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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery, Troisième partie: la vengeance!

ea6bflyr

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Llarry said:
A bad day on the deck of the USS Enterprise (CVAN or CVN 65) back in the day: An RA-5C of RVAH-1 "Smokin' Tigers" had brake and nosewheel steering failures while being moved on deck. Whoever was in the pilot's cockpit -- pilot? plane captain? -- had a sporty day!

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We had a Viggie on a stick near the chow hall at NATTC Millington when I went through A school back in 1986…and boy is that a HUGE plane.
 
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It is a BIG airframe. We had Viggies on my first cruise on CVN-68. RF-8's after that. Had a former Viggie driver in my A-7 squadron. They hated taxiing on deck after dark, when the yellow shirts would try to taxi them until the nose gear was almost at the scupper. The cockpit was way in front of the nose gear which meant they were sitting out over the water looking back at the yellow shirt.
 
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zipmartin said:
It is a BIG airframe. We had Viggies on my first cruise on CVN-68. RF-8's after that. Had a former Viggie driver in my A-7 squadron. They hated taxiing on deck after dark, when the yellow shirts would try to taxi them until the nose gear was almost at the scupper. The cockpit was way in front of the nose gear which meant they were sitting out over the water looking back at the yellow shirt.
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As an EA-6B Prowler guy, I’ve had my share of scary night taxis over the water, albeit probably not as scary as the Viggie.
 
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