Xtndr50boom
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I saw that one night behind the CVN on approach on a very dark moonless night on WestPac...you literally could follow the glowing line all the way to the boat...
Probably old news to most, but that trail saved the life of at least one Naval Aviator, and a famous one at that:
"Jim Lovell had already had his share of scares. One night in 1954, the novice Navy flier lost his way over the Pacific by following the wrong radio navigation beacon (correct frequency, but the same frequency was also used by another station, leading him away from his ship). He plugged in a self-made gizmo for extra illumination. It blew out his jet fighter's instrument lights. Pondering the impending calamity, he filled his rubberized flight suit with cold sweat. Then, by chance, he saw a pale streak ahead: Phosphorescence from his carrier's wake led him back."