This is not an "award winning" Panther by any means, but it did happen, and got pics! I was attempting to land on that carrier over there, and hit really hard, bounced back up in the air, almost hit the island, and staggered away with a busted right gear that would no longer go back up. So I "bingo'd" to the beach, in this case Henderson Field on Gusdalcanal, decalered an emergency and set her down. The busted main mount didn't hold, as feared, and she swerved off the runway into the grass. No flames though!
