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

[Homer J]

An F-4J Phantom II of Fighter Squadron (VF) 96 on approach for recovery on board the carrier Constellation (CVA 64) underway in the Western Pacific during operation off Vietnam on January 15, 1972, forty-two years ago.




An EKA-3B Skywarrior of Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 130 being readied for launch from the carrier Constellation (CVA 64) steaming off the coast of Vietnam on January 15, 1972, forty-two years ago.

 

[Homer J]

A couple days late on this one but...

On January 14, 1969 the carrier Enterprise (CVAN 65) suffered a catastrophic fire while conducting flight operations off Hawaii. Caused by the detonation of a Mk-32 Zuni rocket warhead that was overheated by an aircraft starting unit, the fire killed 27 crewmen and injured 344 others. In addition, fifteen aircraft were destroyed.

 

[Renegade One]

A couple days late on this one but...

On January 14, 1969 the carrier Enterprise (CVAN 65) suffered a catastrophic fire while conducting flight operations off Hawaii.

My Navy Class Officer in AOCS Class 26-71 (we had one Marine, and one Navy) was one LT Ron Schneider, an F-4 RIO who'd been on the flight deck during the initial explosions, and somehow went into the water as memory serves. He was a red-headed, naturally freckle-faced guy…except on one side of his face below the visor line. Good guy.

Was John McCain also involved in this as an on-deck A-4 pilot, or am I confusing two different FD fire mishaps?

 

[Pags]

My Navy Class Officer in AOCS Class 26-71 (we had one Marine, and one Navy) was one LT Ron Schneider, an F-4 RIO who'd been on the flight deck during the initial explosions, and somehow went into the water as memory serves. He was a red-headed, naturally freckle-faced guy…except on one side of his face below the visor line. Good guy.

Was John McCain also involved in this as an on-deck A-4 pilot, or am I confusing two different FD fire mishaps?

I think McCain was Forrestal. The other big flight deck fire was Oriskany.

 

[BusyBee604]

I think McCain was Forrestal. The other big flight deck fire was Oriskany.

Yes, John McCain was already a POW when the big E suffered their tragic fire.
BzB

 

[A7Dave]

I think McCain was Forrestal. The other big flight deck fire was Oriskany.

The Oriskany's fire wasn't a deck fire, but a flare locker fire caused by an airman who tossed the ignited flare into the flare locker.

 

[xj220]

Oh yes, go 9ers ~

Go Hawks!

 

[Pags]

The Oriskany's fire wasn't a deck fire, but a flare locker fire caused by an airman who tossed the ignited flare into the flare locker.

This man is correct. Guess I should have just said "big deck fire."

 

[Homer J]

On January 20, 1914, one hundred years ago today, the first naval aviation personnel arrived to establish an aeronautic station at Pensacola, Florida, the birth of the "Cradle of Naval Aviation."

 

[KODAK]

Some recent Army action:

 

[zipmartin]

Might have posted this a long time ago (not sure, and too lazy to search) but decided the helo's were becoming too numerous, so it was time to add some variety . Two A-4E's from NFWS and a TA-4 from VA-127 enroute to the overhead at NKX after some DACT in the Whiskey areas, circa May, 1985.

 

[xj220]

Cool pic but helos too numerous... does that speak to the laziness of the fixed-wing brethren? ( just kidding, by the way)... I think this entire site has gotten "lazy". It used to be fun to check for updates. Now... not so much.

Ok, ok, I'll post some pics. They're only from my iPhone 4S so they're not great but you get the point:
Emirates A380 with UAE Flight Demonstration Team Al-Fursan

Aermacchi C-27J Spartan

Cessna Citation X equipped with Garmin 5000 avionics
AT-6

Boeing 787 flight deck
Airbus A400M

UK flight demonstration team The Red Arrows. Omega Tanker in the background.

 

[xj220]

Little Bird

Super Tacano
Pakistani JS-17 with French Rafaele in the background. Behind the Rafaeles are two Eurofighter Typhoons

Emirates A380
Best of them all, Boeing P-8A Poseidon.

 

[zipmartin]

Cool pic but helos too numerous... does that speak to the laziness of the fixed-wing brethren? ( just kidding, by the way)... I think this entire site has gotten "lazy". It used to be fun to check for updates. Now... not so much.

Hey, I was born lazy. Now you know why some thought that my callsign came from the amount of paperwork I used to do . By the way, if we'd had digital cameras back in the day, I'd have thousands of more pics than than the couple thousand slides that I have now awaiting to be digitized.

 

[Rocketman]

A little single engine love.......