Technical Scuba Diving
Introduction One of the wrecks that I am writing about for "Aviation Wrecks of Southern California" is the F4D Skyray that crashed in the 1950s. The pilot, Leo J. "Pete" Colapietro bailed out at 650mph and living to tell the story. I had previously posted some great photos I recently received from a family member. [...]
Background For the "Aviation Wrecks of Southern California" book, one of the planned chapters is about the story of the pilot who bailed out of a F4D "Ford" Skyray at 650 miles-per-hour at 18,000 feet -- and lived! I'm digging deeper into the story of Leo J. "Pete" Colapietro and trying to get more photos [...]
My initial "photo plan" on diving the F4D was to see if either wing was intact and, if so, get pictures of the shape of the wing since it is such a unique and iconic feature. Fortunately, one of the wings was intact enough to get those photos and then I started to move around [...]
Intro / The Crash I'm not sure what string of expletives test pilot Leo J. "Pete" Colapietro yelled when he bailed out of his F4D at 650mph over the ocean -- but I do know what he said from his hospital bed during his recovery: "It was one climax after another, after that." Leo J. [...]
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