By Steve Ginter
;The "Reluctant Dragon": The Curtiss SO3C Seagull/Seamew (Naval combatants sequence No forty seven) ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ,ТЕХНИКА Название: The "Reluctant Dragon": The Curtiss SO3C Seagull/Seamew (Naval opponents sequence No 47)Автор: Steve GinterИздательство: Ginter BooksISBN: 0942612477Год: 1999Страниц: 60Формат: PDF в RARРазмер: 65.77МБЯзык: английскийThe Curtiss staff nicknamed the SO3C the 'Reluctant Dragon' (reluctant to take off and constantly dragging). It summed up its dismal operational lifestyles. It was once under-powered, obese and suffered from being rushed into provider with out enough trying out and re-engineering. it's marvelous that over seven hundred of those plane might have been produced.Скачать: Depositfiles UploadingHotfile zero
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USN) OPERATIONS Upper right, underside of the recovery sled being lowered over the side. Upper far right, upper side of the recovery sled. (National Archives) Lower right, S03C-2 from Scout Observation Service Unit 2, NAS Norfolk. Rescue raft was dropped by blimp K-89 on 5 October 1943. (National Archives) 42 SHIP TOWED RECOVERY SLED 43 CRUISER - BASED OPERATIONS: USS DENVER (ClS8) Above, two S03C-1 s mounted on the USS Denver's catapults on 1 January 1943. At left, one of four known S03C-1 s that were assigned to Cl58 being hoisted into position on the catapult.
The national insignia was located under both wings. (USN) 44 45 At left, an S03C-1 taxis onto the recovery sled of the USS Denver ClS8 in December 1942. Note that the catapult is swung out and the recovery line runs from the end of the catapult. (National Archives) Below, with the engine shut down and the aircraft riding on the sled, the pilot and observer attempt to hook the crane's cable to the S03C-1. (National Archives) At right, on 24 January 1943 the USS Denver lost two of its S03C1s. Official reports state that BuNo 4804 crashed and sank.
This view shows the purposely off-center vertical fin and dorsal extension above the aft canopy. (National Archives) 41 FLOATPLANE Above and below, an early S03C-1 on patrol in October 1942. The observer's gun was not fitted nor was the aircraft's spinner. (USN) OPERATIONS Upper right, underside of the recovery sled being lowered over the side. Upper far right, upper side of the recovery sled. (National Archives) Lower right, S03C-2 from Scout Observation Service Unit 2, NAS Norfolk. Rescue raft was dropped by blimp K-89 on 5 October 1943.