The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

[A4sForever]

....now to find a C-1 with the same paint scheme to sell it.

That's a great paint scheme, but she looks more like a 'tractor', i.e. a tow for gunnery banners & such -- thus the 'hi-viz' paint scheme. Plus, she appears to be from a VC 'Ron, so that probably confirms it. I did see one C-1 Trader way-back-when that was solid dark Navy Blue, but I can't remember where she came from ...

Unfortunately, nearly all C-1 Traders I've ever seen were pretty ho-hum 'normal' w/ grey/white paint schemes as pictured below.

I think the most 'radical' C-1 I ever saw on a regular basis was the LEXINGTON'S bird ... 'Ghost Rider'. She was so named as the nickname for the LEX was 'The Blue Ghost', thus 'Blue Ghost's COD = 'Ghost Rider' ... get it ???

During the Bi-Centennial (1976) she sported a 'racier' scheme (below). Everybody and their brother tried to do something 'Red, White, & Blue', and this is what the LEX COD guys came up with in their spare time:

 

[markkyle66]

Watching the Blues practice inspired me to post some classics!

 

[HooverPilot]

Here is what I did today...

 

[HooverPilot]

101109-N-3570S-186 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 9, 2010) Sailors from Fleet Logistics Squadron (VRC) 30 load meat, bread and plastic dinnerware into C-2A Greyhound logistics aircraft at Naval Base Coronado. VRC-30 is transferring the supplies to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), which will deliver them to the Carnival Splendor, a cruise ship stranded about 150 miles off California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Petty Officer Jeremy M. Starr/Released)

101109-N-3570S-216 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 9, 2010) Sailors from Fleet Logistics Squadron (VRC) 30 load meat, bread and plastic dinnerware into C-2A Greyhound logistics aircraft at Naval Base Coronado. VRC-30 is transferring the supplies to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), which will deliver them to the Carnival Splendor, a cruise ship stranded about 250 miles off California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Petty Officer Jeremy M. Starr/Released)

101109-N-8744H-207 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 9, 2010) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) take boxes of supplies off a C-2A Greyhound from Fleet Logistics Combat Support Squadron (VRC) 30. The supplies will be transferred from Ronald Reagan to the Carnival cruise ship C/V Splendor, which lost propulsion and electrical power following an engine room fire. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) was diverted from its current training maneuvers at the direction of Commander U.S. Third Fleet, and at the request of the U.S. Coast Guard, to facilitate the delivery of 4,500 pounds of supplies to the cruise ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Haldane Hamilton/ Released)

 

[navyao]

Vintage 80s P-3 Video. Also a good laugh at 1:10ish


Yea, in 1980 maybe because they were only 30 years old, now how old are they???

 

[HAL Pilot]

Yea, in 1980 maybe because they were only 30 years old, now how old are they???

Actually in the 1980s, many were brand new.

 

[BigIron]

Pictures from the Centennial of Naval Aviation (CONA) Kickoff in Norfolk, VA

 

[Flying Toaster]

 

[Rocketman]

My old man flew F9F-2 Panthers out of El Toro with VMA 223. They were painted very similar to this . Cool pictures!!

 

[MIDNJAC]

So cool....this wins the centennial paint job competition IMHO

 

[heynowlookout]

The P-3 community really went all out on a Centennial Paint job I see.

 

[Cron]

So cool....this wins the centennial paint job competition IMHO

Now if they only had one in WWII 2- or 3-tone...

 

[jmcquate]

I'd like to see one done up in 1970's gaudiness.

 

[xj220]

The P-3 community really went all out on a Centennial Paint job I see.

Don't even get me started on this.

 

[jollygreen07]

The P-3 community really went all out on a Centennial Paint job I see.

Oh, that's nothing. You should see what the E-6 communtiy has done. We've pulled out all the stops!!

Wait. No. No, I'm sorry. I must have blacked out again.