File:LSO vs F7U Cutlass.jpg

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English: A series of photos showing Ted Reilly, a U.S. Navy (USN) Landing Signal Officer (LSO) running for his life just prior to a Vought F7U-3 Cutlass impacting the edge of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) on 14 July 1955. The pilot, LCDR Jay Alkire, USNR, of the VF-124 "Stingrays", Carrier Air Group Twelve (CVG-12), was killed in the mishap.
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Source Charles H. Faulker, BM1, USN; Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Sceadugenga using CommonsHelper.
Author The original uploader was E2a2j at English Wikipedia.; 24 May 2008 (first version); 23 May 2008 (last version)
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  • 2008-05-24 20:25 E2a2j 2232×1762× (338231 bytes) Series of photos showing Landing Signal Officer running for safety after F7U Cutlass gets catastrophically underpowered and strikes the ramp of an aircraft carrier.
  • 2008-05-23 17:07 E2a2j 1427×1127× (172064 bytes) A series of photos showing a Landing Signal Officer running for cover prior to an F7U Cutlass impacting the edge of a US aircraft carrier flight deck.

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