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LTjg. Dale "Tiger 3" Berven (Ret.) talks about flying the F9F Panther over Korea. Dale ventures back nearly seventy years and recounts memories of jet fighters launched from hydraulic catapults and recovered on straight deck carriers. This is my first interview, please forgive me if I am a bit informal but the history is too priceless to stay locked away. This is the first of what will hopefully be a few "Warbird Stories" of aviation friends of mine and will complement my "Warbird Engine Starts" and "Flight Aboard A Warbird" series.
00:00 - Scenes From Dale's Carrier Operations 1953-54
01:22 - Introductions
08:55 - Mission Types - Part 1/2
13:30 - Divert Airfields
17:50 - Catapult Shots
21:25 - Traps (Landings)
27:08 - Early Jet Engines - Part 1/2
29:20 - Mission Types - Part 2/2
31:51 - Witness Any Surface Ship Barrages?
33:05 - Modern Radio Navigation
35:24 - After Korea But Before Civilian Life
41:54 - Early Jet Engines - Part 2/2
47:00 - Life After The Navy
53:10 - Part II Mission - Strike Target - CU 645543
Carrier Operations 1953-54 can be viewed here:
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"History makes you smart, heritage makes you proud."