Originally Posted by
Doug Cronkhite
Pretty famous story of an F-8 Crusader get shot off the cat with the wings still folded up.. Pilot rocked the wings and wacked them down into place, but it apparently messed up the wing.. Got it down OK though.
The F-8 has multiple folded-wing-flight stories.
http://mofak.com/Night_Infamy.htm
I doubt I will ever build a Yellow twin-18, but this thread is thick with excellent techniques to be used on some of my other projects and restorations...