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To: fugazi

AKA the Ensign killer.


5 posted on 07/10/2023 11:30:33 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

That’s because it was difficult to learn how to land the plane since on final, the pilot had to take the nose up enough to only see the landing strip from the side of the cockpit.

But once in combat, it was most definitely an enemy killer.


28 posted on 07/10/2023 12:35:35 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: central_va

The F-8 “Crusader” was the Ensign killer!


40 posted on 07/10/2023 7:45:50 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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