In the front seat or the trunk riding behind you?
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The Great Cats and Dogs on Aircraft Carriers Thread . . . with F-16 insanity!
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In the front seat or the trunk riding behind you?
Is this a trick question? :icon_wink
Liar, you VMI people are all about dropping the soap.
That's the wonderful thing about loofahs: they have a string that wraps around your wrist.
No they don't drop the soap, they use liquid soap because it takes longer to pick up. Oh, my!!
-ea6bflyr
CQ'ing in the C-130
Always saw the 10 second YouTube clip to prove fact or fiction, but this is a pretty good recap of the whole thing...
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e9e_1249675844
Always saw the 10 second YouTube clip to prove fact or fiction, but this is a pretty good recap of the whole thing...
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e9e_1249675844
Didn't have time to view the entire clip...but a very brief "Google" brought this (and much, much more) up:
"RADM James Flatley, USN (Ret) recently retired as Executive Director of the USS Yorktown museum in South Carolina. A 1956 graduate from the Naval Academy, RADM Flatley commanded both Fighter Squadron VF-31 and the USS Saratoga. As a Lieutenant he won the admiration of the aviation community by demonstrating how Air Force C-130 transports could land and take off from carrier decks."
Jim was a friend, back in the early sixties...knew him as CAG 3 LSO...waved me aboard a couple hundred times on USS Saratoga, which he later commanded...(IIRC) we chatted at the decommissioning of Sara at Mayport in the '90's...a terrific stick, officer, and man!
While still in charge of the Yorktown exhibit at Charlestown, SC, he helped spearhead a drive to convince the city of Jacksonville FL to accept the Sara as a gift from USN...(I also was a small part of that effort)...but to no avail.
"RADM James Flatley, USN (Ret) recently retired as Executive Director of the USS Yorktown museum in South Carolina. A 1956 graduate from the Naval Academy, RADM Flatley commanded both Fighter Squadron VF-31 and the USS Saratoga. As a Lieutenant he won the admiration of the aviation community by demonstrating how Air Force C-130 transports could land and take off from carrier decks."
Jim was a friend, back in the early sixties...knew him as CAG 3 LSO...waved me aboard a couple hundred times on USS Saratoga, which he later commanded...(IIRC) we chatted at the decommissioning of Sara at Mayport in the '90's...a terrific stick, officer, and man!
While still in charge of the Yorktown exhibit at Charlestown, SC, he helped spearhead a drive to convince the city of Jacksonville FL to accept the Sara as a gift from USN...(I also was a small part of that effort)...but to no avail.
Here is more on the C 130 landing and takeoff from USS Forrestal Museum web site.
http://forrestal.org/fidfacts/page18.htm
http://forrestal.org/fidfacts/page18.htm
Sir, not that it makes a difference to me personally at this point in my career, but what do you look for in U-2 applicants under said transfer program?
MasterBates
Well-Known Member
If it involves great feats of drinking and strength, I'd be in.
If it involves superior rudder work, I'm not.
(I'm probably out of Anthros for the Deuce anyways, but it's one of 2 USAF birds I'd switch over to fly)
If it involves superior rudder work, I'm not.
(I'm probably out of Anthros for the Deuce anyways, but it's one of 2 USAF birds I'd switch over to fly)
You got a thing for the A-10, too?
Isn't the E-2/C-2 a rudder monstrosity behind the boat? Won't you have to get good at it eventually?
Doolittle Raid II?
In 1942, LtCol Jimmy Doolittle became even more famous than he already was from his peacetime aviation exploits. By stripping down sixteen B-25 Mitchell Bombers to bare necessities, they were able to launch from the deck of the USS Hornet and strike back at Japan in the dark days (and months) following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Lesser known is the Navy's testing of a fully configured Mitchell in 1944. Unlike Doolittle's Mitchells, a Navy PBJ-1H (BUNO 35277) was configured for both catapult launch and arrested recovery. USS Shangri La (CV-38) appropriately served as the test platform* in late 1944.
*When President Roosevelt was asked where Doolittle took off from during a press session, he jokingly replied "Shangri La", which later became basis for naming CV-38.
In 1942, LtCol Jimmy Doolittle became even more famous than he already was from his peacetime aviation exploits. By stripping down sixteen B-25 Mitchell Bombers to bare necessities, they were able to launch from the deck of the USS Hornet and strike back at Japan in the dark days (and months) following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Lesser known is the Navy's testing of a fully configured Mitchell in 1944. Unlike Doolittle's Mitchells, a Navy PBJ-1H (BUNO 35277) was configured for both catapult launch and arrested recovery. USS Shangri La (CV-38) appropriately served as the test platform* in late 1944.
*When President Roosevelt was asked where Doolittle took off from during a press session, he jokingly replied "Shangri La", which later became basis for naming CV-38.
The 130 landing on the carrier was done by LCDR Flatley. Supposedly they bypassed the squat switch (the WOW switch for the AF types) so that he could go into reverse just before touch down. Sort of like getting a cut for AD drivers.