It was 1950, and US Navy pilot Glenn T. Farnsworth was in trouble in North Korean airspace in his F4-U Corsair. His squadron, the Stingers, was on its first mission of the Korean War. While trying to avoid anti-aircraft fire, he collided with another Corsair and saw his comrade crash into the ground below.
He knew his aircraft would never make it back to his carrier. Even if he could climb high enough to ditch and parachute down, a rescue behind enemy lines was almost impossible. He made up his mind and set course for the Yellow Sea. He ditched over the water and waited in the frigid sea. Surely, someone had seen him and would report his location.
He trusted and waited for the sound of twin 9-piston, 1,425 horsepower propellers. Arriving would be a strange aircraft finished just too late for World War 2, but unique enough in its very special abilities to be used by CIA Black Ops and considered to be pulled back into service in 2025…
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Join Dark Skies as we explore the world of aviation with cinematic short documentaries featuring the biggest and fastest airplanes ever built, top-secret military projects, and classified missions with hidden untold true stories. Including US, German, and Soviet warplanes, along with aircraft developments that took place during World War I, World War 2, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Gulf War, and special operations mission in between.
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30 сен 2024
