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These are the photos I took while I was an Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Blue Shirt, Crash and Salvage/ CV-41, CV-61, NAS Kingsville) from the years of 87-93. I was a big airshow fan before I went in and while I was in, I realized I needed to take advantage of my situation and shoot a lot of photos. Some of you may have seen some of these around before, but I've removed them from the other places they were and cropped/ re-scanned them to a higher resolution. They will only be seen here and at whatifmodelers.com when I get the time.
Though they're not the best photos around, they do show a piece of history from my perspective. I'll put up a few at a time as I re-scan them. I hope y'all enjoy them. ![]() First, a few Tomcats from VF-1 and VF-2 while I was on the Ranger. Some of these were shot during Desert Storm. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Sweet.
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Fantastic shots Eddie!
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Thanks Gents!
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Great shots and thanks for posting. I've seen missing refueling doors on F-14s before, but I thought that they were mainly removed during OIF/OEF. Did the door get snagged on the basket often?
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One of my absolute favorites. When I look at this photo, I hear it. Probably the loudest thing I ever heard. You can feel it in yer guts.....
![]() Sunrise, first cycle.... ![]() Anyone want to guess what everyone's looking at? ![]() Last edited by Eddie M.; May 10th, 2010 at 06:32 PM. |
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That was during ODS when one got sucked into an engine just after selecting zone five on the cat. I've seen FOD outs before but when that door went in, it was like a giant Roman candle. IIRC correctly they left them off for the rest of the cruise.
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Interesting about the baskets knocking doors off. They didn't take the doors off until we got into the Gulf. With in a month of coming back to San Diego the doors were back on.
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"Good morning, gentlemen, the temperature is 110 degrees." "Holy shit, it's Viper!"
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"Roger ball. Little power, little left for line up..." This guy flew right down the centerline until he had to turn to keep his wing out of our antennas ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Last edited by Eddie M.; May 11th, 2010 at 05:44 AM. |
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Very nice. Love the Buff lining up for the trap there.
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Never thought I'd see that on here... Pilot was a Dept head in my 1st squadron--Russ Gates. One of the best sticks I've ever flown w/. Named my son after him even. I can tell it was him, cause his crew was made up of what seemed like midgets--he was 6'4" and they were all barely 5'5"!
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Great shots Eddie!
Gotta love those lo-vis VF-2 birds! |
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