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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
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Went to the Air Museum at Ford Island yesterday, where they have three SBD's, two inside and one outside. The aft canopy is quite a marvel! I have thought and still believe that the spinner is slightly oversized. Back in the FS9 daze I did the FDE for the SOH SBD, a fun plane to test, especially in those near verticle dives.
I do remember reading Winkle Brown's test notes of the SBD "This is the terror of the Pacific?". It did have the lowest crew loss rate of any USN naval aircraft of the era, amazingly!
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I do remember reading Winkle Brown's test notes of the SBD "This is the terror of the Pacific?". It did have the lowest crew loss rate of any USN naval aircraft of the era, amazingly!
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Ian Warren
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A great aircraft and course to have a No.25s 'Howa-baht that Hic' included , the unit commander T.J becoming the flamboyant base commander at Wigram RNZAF in the late 1950's , be well suited when VS introduce their CV-6 . 
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