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...Marines are understandably frustrated at their orders to take only defensive actions. "We were trained to be attack troops," says Lance Corporal John Zurakowski, 19, "but all we do here is get attacked." They cheer the Reagan Administration's decision to send over the New Jersey and other offshore firepower, but they clearly itch to settle matters themselves. Last fall, when Marines in Beirut were not allowed to carry loaded weapons, the company mess tent was decorated with a sign reading THE CAN'T SHOOT BACK SALOON. After they were finally allowed to arm themselves last spring...
Even this stunt was topped by Polish-born Test Pilot Jan Zurakowski in a CF-100, a Canadian-built interceptor. The CF-100 is also too big for much stunting, but Zurakowski flew it backwards. He shot up in a vertical climb until the airplam lost speed and slid down tail first. Then he flicked it over into a normal dive. An) pilot would be hard put to think of a more dangerous stunt that can be done with ar airplane...
...controls during this spectacular maneuver was Polish-born Test Pilot Janusz Zurakowski, who had worked out the first new aerobatic stunt in 20 years.* Squat, studious-looking Pilot Zurakowski flew with the R.A.F. after escaping from a Nazi prison camp, has three Luftwaffe kills and three probables to his credit. One day about a year ago, at a test-pilot school bull session, the discussion got around to the maneuverability of the Gloster Meteor. "Zura," a test pilot for the Gloster Aircraft Co., said the plane was good enough to do a "Fin Sling," a cartwheel-like stunt...
Last week Zurakowski was doing slings for fun as part of routine test nights. None of his fellow pilots have yet managed Zura's trick, but they know it requires a plane with the proper wings to prevent it from rolling out of the skidding, cartwheel turn. It also needs the powerful thrust of the Meteor's two jets, set just the right distance apart. And it needs Zura's confident touch on the controls...
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