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Roger Ball, good and not-so-good questions about the world of "Paddles"

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heyjoe said:
So how would you be that afraid if you hadn't looked?

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Back when LSO really held the paddles so you had to look at him

Not just any LSO, but then LT David McCampbell on board USS Wasp (CV-7).

A few short years and promotions later as CAG-15:

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MIDNJAC

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Yea.. Nothing like rolling into the groove and seeing like 50 people by the shack with cameras. My scan quickly went from meatball, lineup, aoa to meatball, photographers and then finished with just the photographers. Not my greatest pass. :D

Try rolling into the groove and seeing your fiancee standing in front of the LSO shack :)
 

A4sForever

BTDT OLD GUY
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Was her ass bare?
Funny you guys are going in this direction .... as that was de rigueur behavior in the ol' days when waving at the field -- if it wasn't a wife or two providing a derrièrefor hubby to see if he could maintain 'focus' -- it was one of the LSO's offering up a ham. :D

EVERYONE was susceptible to a 'moon pass' at one time or another ... :D
 

zipmartin

Never been better
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EVERYONE was susceptible to a 'moon pass' at one time or another ... :D

When I was serving my time as the COMNAVAIRESFOR A-4 NATOPS Evaluator, I was also the Ops O for COMFLELOGSUPWING (back when the reserve A-4's were considered support squadrons) at NAS Dallas. I was giving a NATOPS check to the NATOPS Officer of VFC-12 who had flown into Dallas for the check. We were doing touch and go's on rwy 35 and as we were rolling onto final, I noticed the wing commander's corvette parked close to the approach end on the perimeter road. As we crossed the numbers, there was CAPT M. himself, standing next to his car, trow dropped to his ankles, bending over, mooning us. Wish I would have had my camera.
 

A4sForever

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AND ALL OF THE ABOVE WHICH PALES IN COMPARISON .... to the antics of one of my former B/N's .... a.k.a. a Baptist Preacher's kid from Texas and obviously, something of a creative pervert & contortionist:

1. Full frontal nudity to a Rooskie Badger over the Sea of Japan ... :D

2. Full pressed ham to a USN P-3 crew in the vicinity of Okinawa/Naha ... :D

3. As an encore, another full pressed ham to a Rooskie AGI in the SoChina Sea, complete w/ Rooskie chicks sunbathing topless on the upper deck ... I think they wanted to defect after the 'experience' of American sunshine ... :D

And since the war was over ... all I had to do was drive him from 'full exposure' to 'next exposure' ...
 

HeyJoe

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So in keeping with spirit of Christmas, wonder if everyone got an OK pass?

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091225-N-3038W-010 NORTH ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 25, 2009) Landing signal officers direct an approaching aircraft for landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during flight operations on Christmas Day in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr./Released)
 

A4sForever

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So in keeping with spirit of Christmas, wonder if everyone got an OK pass?

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Everyone getting an OK ... ??? From Air Wing 11 .... ??? In the ol' days .... ???

Hardly ... and that's NOT what she said ...


Be on your 'A' game ... :D (< new 'big grin-y)


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HeyJoe

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100310-N-2953W-593 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 10, 2010) An Argentina navy officer stands watch on the landing signal officer platform aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Argentina supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White/Released)
 

HeyJoe

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100310-N-2953W-808 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 10, 2010) U.S. and Argentine navy officers stand watch on the landing signal officer platform aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Argentina supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Partnership of the Americas maritime engagement strategy to enhance regional stability and strengthen relationships among regional partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White/Released)
 

helolumpy

Apprentice School Principal
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Did the Vinson let the Argentine aircraft actually bounce? When we were in the Med on HST, we'd let the French E-2's fly the pattern to a low approach. They weren't allowed to touchdown.
 

Recovering LSO

Suck Less
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Very good friends with CAG-17 paddles, traded some emails yesterday. They all did low approaches. He said it was pretty cool for the first 25 or so, but after a few hours the novelty had worn off and, well, it was just a bunch of airplanes doing low approaches.
 
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