Hi All: took the Hellcat up today, checked out the new flaps and tailhook action. The flaps worked great, probably look better than they are functional, and the tailhook didn't blow off, and deployed and retracted just fine. The only issue is, as feared, that the airstream blows the tailhook almost straight back, even at approach speeds. So, there is some work to do there. What I am going to do in the interim is tie a piece of fishing wire to the tailhook that will keep it in place when it is deployed. That will at least make it look the way it should when it passes by the flightline in the dirty configuration.
I'll post a few pics, nothing really all that good, but I'll try again when I get the tailhook position figured out for flight.

davegee