Posts by Day: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Last week's plane , the Grumman F8F Bearcat, was the fastest prop fighter that the company ever produced. Originally planned as the successor to the F6F Hellcat, the Carrier based Bearcat wa...
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Today in Aviation History :
July 30, 1935... Lieutenant Frank Akers of the U.S. Navy becomes the first person to make a "blind" landing at sea. His biplane has a hooded cockpit allowing him to see only his controls and instruments. He lands on the USS Langley.
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