I remember returning to the ship and the hanger doors were all shut and the red lights were on and yes the plane looked weird to me, but I was a snipe LOL.
From what I heard was that the plane made a take off on its own and after a while the pilot landed the plane kind of a slow hover and plopped down. The pilot then went to chow with the ships officers ( I wonder what officers called their lunch ) and after lunch the pilot made another take of and said good by to the bird farm and returned back to North Island.
Steve
