A couple of years ago I posted a quick clip of the C-130 tests on USS Forrestal (CVA-59), but here’s the whole thing. It contains a fair amount of info and is worth a look:
Thanks to the reader who sent the link!
Also: U-2 spy plane carrier trials.
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Wait .. the narrator seems to be saying the two pilots had never flown a C-130 before this.
Whoa.
Yeah, and if I remember right they hadn’t even flown a 4-engine plane before, either. Seems crazy.
if I remember right they hadn’t even flown a 4-engine plane befo
I looked up the pilot in command: Lt. James Flatley III was a fighter pilot.
Don’t forget to post the launch of the doolittle bombers… pilots taking off on a shorter deck in the middle of a storm!
Cool now u can bomb Japan…I mean China… I mean the enemy, with a C130