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08-27-2020, 07:31 AM
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#141
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Blue Angles
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09-06-2020, 07:19 AM
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#142
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Jacksonville, FL
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09-06-2020, 02:30 PM
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#143
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This is one of my two 1100mm RC Navy T-28's. One in the North hanger and one in the South hanger. I can see why the Navy liked them as trainers. With the amount of dihedral in the wing it is a very stable flier. Chris
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09-07-2020, 03:18 AM
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The Evergreen Air and Space Museum is a great place to visit if you are ever in Oregon. It's where the Spruce Goose is located. It is a huge aircraft.
https://www.evergreenmuseum.org/
The last time I was there they had a B-17 shaded nicely under one of the tail wings of the SG and the B-17 was a big aircraft in the same period of time.
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09-29-2020, 09:28 AM
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#145
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Senior Member
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Lemoore, CA
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10-07-2020, 09:24 AM
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#146
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Working Aircraft
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10-07-2020, 12:41 PM
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Site Team
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CWtheMan
These little aircraft have a long history of supporting the military in a various number of mission assignments.
This first picture is a colorized postcard from a collection I have that I picked-up at a yard sale – the next one I found on display at the aviation museum at Maxwell AFB, SD - The last one was found on display at DMAFB, Tucson, AZ.
Attachment 30222 Attachment 30223
Attachment 30224 Attachment 30225
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Maxwell AFB is in Montgomery, Alabama. Ellsworth AFB is near Box Elder, SD, just about 10 miles east of Rapid City, SD. I'm not sure if Maxwell still has a Stinson L-5 on display, but the Ellsworth Museum does have one on indoor display. That "tail number" 35046, is at the Ellsworth Museum.
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10-20-2020, 06:36 PM
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#148
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Jacksonville, FL
Naval Air Station Cecil Field, FL was closed by the BRAC commission. The base was turned-over to the city of Jacksonville, FL and is now known as Cecil Airport.
Cecil Airport has become a haven for military aircraft contractors/manufacturers and government agencies such as US Customs and Homeland Security.
Down at the flight lines and near the tower they have dedicated a small aircraft display area. This F/A-18 is currently displayed there.
I served at NAS Cecil Field with VA-174 - 1966-1970 and again with VA-46, CLAW1 and VFA-132, 1983-1988. I retired there in 1988.
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10-21-2020, 03:34 AM
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CW, Howdy;
The Coast Guard's HitRon-10 was stationed there. Maybe they still are?
History Channel did an episode on them a while back.
hank
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10-21-2020, 11:50 AM
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#150
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hankaye
CW, Howdy;
The Coast Guard's HitRon-10 was stationed there. Maybe they still are?
History Channel did an episode on them a while back.
hank
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Yup, that's where they are at. This is one of the Cecil Airport's newer hangars.
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10-21-2020, 12:24 PM
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Hey CW, any chance you served with, or knew of AVCM George Wolf? He too was in Naval Aviation and served for 30 years. I believe he retired in 77 or 78. He was carrier based and VP Navy.
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10-21-2020, 01:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badbart56
Hey CW, any chance you served with, or knew of AVCM George Wolf? He too was in Naval Aviation and served for 30 years. I believe he retired in 77 or 78. He was carrier based and VP Navy.
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The only encounter I had with the P-3 aircraft was at Moffett Field, CA in 1970. I was attached to VP-30 while attending flight engineer school. They didn't question my physical ability to perform the tasks of a P-3 flight engineer because I had passed a physical before being sent there. However, I severely damaged my right hand when 13 and got most of the functions back during rehab. But, I only have about 40% feeling and have to look at small objects to pick them up or work on them. During my first week of training in the flight engineer seat I was instructed to pull circuit breaker #?? on a panel out of my vision and required to find it without looking. I could no even find the CB. That ended my P-3 days and I was sent to VF-151 at San Diego (NAS Miramar).
The NATOPS training lasted about 6 weeks, 8 hours a day with a couple more hours of homework. I have remembered at least 10% of it.
The P-3 flight engineer is seated center, right in this pix.
