Re: F-86s & Emergency Carrier Landings

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He may have had an expermintal USAF/Navy version FJ-5 Fury.
This experiment was going on to a limited extent between the AF and Navy.
The FJ5 was an H version of the F86 redesigned for the Navy.

The Navy did not have a really decent fighter until the F 8 Crusader.
Of course the Phantom was the best of the time. Otherwise the Navy suffered
getting the better Fighter plane until technology caught up.

DF

John C Cheek wrote:

> I recall a fellow I worked with in 1956 telling me that he flew a jet
> fighter out of an airport south of Seoul somewhere. I though he said he
> flew an F-86 and had to make a practice a landing on an aircraft carrier
> before being allowed to fly missions into North Korea. The purpose of
> course was to make an emergency landing on a carrier (or ditch nearby)
> rather than make the longer flight back to his ground base. A retired Air
> Force career man told me today that was impossible. What gives? Did the
> Air Force fly other fighters in the Korean War or was the aircraft
> landing story just bull?
>
>         Stay safe, buddy.
>         J. Charles Cheek
>         Author of "Stay Safe, Buddy"
>         A Novel about Humor & Horror during the Korean War
>         www.authorsden.com/jcharlescheek