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SYSTEM FAILURE?

U.S. Navy Grumman EC-2 Hawkeye at a joint forces exercise in Victoria B.C. 2007. I suspect there was a problem in the hydraulic system which made it necessary for crew members to physically move the wing into place, just a guess. When I first saw this happening it reminded me of a historic photo taken by Joe Rosenthal when the U.S flag was raised at the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, WW II. From my archives. For more info:

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima

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Uploaded on July 10, 2012
Taken on November 13, 2011