm themselves by always trying to
do everything perfect. Determining when to try for
"perfect", "excellent", "good", fine, or barely adequate,
is an important skill!!
Steve Hix
May 28, 2013, 12:30:24 PM5/28/13
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> > On May 24, 4:12 pm, Richard<cavel...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> quote:
> >>
> >> This idea was brought to my attention the other day and thought it a
> >> great choice for a thread. Most of us who are US Navy fans can certainly
> >> recall the Navy's efforts to train their pilots on the Great Lakes (Lake
> >> Michigan) in the early 40's during the war. This thread may give you a
> >> nice idea of what that exersize was all about.
A friend of mine from competitive muzzleloader shooting several years ago
> >> quote:
> >>
> >> This idea was brought to my attention the other day and thought it a
> >> great choice for a thread. Most of us who are US Navy fans can certainly
> >> recall the Navy's efforts to train their pilots on the Great Lakes (Lake
> >> Michigan) in the early 40's during the war. This thread may give you a
> >> nice idea of what that exersize was all about.
surprised us when he took up studying classical violin, about the time our
daughters were taking piano. He came to one of their recitals, and while we were
talking afterward, something his wife said lead to finding out that he'd been in
one of the last Navy aviation classes working up to carrier quals on the Great
Lakes carriers near the end of WW2. They shut down the class before he made it,
and having no real interest after in aviation, never pursued flying after that.
You just never know what's in some others' past experience.
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