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The split-S Part I (Read 341 times)

Jul 5^th, 2003 at 2:48pm

ramsa329 Offline
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Author Harold L. Buell, who was a highly decorated dive bomber pilot in the Pacific in WWII, wrote a great book called "Dauntless Helldivers".

In it he describes how he learned the split-S maneuver flying from Pensacola NAS in an F3F.

This manuever was a big part of the success of Allied dive bombers against the Japanese in WWII.

I thought it would be a good topic for screen shots.

Part I is the takeoff from Pensacola and the climb to 8000 ft. Part II is the maneuver itself.

Early morning takeoff

Sharp climb to altitude

Maintain heading

Visual identification of target at 8000 ft.

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Reply #1 - Jul 5^th, 2003 at 4:20pm

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Beautifully detailed shots Ramsa.

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Reply #2 - Jul 5^th, 2003 at 7:03pm

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Thanks Ozzy

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Reply #3 - Jul 5^th, 2003 at 9:06pm

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Nice Michael, Like that little Guy.
Does the landing gear "pull up" into the fusalage?
Off to see part two!!
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Reply #4 - Jul 7^th, 2003 at 9:15am