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Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment…

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Reflections: Smuggle’s Blues (VIII)-Convergence

August 28th, 2007 2 Comments

 Part 6   and Part 7  

YV-411, airborne SE of Martinique. 
There is a saying in aviation that if everything seems to be going perfectly, then look out, for something really bad is about happen. These were the thoughts of the Beechcraft’s pilot as the plane was inbound to its illicit rendezvous. Cockpit lights turned so low that [...]

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Chronicles of Naval Aviation: The Battle of Palmdale

August 28th, 2007 4 Comments

So…what do you get when you combine one errant F6F drone, some USAF F-89 Scorpions and a populated center in Southern California?   Mayhem.  Or The Battle of Palmdale (1956):

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