The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

[Old R.O.]

Old R.O. Picture of the Day for 10 Aug 2008

VF-301 F-14As climb-out from NAS Fallon on the return to NAS Miramar after the CVWR-30 1987 summer det.

 

[pilot_man]

Here is an artsy one...



this is southern Nevada

 

[Lobster]

Here is an artsy one...



this is southern Nevada

wow!

 

[JustAGuy]

Here is an artsy one...

this is southern Nevada

Do you happen to have the full resolution version of that?

 

[Blutonski816]

For you Single Seat, Master Race types...

A pair of Will Smith's squadron bubbas on their way out of KLAS this morning...

 

[Schnugg]

Don't want to break any copyright laws...so here is a link.

Some fantastic images from the Chino Planes of Fame Air Show. Lots of nicely restored warbirds.

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Chino/Chino.html

 

[Orion4life]

Thanks for the post. The second P-51 was amazing.

 

[OUSOONER]

Don't want to break any copyright laws...so here is a link.

Some fantastic images from the Chino Planes of Fame Air Show. Lots of nicely restored warbirds.

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Chino/Chino.html

I wonder if Skeeterooni had a booth out there?

 

[pilot_man]

Do you happen to have the full resolution version of that?

I do, but it's 19mb. PM me your email and I'll send it to you.

 

[Gatordev]

Don't want to break any copyright laws...so here is a link.

Some fantastic images from the Chino Planes of Fame Air Show. Lots of nicely restored warbirds.

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Chino/Chino.html

Neat. I don't know if I've ever seen 4 contemporary Corsairs together. Lots of P-51s at Sun 'n Fun, but only ever one Corsair at at time.

 

[Old R.O.]

Old R.O. Picture of the Day for 11 Aug 2008

VF-301 F-4S with live AIM-7E and AIM-9 on the way to the Pacific Missile Range to engage the wiley BGM-34 drone, circa 1981.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

Unless this happens:icon_tong

Best line I heard after this was the detachment intel officer asking the OIC is this meant the plane wash was cancelled?

When was this Ranger 26 pic taken? I worked on that A/C only we called it JMOD. Takes me back.

 

[Sky-Pig]

When was this Ranger 26 pic taken? I worked on that A/C only we called it JMOD. Takes me back.

The crash was on the morning of September 23, 1997. This photo (lifted from another webiste) is probably from the next day.

I'm still looking around the house for the panoramic photos I took the next day when my crew rotated down to relieve the crash crew.

Not a great day to have recently taken over as NFO NATOPS, either. :icon_tong

Here is a link to the website where I found the photo. It details all the aviation mishaps from VQ-2: http://www.portlyautey.com/ECM-2.htm

 

[brownshoe]

I wonder if Skeeterooni had a booth out there?

I doubt he was there… no Banshee’s. Isn’t that what ole Skeeter flew when he was a naval aviator?

Yep… in his blog he mentioned he was the “Skeeter” mentioned in chapter 11 of Gillcrist’s book, “Vultures Row. Thirty Years in Naval Aviation.” Maybe my math is wrong… but the, Skeeter written about in the book graduated from the Naval Academy in 1952. That makes it kinda hard to get through flight training AND get to fly jets during the Korean War… unless there was a time warp Not to mention the real Skeeter’s last name was Carson.

Just sayin'...

Steve

 

[MIDNJAC]

Thought this was a pretty cool shot, a little different than most of the overhead views the media center releases:

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 4, 2008) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) steams in the western Pacific Ocean. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)