Runway needs of F4U and F-4 ????

Vince,

Re the F4U, I'll check with my Dad, who was the F4U-4 Project Officer at Pax River during the mid-1940s, and who flew F4U-5Ns with VC-3 during Korea.

At 90 (last month), he's "old enough to know," and could probably keep pace with Grampaw Pettibone in many other respects. g

--
Mike Kanze

"What the American people have seen is this incredible disparity in which those people who had cars and money got out and those people who were impoverished died."

-- Ted Kennedy on Hurricane Katrina

"Ditto."

-- The ghost of Mary Jo Kopechne


"vincent p. norris" wrote in message ...
Anyone here old enough to know the take-of distance of an F4U under
ordinary circumstances? (i.e., not loaded to the gills with ammo,
drop tanks, bombs, etc) How about landing roll?

(I realize the answers vary by altitude, temperature, wind, etc., but
would like just a "round number" answer.)

Can anyone provide the same info for an F-4?

Thanks. vince norris

Re the F4U, I'll check with my Dad, who was the F4U-4 Project Officer at Pax River during the mid-1940s, and who flew F4U-5Ns with VC-3 during Korea.

Thanks, Mike.

At 90 (last month), he's "old enough to know," and could probably keep pace with Grampaw Pettibone in many other respects. g

Grampaw Pettibone was my favorite reading in Naval Aviation News, many
years ago. Enjoyed the Osborne drawings, too!

vince norris

Vince,

Dad says Peter and Guy have the right numbers, as far as he can recollect.

--
Mike Kanze

"What the American people have seen is this incredible disparity in which those people who had cars and money got out and those people who were impoverished died."

-- Ted Kennedy on Hurricane Katrina

"Ditto."

-- The ghost of Mary Jo Kopechne

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message news
Re the F4U, I'll check with my Dad, who was the F4U-4 Project Officer at Pax River during the mid-1940s, and who flew F4U-5Ns with VC-3 during Korea.

Thanks, Mike.

At 90 (last month), he's "old enough to know," and could probably keep pace with Grampaw Pettibone in many other respects. g

Grampaw Pettibone was my favorite reading in Naval Aviation News, many
years ago. Enjoyed the Osborne drawings, too!

vince norris