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10-21-2020, 03:20 PM
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#153
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CWtheMan
The only encounter I had with the P-3 aircraft was at Moffett Field, CA in 1970. I was attached to VP-30 while attending flight engineer school. They didn't question my physical ability to perform the tasks of a P-3 flight engineer because I had passed a physical before being sent there. However, I severely damaged my right hand when 13 and got most of the functions back during rehab. But, I only have about 40% feeling and have to look at small objects to pick them up or work on them. During my first week of training in the flight engineer seat I was instructed to pull circuit breaker #?? on a panel out of my vision and required to find it without looking. I could no even find the CB. That ended my P-3 days and I was sent to VF-151 at San Diego (NAS Miramar).
The NATOPS training lasted about 6 weeks, 8 hours a day with a couple more hours of homework. I have remembered at least 10% of it.
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The P-3 flight engineer is seated center, right in this pix.
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Yeah, that was a trainer bird, the fleet versions only had three seats. Master Chief Wolf was only in the P-3 community for a relatively short time in the mid 70's. He was attached to fighter and attack squadrons for most of his career. He started out in avionics. I was in VP-19 out of Moffett but I didn't get there until 1976.
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10-25-2020, 01:23 PM
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USS Midway (CVA-41)
This is a VF-151 Phantom II being launched from the Midway. It was armed for a CAP mission.
The Phantom was a bridal launched aircraft. Meaning those wires connected to the forward fuselage would propel the aircraft off the ship.
The reason the nose is so high is because the nose landing gear has been pressurized to a fully extended position for carrier launches. The "cat extension" switch was in the port wheel well and operated by the airframes troubleshooter upon command of the pilot as indicated by the launching officer.
The green shirts in the picture are part of the Midway’s launching crew and doing a final check to insure the bridal is properly connected.
I was a member of this squadron from early 1970 to late 1973 and made two extended deployments to the South China Sea.
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10-25-2020, 02:59 PM
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F-4
This bird is at the Palm Springs air museum.
Chris
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10-25-2020, 03:11 PM
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F-4
There is one on the deck on Midway in San Diego.
Chris
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11-03-2020, 03:55 PM
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USS Midway (CVA-41)
I served on the USS Midway from 1970 – 1973 with Fighter Squadron 151, F4 Phantom II aircraft.
These are pictures taken by me from what is commonly called “vulture’s row”. The first one is of an underway personnel inspection on the flight deck, USS Midway, 1971. Next is of C-2 Greyhound commonly called the “COD” for carrier onboard delivery. Everyone knew when the call was “cod on the ball” the mail – among other things – was coming onboard. That pix was taken while the Midway was operating off the coast of Vietnam. Those aircraft in the background with yellow and black tail strips were VF-151 aircraft.
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11-04-2020, 03:11 AM
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Cal, I have a friend who at one time was in the C-2 program. It is a very unique aircraft. Here is a long (sometimes boring) article about the craft by one of its pilots.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...delivery-pilot
I'll quote one short story from the article's author:
"One Air Force four star general took offense to my being so young, I was 23.5 years old and the plane commander. He wanted the much more seasoned older Lieutenant Commander, my co-pilot, to fly him out. I patiently explained that as a flag officer he can take command of the aircraft and do as he wishes. However the Lieutenant Commander here is not qualified to land this aircraft on the boat and I am feeling suddenly un-well and will stay ashore. My skipper commanded me to grow a beard to appear older."
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11-04-2020, 05:42 AM
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The Wings of Freedom tour comes to the local airport every couple of years. I love the WWII aircraft. I take the g-kids when I can.
My dad flew in a B24 in WWII. He was in the Navy and stationed in England. The only ship he was on during the war was the Queen Mary going over and coming back.
https://www.flightmuseum.com/wings-of-freedom/
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11-04-2020, 08:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BrooksFam
The Wings of Freedom tour comes to the local airport every couple of years. I love the WWII aircraft. I take the g-kids when I can.
My dad flew in a B24 in WWII. He was in the Navy and stationed in England. The only ship he was on during the war was the Queen Mary going over and coming back.
https://www.flightmuseum.com/wings-of-freedom/
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A few years ago I found a box of colorized aviation postcards at a yard sale, they were from the WWII era. There were two versions of the B-24 and I scanned them together, front and back.
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