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Originally Posted by Karl
For carrier operations during the 50s that record is not as bad as it first sounds. Especially considering when they first went aboard a carrier the engines would flame out on launch.  and they also served in combat during the Suez crisis. |
One of the flame-out crashes you refer to saw the pilot make history- the first ever ejection from a submerged aircraft! True story!
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