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Published: 2007-09-25 21:25:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 536; Favourites: 13; Downloads: 0
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F9F Panther at the same show as the other Grumman fighters. It was an early Navy ground attack jet. If you want to see them in action, check out the movie "The Bridges at Toko Ri" starring William Holden. It has actual footage of the planes landing and taking off from an old style straight deck carrier.Related content
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You have got to appreciate the early carrier-based jet fighters.
Great shot.
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don,t forget Men Of The Fighting Lady,with Van Johnson and Walter Pidgeon,1954. great plane!
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I'll have to check it out.
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good film,well worth it! the Panther is an all-time fave of mine! THE Classic Navy Jet.
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It's LOUD, too. One thing I remember is that it was a loud airplane.
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Are the ordanance on the wings fake or real?
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They're dummy rounds. It's illegal for anyone (civilians anyway) to have live ordnance on their planes and after 9/11, the fake stuff had to come off as well. The military isn't allowed to carry live ammunition and ordnance except when training on a range.
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It's mainly a safety thing. Even a single flare can cause major problems. They had a huge fire near the range at Warren Grove because an F-16 on a practice run dropped flares a little too low and one of them started a fire. There was plenty of blame to go around. The forest people didn't tell the Air Guard about the dry conditions and the pilot screwed up by being too low. The Air Guard paid the bill for putting out the fire and procedures were changed to prevent it from happening again.
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How low was he?
Like 100ft or closer to 500?
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I'm not sure, but it was just after a strafing run at targets so he probably wasn't much more than 500 ft up, if that.
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Great picture! I really love old war movies, so I especially love seeing these!
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It's a nice plane and it's LOUD.
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Thanks. You know, I never looked at it that way. It's part of the squadron markings.
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