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Random Griz Aviation Musings
- Thread starter Griz882
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He had @mad dog spit shine it before the show.
Well duh…if it were up to @ChuckMK23, he’d spit shine it with a brick.
Actually, when that pic was taken, I was still stashed at HT-8 as a newly winged NA…pumping quarters by the fist full into the clandestine NASWF BOQ beer machine.
Q: Where are mad dog’s SH-60B airshow pics?
A: They are nowhere…they don’t exist due to mad dog not being allowed to go to airshows.
A young mad dog [not at an airshow] on deployment/detachment as a new HAC aboard the USS Fletcher [or was it the USS R.M. Davis?], circa 1991 or 1992.
RODNEY M DAVIS would have been practically brand new back then.
Well…I do remember that there was a distinct “new boat” smell. ?
I’ll bet both the RODNEY M DAVIS and that SH-60B have been “stricken from the list.” But @mad dog pretty much looks the same.
Ah yes, the Seahawk windshield wiper. Faithfully out of phase and not actually accomplishing any window wiping. Technology so robust, it's still (not) operating today.
GroundPounder
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I thought those were scan trainers. Left-right-left-right-left-right....
I wonder how much longer they'll be kept out there. There's some common parts, but looking at the latest Google Maps satellite images, there doesn't appear to be many of them left. The one in that picture, as a BLOCK .75, probably has 10-12K on it.
It's also interesting to see how much mud has been splashed up on the fuselage, presumably from the monsoons.
It's also interesting to see how much mud has been splashed up on the fuselage, presumably from the monsoons.
I occasionally take a look at the DM boneyard on Google Maps and always find it amazing. There is still at least one Navy A-3 and a handful of F-4’s and A-4’s but I don’t see any A-6’s. No F-8’s but plenty of Canberra’s and enough S-3’s to enable zombie mode. On the helicopter side I see a load of -3’s but only two possible SH-60Bs. It is an amazing place.
EDIT…I found the A-6’s and many more -60 airframes in the “west” boneyard (among other types).
EDIT…I found the A-6’s and many more -60 airframes in the “west” boneyard (among other types).