Not so OT: Images from San Diego

[Chickenboy]

Another view. ETA: Just noticed the drones on this view...[8D]

[Chickenboy]

Placard by models...

It's a bit blurry on the side by side comparatives, but you can make out most of it...

[Chickenboy]

On the deck of the Midway...the thing underneath the seagulls...

Any guesses? [;)]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

On the deck of the Midway...the thing underneath the seagulls...

Any guesses? [;)]

A skyraider (I'll guess a A-1 variant) and a RF-9 Photo Cougar.

[Chickenboy]

My favorite jet aircraft. She wasn't the fastest, the best dogfighter or even very practical with non-folding wings, but she's got some nice lines...a real beaut. [8D]

[AW1Steve]

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See if the smart readers of this forum can tell me who she is...

I'll guess it's the Nimitz (cvn-68). Also based there are Regan (cvn-76) and Vinson (cvn-70).

[Chickenboy]

A little present for Alfa. In what?

[Chickenboy]

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A skyraider (I'll guess a A-1 variant) and a RF-9 Photo Cougar.

Yup. The wing on the left of the image is to the former, the camera-equipped aircraft is the latter. [&o]

[AW1Steve]

An S-3B ? Maybe an S-2? [&:]

[Chickenboy]

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I'll guess it's the Nimitz (cvn-68). Also based there are Regan (cvn-76) and Vinson (cvn-70).

Hey Steve-o. Check out post 17. Pretty sure the one with the superstructure scaffolding is the Carl Vinson (CVN-70).

[AW1Steve]

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I'll guess it's the Nimitz (cvn-68). Also based there are Regan (cvn-76) and Vinson (cvn-70).

Hey Steve-o. Check out post 17. Pretty sure the one with the superstructure scaffolding is the Carl Vinson (CVN-70).

Vinson just finished a long overhaul at Bremmerton. I wouldn't think it would another so soon. [:)]

[Chickenboy]

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A little present for Alfa. In what?

S-3 Viking. Great multi-role aircraft. [&o]

[AW1Steve]

B- model. Excellent plane and fun! A pretty good sub hunter too.

[Chickenboy]

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B- model. Excellent plane and fun! A pretty good sub hunter too.

Sonobouy dispenser on the ventrum? I confess that I didn't look. [:(]

[Chickenboy]

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B- model. Excellent plane and fun! A pretty good sub hunter too.

Isn't this the one that you got pulled out of at the last minute by the ****ing flight officer?

[AW1Steve]

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B- model. Excellent plane and fun! A pretty good sub hunter too.

Isn't this the one that you got pulled out of at the last minute by the ****ing flight officer?

Imagine the nerve. He actually demanded to see my "ejector seat card". [:D] One of my best friends (I'd been his "sea-daddy" in P-3's) transferred to S-3's and was constantly trying to get me a ride. Never succeeded. [:(]

[Chickenboy]

Last one for the day...guesses?

[geofflambert]

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Went to google earth to check out the location. Two carriers tied up across the bay from the Midway I could make out 76 on one and it looked like 80 on the other but I don't think we have built her yet. The fun part is when I zoomed in to see her number better, she disappeared! The pic was replaced with one showing the piers empty.

Uh Oh, must've gone back in time to fight Pearl Harbor again. [:D]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Last one for the day...guesses?

RA-5 Vigalante. I belive it's a RA-5C model.

[Chickenboy]

A crowd pleaser...