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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX
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Are you the nerd with only two wishes left?
GroundPounder
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Boy that brings back memories. BzB and A4s will probably get erections.
(Oh wait.... A4s is no longer here and active.)
GroundPounder
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Boy that brings back memories. BzB and A4s will probably get erections.
http://skyhawkventures.com/index.html
I'm betting that at least one person here either flew it, fixed it, armed it, or fueled it at one point. Apparently it was with VA-216 , and was damaged in combat.
So my last flight in the P-3 (probably ever) was in October 2012 after I came home from deployment a little early. We had some time to burn so we worked home along the coast of the Olympic Peninsula and the Straits of San Juan de Fuca...great last flight!
Pickle
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^Good stuff pickle.
Why do you say last flight in a P3, are you going to give up flying for a farm in Iowa?
Why do you say last flight in a P3, are you going to give up flying for a farm in Iowa?
Nope, just figure by the time I get back to a Fleet squadron it will be in the mighty Ocho...^Good stuff pickle.
Why do you say last flight in a P3, are you going to give up flying for a farm in Iowa?
Pickle
I hear the P3 isn't going away as quick as some would think. I bet you could still get more stick time in the might War Pig.
Truly…no bullshit…that's kinda special.
I'm sure that's their fondest dream…...BzB and A4s will probably get erections...
FIFY.
The "Ocho" will need to make its OWN reputation…in its own time. The P-3's legacy is secure.
Boy that brings back memories. BzB and A4s will probably get erections.
And what the hell am I, Steve ...chopped liver?? LOL!!
GP ...you'd win that bet. I flew the wing section of 145606 several times in October 1965, when it was the wing section of 145131, assigned to VA-95 at Lemoore. More info re the restoration of 606 is available in the Skyhawk Association Journals of Fall 2011 (Volume 17 Number 3), and Spring 2012 (Volume 18 Number 1).
Ironic that the A4B, BuNo 142833, also wonderfully restored, and on display aboard USS Intrepid in NYC, was also assigned to VA-95 during its 1966 Vietnam tour.
Well, don't know 'bout a "woody", but marvel at the workmanship in the restoration. I hope there will always a few airworthy 'Hawks' touring the airshow circuit. An incredible little workhorse!Boy that brings back memories. BzB and A4s will probably get erections.
BTW, Rick Millson, a former RP when I was a FRS IP in VA-125, is the pilot standing up in the hole blown in 606's wing (famous photo from early in the NVN air war). He was later a Blue Angel, and still today flies an occasional civilian A-4 flight based out of Marana, AZ.
BzB
Sorry, Ron... I know you're a "church goin'" guy so I was protecting your gentle sensibibilities. And also I was in the grips of that evil "Mister Booze".
Did you get my email the other day? I'll give you a call later this afternoon.
WEGL12
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I took these two pictures today at the USS Yorktown which is hosting the 68th reunion/memorial for the USS Franklin. 68 years ago on Sunday, the Franklin was attacked operating off the coast of Japan resulting in nearly 1000 casualties. The first picture shows a 40 mm gun mount removed from the Franklin along with the ship's bell and the American flag flown on the day of the attack. The second picture shows the Yorktown's number 10 changed into a 13 to honor the Franklin. The reunion will be held tomorrow at 0900 including 22 of the survivors from the attack. From my understanding this will be the last organized reunion put together by the Franklin association.
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