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Old 01-17-2012, 09:49 PM
WTE_Galway WTE_Galway is offline
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In reality the plane that was historically regarded as dangerous to take off from a carrier was a fully loaded SDB ...

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LIEUTENANT H. B. HARDEN, USN Air Operations, USS ENTERPRISE
Bureau of Aeronautics March 4, 1943
http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Aircraft/CV6Airgroup/ (last page)

Q. You mentioned the overloading of the SBD. Is there any feeling out there feeling that radar is being forced on the Fleet as necessary equipment?

A. No, the feeling was simply this, that the plane was at the present time so heavy that it was dangerous on every take-off that the addition of some equipment which they were not trained to use was not justified.
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