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PropAddict

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You can also use the Healing Tool in Photoshop. It can get daunting, but the results are amazing.

The Clone Stamp is pretty money, too. Although it can get tedious as well, if you have a lot of spots or large areas to retouch.
 

Flash

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They say you can only tie the record in low transitions...but one guy has the record nobody wants to attempt. He actually "put one in the spud locker" on USS Oriskany. His F2H Banshee went below the ramp and exploded. Everyone thought he was a goner. Somehow, miraculously, the nose section broke off and remained intact as it literally impacted the locker.

Isn't footage from this accident the one they used for The Hunt for Red October and a slew of other movies and TV shows?
 

HeyJoe

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Isn't footage from this accident the one they used for The Hunt for Red October and a slew of other movies and TV shows?

Nope, That was a F9F crash on USS Midway. Believe that pilot also survived. Mitchell went below ramp hence saying "They finally put one in the spud locker!"

 

A4sForever

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DALLAS Adversaries??? Be still my beating heart .... :)
Pics from CAG 20 NAS Fallon ACDUTRA, late '80's. Bogie support provided by VC-12, VC-13 and OMD NAS Dallas.
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The Fallon pic is most likely a flared landing followed by aero-braking to save wear and tear on tires and brakes.

Please don’t remind me… most of the time from the fuel pits, we’d hear a few chirps and then we’d see a little black smoke from each of the tires. As soon as the plane came into the pits we’d start looking for the flat spots on the tires and the dreaded “red thread.” Valve stems were really a problem at that PSI. :)

Steve
 

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Old R.O. Picture of the Day for 12 December 2008

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Taken at the 1975 El Centro air show. The National Parachute Range was headquartered there at the time, and one of their aircraft was one of the three YF-4J Phantoms. This particular machine had been modified for ejection seat testing. During the show, they ejected a dummy (the dot above and slightly behind the Phantom) who floated to ground under a parachute. The aircraft was eventually stationed at China Lake and was only retired from service a few years ago. Blurry image due to short lens (75-150mm zoom) and slow film.
 

A4sForever

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1. The Fallon pic is most likely a flared landing followed by aero-braking to save wear and tear on tires and brakes......
2. A4s will probably tell you the wave-off point for the A-7 was a little farther out .... due to the spool-up time.

1. A-firm, as in: ALWAYS at Fallon ... if you don't .... you're "stupid". And you can't "fix" stupid ... :)

2. .... and another A-FIRM !!!
 

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Old R.O. Picture of the Day for 13 December 2008

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NAS Fallon line in November 1973 during CVW-2 work-ups for the 1974 cruise. VA-25 Fist of the Fleet and VA-113 Stingers A-7E Corsair IIs.
 

Jeff29

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081211-M-8053S-138 FORT WORTH (Dec. 10, 2008) The Space shuttle Endeavour, atop a modified Boeing 747, taxis toward the runway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas. The aircraft is on a cross-country trek back to the spacecraft's homeport at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class D. Keith Simmons/Released)

Was looking at the navy.mil site for Lincoln pics and came across this one. Pretty cool , but have any of you ever taxied like this?



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081206-N-6266K-958 PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 6, 2008) U.S. Naval Academy fullback Eric Kettani (#36) gets past an a U.S. Military defender during first half of the 109th Army-Navy college football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Kelsey/Released)

It is generally easier to get past a defender when you are out of bounds.


I'm sorry, I know it's off topic, I'll stop.
 
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