Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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- In 1956, at age 12, I lived on NAS Sangley Point in the Philippine Islands. Always enamored with airplanes, I imprinted on the Cougars, Banshees, and Skyraiders then being deployed. Not able to be a Naval Aviator because I was nearsighted, I instead became an aeronautical engineer and general aviation pilot. Now retired, I write books and monographs on U.S. Navy aircraft.
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Tommy,
The photo and painting confirm what I have long suspected--that the Argentines lost this war because of improper fuze settings on their ordnance. They hit many ships and could have devastated the British fleet, except that they were forced to come in very low and release of ordnance at low altitudes does not give the arming devices on the weapons time to properly arm the weapons. British ships were repeatedly struck by bombs that didn't detonate.
Also, did you still have an interest in help with the F7U monograph? if so, please let me know as soon as possible, so I can include the manuals for it that are available on CD
Otherwise, I'll put the limited funds toward others for now.
Best,
Ron Lewis
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