Sunday, July 11, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
THE DEMISE OF THE BORING AZALEAS
The boring azaleas in front of the house are going down at last! Son David promised to take the chain saw to them one of these days, and then we can turn the space into flower beds.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
AN OLD SQUID'S NOSTALGIA
Some shots of Airwing Eight aircraft on the flights deck of USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during her maiden cruise in the Mediterranean (1976-77).
The classic 1970s airwing: two squadrons each of F-4Js and A-7Es, one each of A-6Es, EA-6Bs, E-2Cs, RA-5Cs, SH-3Gs, and of course the beloved COD, first an E-1 and later an E-2. We also got an occasional visit by the monstrous Whale (EA-3), which was a sight to see, landing and taking off.
NIMITZ had just gotten reclassified as a CVN from CVAN so we still had primarily a strike airwing: no ASW capability worth a damn.
I always thought that the "Vigi" (RA-5C Vigilante) was about the most beautiful aircraft on deck: sleek, super-supersonic, with the first rectangular air intakes ever, that I know off.
Ah, a young man's first sea duty...
The classic 1970s airwing: two squadrons each of F-4Js and A-7Es, one each of A-6Es, EA-6Bs, E-2Cs, RA-5Cs, SH-3Gs, and of course the beloved COD, first an E-1 and later an E-2. We also got an occasional visit by the monstrous Whale (EA-3), which was a sight to see, landing and taking off.
NIMITZ had just gotten reclassified as a CVN from CVAN so we still had primarily a strike airwing: no ASW capability worth a damn.
I always thought that the "Vigi" (RA-5C Vigilante) was about the most beautiful aircraft on deck: sleek, super-supersonic, with the first rectangular air intakes ever, that I know off.
Ah, a young man's first sea duty...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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