In article <XnsA6D1EACCCB63Bjohnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131>, john Szalay
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https://theaviationist.com/2014/02/19/us-navy-fighters-folded-wings
To save space aboard the deck of U.S. flattops, aircraft built for carrier
operations can fold their wings making room for more planes.
Obviously wings must be extended before catapult launch.
Even if the pictures in this post show aircraft that were safely brought back
without any trouble, for sure no aircraft can fly in those configurations.
One case in which the wings were forgotten folded occurred in August 1960, when
a US Navy F-8 took off from Naples and climbed to 5,000 feet, when its pilot
felt an amount of pressure on the stick: immediately, he started to look around
to discover why its Crusader was facing the pressure amount and noticed that the
wings were still folded.
Instantly he started to dump as much fuel as possible, and after 24 minutes of
flight he was able to come back to Naples, landing safely.
He said that his Crusader faced no serious problems during the unusual kind of
flight and the landing had been very fast but uneventful.
At least seven more times F-8s took off with wings folded, in several occasions
at night, but without any mishap, proving Crusader strength and revealing the
great job done by Vought engineers.
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