And now for something a little different. Nose – when I saw this the first time (it was passed along by an ex-Corsair/Crusader jock I work with) couldn’t help but think of you 
Enjoy your Friday all ! Oh yeah — Spitfires y’all — there be Spitfires in thar…
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Last week we went big – big planes, big ships, big nukes, big hair (no wait, that’s another story…). This week we go to the other end of the spectrum. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o /> Arms Race – 1950 1950 and the nuclear arms race is well and truly underway. The Soviets had surprised…
There is, afterall, a certain degree of symmetry to things… NORFOLK, Virginia (April 7, 2008) USS George Washington (CVN 73) prepares to depart Naval Station Norfolk. George Washington is departing Norfolk as her homeport for the last time, and will transit to her new homeport of Yokosuka, Japan. George Washington will replace USS Kitty Hawk…
Read about it…and remember.
…and now for something a little different…
We reach a critical junction this week for the future of the Naval Institute. Since February a small but determined group has sought to surface in the light of day plans undertaken to radically change the mission of the Institute and force a new direction which offers little in the way of relevance as a…
(*This Is No S**t — the typical preamble to an upcoming sea story which is true — no kidding!)TINS Tuesday (there’s that aliterative twist again) will be a weekly feature wherein your humble scribe will pass along stories from Navy air (and occasionally other services) that have been printed at one time or another and…
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Brings to mind dropping a roll of TP out the window of a Citabria and doing reversals to cut the streamer…a long time ago. 😎
Cool stuff, that! I had to go to The Wiki, though… coz I thought “square wingtips on a Spit?” Yep… Mk. XIIs had ’em.
Oh! Perfect job!
Very good and helpful post.
Thx, your blog in my Google reader now
We’ll expect many new interesting posts from you 😉
Warrior:
Thanks for the comments and stopping by — might want to take a look at the “Flightdeck Fridays Index” page listing in the right hand column – it carries a listing of pretty much all the FF posts thus far. Ditto the Coral Sea/Midway series.
– SJS
Oh man, what a great movie! There is a guy who gives P-51 rides down in Key West. Maybe it’s time to make the investment… just so I could do that aileron roll. Okay, it would be cheaper to rent a Citabria up in Homestead.
I’m retired Air Force, yes I have a great vocabulary and demand air conditioning, and I am puzzled as to why the NAVY pukes have such good Websites. You and Instapinch are hard to beat. I ain’t gunna try.