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Posts Tagged ‘USS Essex’
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Navy F4D Skyray Sets Climb Record 1955
Posted: Feb 23, 2011On 23 February 1955 Douglas Test Pilot R. O. Rahn piloted his F4D Skyray to an altitude of 10,000 feet in 56 seconds. This was the fourth unofficial Navy climb […]
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First Corsair Combat Mission 1943
Posted: Feb 11, 2011The first Vought F4U Corsair combat mission was flown on 11 February 1943. VMF-124 flew 12 aircraft from Guadalcanal to escort a PB2Y to pick up a downed pilot at […]