Flying a campaign for the USSN:

The mission is to escort SBD's to bomb a Japanese carrier.

We start out fine on the carrier deck



On route we encounter a few Japanese fighters and I get a kill





The mission goes well and its time to land back at the carrier



I come in to steep and bounce over the first set of wires



With the throttle still idle, I hope to catch the wires at the other end but bounce again and miss



I attempt to go full throttle but its too late and I belly land it



At least I survived, I thought.



A quick look behind me is a scary sight



Time to leave the bird!



This is gonna be close!



A little too close!



Not good...



Whew! That was close..



Plane's breakin up..



Not good...again..



My face tells you how bad...



Worse..



I died and it's mission over





4 more like that and my carrier is a Japanese Ace!

I've had that happen too.


Wheels

Nice!

Thanks, after a few bad carrier traps I think it's time for me to change to a land airbase campaign!

Nah it was hit and miss back then too so pretty realistic. Great AAR, definitely know that feeling!

Yep.






Wheels

Nice find on the vids Wheels! I wonder how many of those were because they were
trying to nurse in a crippled bird. My wipe outs are mostly my error with the plane functioning at 100%

Thanks, glad you like them.

That happened a lot too.
It's why it is still one of the most dangerous jobs.
Keep practicing and it will become a little easier but never boring.


Zeus-cats's Straight from the Farm campaign is another good learning tool.

http://mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads&file=details&id=2147

You will need to register at M4T to be able to download it though.
Registration and the download are free, BTW.


Wheels