Slow motion footage of an F4U Corsair aircraft landing mishap on USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during World War 2. The aircraft is seen above the deck with its tail hook unengaged. It strikes restraining cables that snag its landing gear. The aircraft noses over slightly (enough to bend its prop). Restraining cables drag the aircraft backwards.
Grumman TBF Avenger airplane seen in slow motion as it lands on USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during World War 2. It appears to make a smooth landing but engages restraining cable and noses over slightly. Deck crew run towards the aircraft.
A F4U Corsair aircraft is seen in slow motion as it makes a hard impact during landing on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during World War 2. The aircraft bounces high in the air, clearing all restraining cables and continues to crash futher along the deck. View is obscured by section of ship so that the aircraft is not seen coming to rest.
United States Navy training film on 'Disorientation Crashes'. Animated film describes disorientation and how instruments solve the problem when flying.
Shows activities aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific ocean as damaged planes return from a mission in World War II. United States soldiers looking towards the sky. They watch towards the sky through binoculars. Airplanes flying in the sky. A man waving signal boards towards the airplanes. A plane lands with one wheel. Another skids off the landing deck and hangs on the side of the ship. The third plane slides off the deck into the ocean, killing the pilot. Soldiers taking the pilot on stretcher. Cost of the plane and the pilot's training. Shows that a human life cannot be measured in dollars. Indicates that the mission of the civilians at home is to purchase war bonds.
Documentation of crash landings,of Gruman Wildcat (F4F) airplanes,on the USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91) during a training cruise, off Hawaii, in 1944. One almost veers off the deck completely, and one the involves a nose-over. In one instance, the pilot comes in too hot, on one wheel, and prudently executes a "go around" for another try.
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