Wildcat

[badger]

Вот отрывок Фосс о Вайлдкэте :
Joe Foss: I loved that Grumman F-4F Wildcat. I just loved it.

Любовь зла - полюбишь и ...

and I couldn't blame it for the speed it didn't have,

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I felt protected in there because of the durability, and it was a part of my body. It was just like I was going around. I was so familiar with it that it could be falling upside down, I never had any fear of unusual positions.

Of course, that probably dates back to when I was instructing for the last months that I instructed. I was an aerobatic instructor. I instructed all the slow rolls and snap rolls and all of this stuff. And I'd fly six hours a day. My eyeballs would be crossed by when you get done after a day's work like that, you know.

И в такой крутизне Фосса тоже естественно виноват F4F Как же иначе

Because I figured I could outrun 'em, if need be. So I twirl over and go straight down, but I found out they could catch you that way too.

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