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I will say that you blew your story early with your claim of operating carrier based B-25's.
Originally posted by Peloquin
reply to post by SonoftheSun
Here's a video of an interview with Mr. Gordon Cooper that supports Mr. Typers account:
www.youtube.com...
To Mr. Typer: Thankyou very much for your account, and be assured, you have my full respect! Please go on!
Originally posted by MamaJ
reply to post by AlonzoTyper
WOW!!!
Sir I just want to say I am so glad you are back and I once heard stories from my Grandfather and since he passed six years ago I have not heard stories of this magnitude and I really appreciate you sharing.
What excited me even more was not the UFO references, although it is fascinating to hear confirmation from someone who was once in the service but my Grandfather too was on the U.S.S. YORKTOWN!!
Originally posted by ProgressiveSlayer
reply to post by tomdham
Just like he never said the B-25's he flew in were launched from a carrier, nor that he ONLY served on ship during the war.
I enlisted in the Navy when I was 16…………………… I was on a ship, stationed in the Pacific throughout The War.
I was stationed on a “Yorktown” class carrier throughout much of the War
I was assigned as a radio operator on B-25’s
Originally posted by AlonzoTyper
Once I was allowed to exit the elevator and remove my blindfold, I was mesmerized. The craft that was sitting in front of me, and the people working on its various parts were far, far more advanced than anything I had seen in my years working with the Lockheed “Skunkworks Program” or Boeing’s “Phantom Works” program. What I saw was an air craft of incredible design. It clearly was more advanced than anything I had known to be in existence, and far more superior than anything I had ever laid my hands on. This craft, looked to be roughly seventy five feet in diameter, and had the sheen of some sort of stainless steel, yet the actual composition was more like a light weight carbon fiber.
I had no idea of what was going on, and it was a rough awakening of what we really are capable of. To say I was in shock, was to put it lightly. As a pilot, and an engineer, I couldn’t help but marvel at the design. I was told unofficially, that this was a recovered alien craft, and we were backwards engineer it. Officially, I was told this was simply a state of the art aircraft, designed and built as a joint venture between Lockheed and Boeing, of course with government funding.
Originally posted by rickymouse
I think Alonzo is referring to the PBJ or PBH aircraft. They were the marine version of the B25. People of the day called all of them B25s because they all were. Many missions of these aircraft with their hooks were flown during WW2 was easily found from the research I just did of different sites. I Just typed in PBJ 1. I cannot judge if others are telling the truth without researching all variations of perception. I know that the perception of all people is different and people record knowledge different ways. People sometimes ignore flawed perception even though it has relevance.
Originally posted by rickymouse
I think Alonzo is referring to the PBJ or PBH aircraft. They were the marine version of the B25. People of the day called all of them B25s because they all were. Many missions of these aircraft with their hooks were flown during WW2 was easily found from the research I just did of different sites. I Just typed in PBJ 1. I cannot judge if others are telling the truth without researching all variations of perception. I know that the perception of all people is different and people record knowledge different ways. People sometimes ignore flawed perception even though it has relevance.
The only B-25 which was altered for cat launching and wire trapping onboard a carrier
PBH-1H 43-4700 BuNo 35277) that was modified for aircraft carrier catapult launch and arrests.
First landings and catapult takeoffs took place aboard the USS Shangri La ( CV-38 ) on November 15, 1944.
I was fortunate enough to be part of the Skunk Works program at Lockheed, which had only recently made the jump into military applications after the success of the P-80 jet fighter