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In keeping with the memory of the Cuban Missile Crisis which was 45 years ago this past week, a couple of video reminders, the first from Hollywood’s take (See last week for the real story. ):
And what was risked…
Oh, and a little over one year previous to the Cuban Missile Crisis, but also in October:
Not to worry — Flightdeck Friday will be up, just a wee bit later than normal (like maybe this weekend?) whilst yon not-so-patient scribe wrestles with yet another undocumented feature from the seventh circle of hades, otherwise known as Micro$oft and their late$t flaming dart inflicted on the masses – Vi$ta. We are so looking…
This week we’re going to jump ahead a bit and look at the next generation Hawkeye a little more in depth. To recap, the E-2 was first delivered to the Navy in 1964 and the current generation, epitomized by the Hawkeye 2000, has been flying since the delivery of the first E-2C in 1973. That…
Don’t forget to head over to the Daily Briefing for Flightdeck Friday as well — this week, “Nuclear Fleas” 30 Jun 1941. The Navy’s search for a replacement for the F4F was on. Two of the premiere aircraft manufacturers in the nation, Grumman and Curtiss, were granted development contracts for three prototypes – Grumman for…
A little something for everyone this week: Old School ops — Whales, Demons, and Coral Maru…yes Virginia, there was a time when Whale ops on a CVA meant more than one A3D…and a Whale barricade for good measure. The next one you have to see it to believe it — how about the ’89 Flogger…
After having spent the better part of a day re-visiting the National Museum of Naval Aviation, located onboard NAS Pensacola, there is much to post about – most good, but some others. For background, despite spending 26 years on active duty, when I left Pensacola for the E-2C replacement squadron (RVAW-120) in Norfolk, I would…
Forty-nine years ago – within one day of each other, one astronaut headed for orbit as America’s first to circle the Earth and a future astronaut opened a series of record attempts in the McDonell F4H Phantom: Images Courtesy Rex Features & NASA 20 Feb 1962: Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn. USMC, in Mercury spacecraft…
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Thanks for the vids, SJS…especially the latter two. As a member of the “duck and cover” generation 😯 I remember those types of vids all TOO well. And I also remember The Ol’ Man invoking the cynical but all-too-true “kiss your ass good-bye” comment when I told him about our little “crawl under the desk” exercises in grade school. Vividly.
Ditto — especially with SAC HQ a few miles down the road from us…
– SJS