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

[Griz882]

Gate Guard #2 is much more familiar...a P-3.

It is BuNo. 152156. The squadrons of the Wing are here...

 

[Pags]

I was up in Maine over the weekend visiting my son at his school, the Charles Dickens School for Holligan Lads, and managed to get a few nice shots. I will post them here.

First. The new Zumwalt class destroyer at Bath Iron Works. There is an Arliegh Burke in the yard as well.View attachment 16351

Bowdoin?

 

[Uncle Fester]

Bowdoin?

Maine Maritime?

 

[Pags]

Maine Maritime?

Or that. I guessed Bowdoin since it's next door to the old NAS Brunswick and Bath (and BIW) is not too far away.

 

[Griz882]

He is at a private high school in Bath ME. He is a senior and hopes to make this winter his last in Maine. He is looking at colleges in California and Virginia to name two, but wants out of New England.

I have a question...are any of the PATRONS from he P3 still around? The Neptune was dressed in VP-21 colors.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Yep.

 

[Renegade One]

They were out of the CAGs (mind your anachronisms!) by the time war broke out in the Pacific.

Actually…I think they were called CVGs back then. CAG was the acronym for the CVG Commander. (I think)

 

[CommodoreMid]

He is at a private high school in Bath ME. He is a senior and hopes to make this winter his last in Maine. He is looking at colleges in California and Virginia to name two, but wants out of New England.

I have a question...are any of the PATRONS from he P3 still around? The Neptune was dressed in VP-21 colors.

VP-8, 10, and 26 are the only ones. They're Jax squadrons now.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

VP-8, 10, and 26 are the only ones. They're Jax squadrons now.

What are they doing with the Flight Engineers as the P-3's go away?

 

[Flash]

View attachment 16356 View attachment 16357 Gate Guard #2 is much more familiar...a P-3.

It is BuNo. 152156. The squadrons of the Wing are here...

They are missing a squadron!

What are they doing with the Flight Engineers as the P-3's go away?

They are going to the farm in the country Jimmy, where they can live out their days running around in the big fields.

 

[Griz882]

They are missing a squadron!


They are going to the farm in the country Jimmy, where they can live out their days running around in the big fields.

If it is VP-25 then their insignia is on the Neptune. As for the flight engineers...I can see them now...running through the grass, peering at imaginary dials in the sky...beautiful scene, just beautiful.

 

[ChuckMK23]

FE's - don't need no stinkin FE's

What pilot needs an enlisted person to handle his/her throttles?

 

[Flash]

If it is VP-25 then their insignia is on the Neptune. As for the flight engineers...I can see them now...running through the grass, peering at imaginary dials in the sky...beautiful scene, just beautiful.

No, I am thinking of a very obscure squadron that existed for only two years and was still able to get a Class A in that time.

As for the flight engineers...I can see them now...running through the grass, peering at imaginary dials in the sky...beautiful scene, just beautiful.

The FE's always used to pick on the Nav's in my first squadron asking why we were even needed since they didn't have any outside the military anymore, I would always remind them they were a dying breed too to shut them up.

 

[Austin-Powers]

I love the Electronic Gizmo Squadrons! VAQ Hopeful...

 

[Austin-Powers]