That aircraft again

[Bob Womack]

Another WWII plane with landing gear problems was the F4F/FM-2 Wildcat, but hers were down at the end of the gear in the brakes. The brakes on the Wildcat were so "grabby" that few haven't either ended up on their nose or ground looped at one time or another. We had a local one that was looped in Richmond and cleaned off the gear in the ditch beside the runway. They rebuilt it and used the brake system from a Hellcat.


Halan, I'm fascinated that the CAF'a Spanish HE111 had had its instrument panel pulled down from the ceiling where it was originally mounted and placed conventionally. I wonder if that was something the Spanish did? Of course, it was also modified for tandem control, which was rare.

Bob