strange..

[herm]

[Scotzman]

My grandpa showed me the picture of a Tie figher trying to land which didn't end well. Something about landing gears.

[Latinbalar]

Why was an X-wing coming in hot, those things can hover in. I guess the pilot forgot he didn't have a drag hook.

[orangelion03]

Early days in the program.  That was the first flight test airframe during carrier quals...weak skids issue resolved in production units at a cost of addded weight.  And by the time they went into production, the newer Essex class carriers were in the fleet...with steel decks, they could handle the heat of the hovering thrusters.

[derby]

the original:

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=23

[orangelion03]

the original:

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=23

Fink youre clever then?  Introducing reality into our little fantasy?  Bastard...

[Drunken Monkey]

Things were pretty rough when the Empire first backed the Axis powers




Thank goodness the Empire eventually came around

[Pip]

Thank goodness the Empire eventually came around

Baaahahahahahaha. Cheap plastic expandable lightsaber FTW!!

[Latinbalar]

light sabers haven't been invented yet, It was a prototype.

[Pip]

light sabers haven't been invented yet, It was a prototype.

At 4 years old, I was brandishing a protoype of the same thing.

[herm]

the original:

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=23

booo!
stop trying to take away our toys!

[Scotzman]

the original:

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=23

Looks photoshopped.

[Johnny OrganDonor]

light sabers haven't been invented yet, It was a prototype.

Noooo, they were invented a long time ago...


                                            .....in a galaxy far far away.

[krolik]

Early days in the program.  That was the first flight test airframe during carrier quals...weak skids issue resolved in production units at a cost of addded weight.  And by the time they went into production, the newer Essex class carriers were in the fleet...with steel decks, they could handle the heat of the hovering thrusters.

Awesome!

Did the Essex class carriers steam catapults have enough thrust to launch fully loaded Y-wings?

[herm]

on

Awesome!

Did the Essex class carriers steam catapults have enough thrust to launch fully loaded Y-wings?

only with a 20 knot headwind..