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Not only that, one climbed onto and then into the cockpit to secure the pilot. > ...a seaman of the Naval Reserve named Rath climbed up the inside of the mast
by whoisthemachine 3y ago
Not only that, one climbed onto and then into the cockpit to secure the pilot.
> ...a seaman of the Naval Reserve named Rath climbed up the inside of the mast until he reached the machine, and then crawled out to the plane to hold the pilot until help came.
- DowagerDave 3y agoI assume all that experience climbing the rigging up to the crowsnest paid off even on land, working with a different service!
- sandworm101 3y agoPart of me wants to say that British ships did not have "crows nests" rather "fighting tops", flat platforms for multiple people rather than the barrel-shaped crows nest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_(sailing_ship) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_(sailing_ship)
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