Farewell, Buckeye (T-2C)!

John Carrier wrote:
SNIP

DD showed us a photograph of his face taken in the hospital several days
after the incident. You wouldn't believe how he looked. To me he looked
like he had been in a fight with a T Rex who had done a job on his face.
Every capillary in his eyes was ruptured and he was puffed out like no
tomorrow.

Best news was that they both survived. DD became a banker out in Ca.




--
Dudley Henriques

My VF-191 XO had an experience in the photo F-8 in which he experienced
considerable negative G. Ruptured the capilaries in the eyeballs. Blue
eyes amidst a solid red field. New callsign? Why "REDEYE" of course. Docs
told him he dodged a real bullet.

R / John

PS. You know what I like best about the Crusader community? The sea
stories are outrageous and they're all TRUE.



Yeah, it was one HELL of an airplane, under appreciated by many who
didn't fly it and solidly loved by those who did.

I've never had any of the fighters I was allowed to fly or flew on my
own into the negative side spin wise, but I have had a great deal of
experience doing inverted spins in the Pitts. It's a whole different
world :-)) It's funny about inverted spins and perspective. I've had
people watching me from the ground swear on a stack of bibles that I was
spinning to the right when in actuality I was spinning to the left. From
THEIR perspective, the airplane WAS spinning to the right :-)))
I've had many fun hours playing with this scenario explaining it in war
story "discussions" through the years.

--
Dudley Henriques