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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery
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This is the closest I got to IWO on the 50th anniversary of the battle -- February, 1995 -- goin' by the east side of IWO while flyin' GUM-NRT.
Late afternoon, Suribachi on the far left of the "tadpole".
Late afternoon, Suribachi on the far left of the "tadpole".
Old R.O.'s Picture of the Day for 3 Jun 08
1978. Overhead NAWC China Lake.
VF-301 and VF-302 each sent four F-4N Phantoms to the China Lake range to oppose an alfa strike from CVW-15, who was operating from USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) off the West Coast in work-ups for cruise. The "Whale" is a KA-3B from VAK-308, home-based at NAS Alameda. In this picture, the division of VF-301 F-4Ns tank before taking up a defensive position south of China Lake (over US 395 just north of Johannesburg). Big furball over the railroad tracks ... great fun.
1978. Overhead NAWC China Lake.
VF-301 and VF-302 each sent four F-4N Phantoms to the China Lake range to oppose an alfa strike from CVW-15, who was operating from USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) off the West Coast in work-ups for cruise. The "Whale" is a KA-3B from VAK-308, home-based at NAS Alameda. In this picture, the division of VF-301 F-4Ns tank before taking up a defensive position south of China Lake (over US 395 just north of Johannesburg). Big furball over the railroad tracks ... great fun.
Old R.O. Picture of the day for 4 June 2008
VF-21 CAG Bird (NE 200) over the Carson Sink near NAS Fallon, September 1975.
This aircraft was the next to last Phantom bought by the Navy (BuNo 158378)
Note the orange flight suits...
Pilot/RIO: LTJG Ron Grubb/LTJG Bill Martin
VF-21 CAG Bird (NE 200) over the Carson Sink near NAS Fallon, September 1975.
This aircraft was the next to last Phantom bought by the Navy (BuNo 158378)
Note the orange flight suits...
Pilot/RIO: LTJG Ron Grubb/LTJG Bill Martin
Here is a before and after of Air Ops on a CVN.
Before with ACs writing line ups and recovery info in grease, backwards on the boards from behind them.
After with the Integrated Ship's Information System (ISIS) installed shipwide:
Before with ACs writing line ups and recovery info in grease, backwards on the boards from behind them.
After with the Integrated Ship's Information System (ISIS) installed shipwide:
H20man
Drill baby drill!
I was able to get a tour of the Reagan's Ops center this past Christmas... It's a very nice setup, especially how all of that information can be transmitted throughout the ship.
interesting..i delved a little more into his background and noticed he was actually quite the pioneer in aviation..
Found this picture of A4's in Primary...
Primary WHAT ???
Actually, "Wild Bill" Hopson is iconic of the earliest days of US air transport. He was a "hero" at one of my airlines -- an airline that flew the earliest US Air Mail contracts. Most of the original pilots @ the airline knew "Wild Bill" personally -- it was a very small club:
A partial story from the US Postal Service:
This photograph of Air Mail Pilot William C. Hopson is a classic and probably was taken in 1924 to show the winter flight suit of the Post
Office Department’s air mail pilots. Hopson himself was unimpressed with his photogenic charm. When he had to submit a photograph to the Air Mail Service of the Department for official records, he wrote “Enclosed please find photo of bum pilot… When finished with picture just post in cellar, it’s guaranteed to keep away all rats, mice and other vermin.”
Another story: Pilot Stories - William "Wild Bill" Hopson (check out some links on this page -- great stories of early airmen)
One grateful (and famous) man claimed Hopson had saved his life during an earlier flight. He wrote a tribute to the pilot originally published in The Times of St. Louis, Missouri, on October 20, 1928:
It was a dark, rainy, cloudy day on the New York end of the air mail. No planes through in two days. I wanted to get home to my family in California. I insisted on going. It wasn’t bravery – it was dumb ignorance, and an unlimited confidence in all air mail pilots. “We will try to get through if you insist,” Pilot W. Hopson said. And we got through, clear to Cleveland. Thursday he didn’t get through. I kinder feel like his skill saved my life. So “Hoppie,” Old Boy, here’s hoping you are piloting the best cloud the Boss has got in his hangar up there, and you don’t have to worry about low ceiling, engine missing, head winds, or even whether the old rip cord will pull in case. – Yours, Will Rogers
It's also been a persistent rumor that a large shipment of diamonds was never recovered from the crash site of "Wild Bill's" final flight ... so the legend continues ...
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In the spirit of all of the recent F-4 posts, here's one of my dad losing some weight over North Vietnam. The plane he is in (he's the RO in the far aircraft), Screaming Eagle 113, many of you have probably seen in person as it was the Schools Command static-display aircraft here in P-Cola for many years.
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080531-N-6538W-022 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 31, 2008) Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) walk the flight deck after performing a final pre-flight check on an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter. John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are conducting tailored ship's training availability off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Walter M. Wayman (Released)
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