One (or two) of these is not like the others....

[HeyJoe]

Aircraft RECCE time (not the CH-46E, AH-1W, MH-60S or UH-1N helos....). look for fixed wings aircraft not attached to ACE...

100617-N-1200S-947 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 17, 2010) The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) conducts a replenishment at sea with the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Freedom and Bonhomme Richard are scheduled to participate in RIMPAC 2010, the world's largest international maritime exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Marcus L. Stanley/Released)

 

[Treetop Flyer]

F-104?

 

[scoolbubba]

That was my thought.

 

[Treetop Flyer]

I dont know what else a horizontal stab like that. I also can't think of why an F-104 would be on a ship either, though

 

[HeyJoe]

Here's a high res version that may help

 

[Jim123]

Aircraft RECCE time (not the CH-46E, AH-1W, MH-60S or UH-1N helos....). look for fixed wings aircraft not attached to ACE...

I had to look up the hi-res version on www.navy.mil because I was stumped at first. It looks like a pair of L-29s (that or the love children of an F-104 and a Yak-38).

I wonder how much wind across the deck they'd need to takeoff on a deck roll? Supposedly they rotate about 2,000 feet down a normal runway. Hmmm, ship... about 20, true winds... 10, 20, 30?

 

[Treetop Flyer]

I agree with Jim

 

[MPH]

L-29's

 

[Gatordev]

It may just be a ferry job and have no intention of flying off the ship. There are several L-29's that fly out of K-Bay and this might have been a cheap way for the company to get another one out to Hawaii (since the ship was going to RIMPAC). Just a guess, though.

 

[HeyJoe]

It may just be a ferry job and have no intention of flying off the ship. There are several L-29's that fly out of K-Bay and this might have been a cheap way for the company to get another one out to Hawaii (since the ship was going to RIMPAC). Just a guess, though.

That is exactly the rumor and that they augmented the existing assets to provide targets for the assembled ships of RIMPAC.

 

[wlawr005]

I was assuming it was just one of those old ass planes the yellow shirts use to practice moving stuff around on the flight deck. I didn't think it was actually a functioning aircraft.

 

[Birdog8585]

Suddenly, "Stealth" and Jessica Biel come to mind...

oh god there went the thread...

 

[Swanee]

Suddenly, "Stealth" and Jessica Biel come to mind...

oh god there went the thread...

Huh??

 

[badger16]

^^6 to midnight.

 

[PropAddict]

That is exactly the rumor and that they augmented the existing assets to provide targets for the assembled ships of RIMPAC.

Verified.

They screwed up the tower pattern at KBay all the time that month. . .