The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

[jmcquate]

Look at the big brain on R1

 

[Pags]

USS NEVADA, painted in high-vis red-orange for the "Test ABLE" atomic weapons drops at Bikini Atoll. Test ABLE was conducted at 9:00 on July 1, 1946. Weapon Gilda was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group. Gilda detonated 520 feet above the target fleet, with a yield of 23 kilotons.

The battleship USS NEVADA had been designated as the aim point for ABLE and was painted red, with white gun barrels and gunwales, to make her stand out in the central cluster of target ships.

Nailed it....as opposed to the bombardier, who missed USS NEVADA.

 

[Renegade One]

Nailed it....as opposed to the bombardier, who missed USS NEVADA.

Yeah…typical…ALWAYS blame the FO…

 

[BusyBee604]

Nailed it....as opposed to the bombardier, who missed USS NEVADA.

If Navy dive bombers can sink 4 carrier in 2 days with relatively miniscule iron bombs, HTF can anyone MISS a battleship with a NucWep?
BzB

 

[Renegade One]

If Navy dive bombers can sink 4 carrier in 2 days with relatively miniscule iron bombs, HTF can anyone MISS a battleship with a NucWep?
BzB

Apples and oranges. Gilda was dropped from….what? 10,000 feet or higher? I don't know…

Gilda detonated 520 feet above the target fleet, with a yield of 23 kilotons [think Hiroshima weapon…]. The next day, the Times carried an explanation by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal that "heavily built and heavily armored ships are difficult to sink unless they sustain underwater damage." [There's some truth there…]

The main cause of less-than-expected ship damage was that the bomb missed its aim point by 2130 feet. The ship the bomb was aimed at [NEVADA] failed to sink. The miss resulted in a government investigation of the flight crew of the B-29 bomber. Various explanations were offered, including the bomb's known poor ballistic characteristics, but none was convincing. Images of the drop were inconclusive. The bomb sight was checked and found error free. The mystery was never solved.

C'mon…a CEP of 2130' from a "level drop" at high altitude doesn't exactly suck. I doubt that many of the "Sky Spot drops" in Vietnam were very more accurate...

 

[BusyBee604]

The miss resulted in a government investigation of the flight crew of the B-29 bomber. Various explanations were offered, including the bomb's known poor ballistic characteristics, but none was convincing. Images of the drop were inconclusive. The bomb sight was checked and found error free. The mystery was never solved.

C'mon…a CEP of 2130' from a "level drop" at high altitude doesn't exactly suck. I doubt that many of the "Sky Spot drops" in Vietnam were very more accurate...

Per above, evidently "The Government" determined that it did suck, 'cause back then, CYA had not been 'invented' yet!
BzB

 

[Gatordev]

I have an 18-200 (which she was using). Strongly recommend.. and a bit of post editing as well.

Thanks.

 

[707guy]

C'mon…a CEP of 2130' from a "level drop" at high altitude doesn't exactly suck.

I never thought accuracy was that big of a problem with a nuke. As long as you're in the same zip code... I'd say it doesn't really matter if the ship didn't sink. If the crew was wiped out it's not a threat anyway.

 

[Homer J]

Setting the Way-Back machine today.

F2B aircraft pictured in formation over Northwest Florida during a training flight from Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, on March 20, 1933, eighty-one years ago today.

 

[Homer J]

And, just for S & Gs a couple of Stallions getting a drink.

 

[Renegade One]

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Setting the Way-Back machine today.

F2B aircraft pictured in formation over Northwest Florida during a training flight from Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, on March 20, 1933, eighty-one years ago today.

Took me a bit to wrap my mind around this. I assume the "formation leader" is on top, then "meat in the sandwich" flies form on him, and "bottom bread" flies form on numbers 2 and 1. Tricky...

 

[Renegade One]

I took these at today's cliff ops~

Awesome training scenario...

 

[KilroyUSN]

I took these at today's cliff ops~

Entire set link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37032073@N06/sets/72157642657242585/with/13291620074/

You should have left him there, I always saw that guy dozing off in some random corner on the boat. The guy is worthless, tax payer dollars, wasted.

 

[Renegade One]

You should have left him there, I always saw that guy dozing off in some random corner on the boat. The guy is worthless, tax payer dollars, wasted.

Doesn't eat much, tho, right?

 

[jmcquate]

Never noticed there were no gear doors on the Dolphin............cheep Frogs.