The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery, Troisième partie: la vengeance!

[HeyJoe]

You may be interested in the spin off site: https://thelexicans.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/index-the-best-of-neptunus-lex/#more-17838

There is also a private FB group DBA Neptunus Lex that gathers the faithful there

 

[HeyJoe]

I took this of our sister squadron’s Skipper’s jet specially emblazoned with their 70th Annivesary markings, the Tophatters laid claim to being the “Oldest and the Boldest” squadron in the Navy. Quite a lineage!

 

[HeyJoe]

Just happened to be at the Fallon Helo hangar when the transition of the Longhorns from the UH-1N to the MH-60 occurred. And they rolled out their new ride. Just happened to have my camera nearby

 

[zipmartin]

Shrike shoot at Vieques during a CAG-8 full airwing det to Rosey, 1978. I was the WTO and the CO told me to do the shoot. I happily obliged. Photo by Riki-Tik.

 

[zipmartin]

'Winders off the coast of Spain in the Med, 1977.

 

[zipmartin]

From Vultures' Row, CVN-68.

 

[zipmartin]

Pete Parrish from Kalamazoo in his F4U. Had to fly the A-7 at 1/2 flaps stay slow enough with the Corsair at normal cruise.

 

[zipmartin]

Still don't know how you double-anchor guys did this routinely. Rolling into the groove at the Lex from the back seat of the TA-4. Not a great pic, but I was giving IUT "Griz" his CQ Lead/Safe qual at VT-22.

 

[Pags]

All these full gray and white jets with color tail flashes and what not...so sexy.

 

[jmcquate]

Was the A-7 the first jet with a launch bar?

 

[Gatordev]

I can't remember if I posted this before, but since we're having a Tomcat love-fest... c1997 in a section containing two Mids. The Rippers couldn't fly us so -213 hooked us up with two lines on their schedule. Ironically enough, I ended up working with a former -213 RIO later who was "credited" (in the supernatural way) for turning -213's luck around. He apparently showed up about the same time I got this flight.

 

[zipmartin]

Was the A-7 the first jet with a launch bar?

Looks as if the E-2A was the first Naval aircraft, at least.

Navy Catapult Launch Improvement 1962 - Patriots Point News & Events

On 19 December 1962, an E-2A Hawkeye, flown by naval aviator Lieutenant Commander Lee Ramsey was catapulted from the flightdeck of the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) during the first at sea […]

www.patriotspoint.org

 

[HeyJoe]

Just another day on the job with a great view out the window....

 

[HeyJoe]

With need to maintain combat package on CAP station during Desert Shield/Storm instead of hanging on the blades watching our fuel ladder (thanks to everotesent USAF tanker overhead the Red Sea) with ship in Flex Deck ops, we never knew when we’d be relieved so often times we had a lot of gas to get rid of when the signal to RTB was received.

 

[HeyJoe]

Bandits at Fallon