Or what do you say folks?
Not to mention health and safety Rep.
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Sorry, forgot the links again…[D)][D)]
http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/warmup51.jpg
http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/5051f4f2.jpg
I think the carrier captain wanted to reach Warp Factor 5, I’ll bet it was the carrier Enterprise…
Did the ship run out of Fuel.lol
Just like the parking lot at IKEA. Now where did I park my bird…
I bet the CAG was really p*&@#$%!d, running up hours on all those engines!
Oh, to see that many Corsairs together again…
Very cool pics. Thanks for the post.
Regards, Rick
And Skyraiders too, not a place to take a mis-step
The open sea and real airplanes! Great pics.
Cheers,
Eric
Sheesh. Thank the Lord for yellow prop warning tips!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many Corsairs in one place!
Ya’ll may think this horse hockey, but I know of an instance where either CV-41 or 43 used the this very type of airpower to park the carrier to a pier when the tugboats were on strike in N.Y. I’ll verify where and when shortly.
I can believe that kinda horse-hockey myself…
Nice shots Jan, thanks for the links!
Fade to Black…
Either Bridges At To-Ko-Ri or one of the other Hollywood vs the US Navy pictures had a sequence where a row of Skyraiders were lined up on each side of the bow and used to push the bow sideways for docking. Lining them up straight down the deck wouldn’t do much for steering.
Light the fires on those F9F Panthers on the fan tail for at least a one factor increase in the warp speed.
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
I guess I should have been more specific. 3 on the bow,3 aft and 4or 5 port and stbd.[:D]
Darwin, you took my little remark away from me. I snooze, I lose. The only thing I can add is, when the carrier captains use the props of the planes (Corsairs, then Skyraiders) to steer the ship, say, away from the dock, they’d have all the plane captains get in and run them all the way up. It was effective, but running the planes at full power without moving (remember, they were tied down) was very hard on the engines and drove the maintenance officers mad. The practice was finally banned.
TOM
In reference to Eddie’s post, here’s a verification of USS Midway performing what used to be called “Operation PINWHEEL” (although it doesn’t directly reference the NYC tug strike, it does tell all about the maneuver, along with showing some great photos)
http://www.midwaysailor.com/midwaymemorabilia2/46sep-001b.jpg
http://www.midwaysailor.com/midway1940/midway-1019b.jpg
I was less than completely correct,but at least I got the ship right. Thanks Midwaysailor.[:D]