way to go, mugs...1500' agl
Mugs had balls that clanked I think. I heard he was very much the Navy's Robin Olds...though only an O-4 at the time.
If I was that RIO, I think I would have crapped myself.
I suppose desperate times do call for desperate measures. I don't know whether that was smart, ballsy, or just plain stupid; but whatever it was, it got the job done.
Bounced there all the time, but usually from the opposite runway. Outside of Atsugi, it was about the only game in WestPac to bounce.Looking at that pic makes me wonder....did guys bounce there? Seems like a weird place to have carrier boxes