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Sunday Cinema: The Romance of Naval Aviation (1970)

BySteeljawscribe 29 June 2014

Quite a review of the types present in Naval Air in 1970…although they are missing one major player…

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A Petition to Name the Next CVN “USS ENTERPRISE”
BySteeljawscribe 1 August 200925 August 2009

enâ‹…terâ‹…prise [en-ter-prahyz] â€“noun A project undertaken or to be undertaken, esp. one that is important or difficult or that requires boldness or energy: To keep the peace is a difficult enterprise; Participation or engagement in such projects: Our country was formed by the enterprise of resolute men and women. Boldness or readiness in undertaking; adventurous…

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The 11th Hour, of the 11th Day, of the 11th Month – When the Guns Fell Silent
BySteeljawscribe 11 November 201011 November 2010

At the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month…the guns fell silent along what was known then as the Western Front as the Allies and Germany observed the agreement to end this “War to End All Wars.” While fighting continued sporadically elsewhere, in what were fast becoming the former empires of Russia…

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United States Navy: Happy 235th Birthday
BySteeljawscribe 13 October 2010

13 October 1775: Continental Congress “Resolved, That a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months, and that the commander be instructed to cruize eastward, for intercepting such transports as may be laden with…

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Korean War: Some Thoughts 60-Years Later
BySteeljawscribe 30 June 20101 July 2010

25 June 1950: The U.S. Government asked for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to consider the invasion of the Republic of South Korea launched by North Korean forces early in the morning of the 25th (Korean time). The Council, meeting later the same day, adopted a resolution calling for the cessation of…

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Flightdeck Friday: Of Oxcarts and Old School Ways
BySteeljawscribe 7 October 2010

Sometime in April 1958, Lockheed first undertook the study of a replacement for the U-2.Â Unlike the U-2, this would be an aircraft able to cruise at Mach 3, with a range of over 4,000 nm at altitudes exceeding 90,000 ft.Â It would also have an RCS (radar cross section) smaller than the U-2 and…

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E-2D Advanced Hawkeye – Death By A Thousand Cuts?
BySteeljawscribe 27 February 200927 February 2009

Disclaimer: I am not nor have I ever been an employee of N-G.Â Yes, I have over 3,000 hours in their E-2C and it is with that time, and the experiences it has brought across a wide playing field that the following is submitted. – SJS The final deliveries of supplies and materials for the…

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xbradtc says:

29 June 2014 at 13:35

Little Low A-6 in the middle, Little Not Enough Hummer in the groove, OK-3.
Steeljawscribe says:

29 June 2014 at 14:37

Note the suspend launch evolution at 1:08. Also decided lack of float coats on flightdeck personnel.
w/r, SJS
.5mt says:

30 June 2014 at 06:42

F-86 Naval variant landing towards the end of the reel?
Steeljaw Scribe says:

30 June 2014 at 08:24

FJ Fury
Capt Mongo says:

25 July 2014 at 17:52

All we AIC types trained with FJ-4 types at NAS Glynco in days past. Fortune hunter squadron, as I recall.

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