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To: KeyLargo
May he rest peacefully with the Lord.

Not to take anything away from him, but he wasn't the only one to land blind during the Korean war.

On September 17, 1050, Ensign Edward D Jackson, Jr. blind landed an F9F-2 Panther on the carrier Philippine Sea after flying into steel "booby trap" cables strung across the Han river.

The story is told in the current issue (March 2014) of Aviation History. This is one of their best issues yet!

25 posted on 01/02/2014 10:03:08 AM PST by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: GBA
That should have been written: September 17, 1950, not 1050.
26 posted on 01/02/2014 10:05:33 AM PST by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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