popsjumper 2 #26 November 30, 2012 QuoteN69 and the CVN70. I wonder how many civilians have done that. Now, THAT is super cool. (green with envy)My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #27 November 30, 2012 QuoteI bunked below the catapults on each of the carriers. Noisy! very dark too - like a metal tomb....... that is a REALLY old picture - right after the last refueling.... ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #28 November 30, 2012 QuoteI don't understand why it can't be a museum. They can take out the fuel out for servicing the reactors. I can't imagine the reactors are needed elsewhere after they are decommissioned. In order to remove the reactors they have to dismantle so much of the ship's structure that there is no way to put it back together. There is a possible plan to save the island superstructure as a museum piece.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #29 November 30, 2012 Quote Quote I bunked below the catapults on each of the carriers. Noisy! very dark too - like a metal tomb....... that is a REALLY old picture - right after the last refueling.... ------------------------------------------------------------ Damn bringing back memories when I was a denizen of the metal tomb You can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #30 November 30, 2012 another pic from the deckYou can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #31 November 30, 2012 You gotta stop putting up pictures of your son. Did you get to watch the boots launching when retuning to port? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IMGR2 0 #32 December 1, 2012 Wow, I remember doing a West Pac on the Enterprise back in the 80's. I was an avionics tech on C-2's and had the opportunity to spend time on the flightdeck of many west coast carriers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #33 December 1, 2012 QuoteThe current Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Tim Wooldridge Jr, was the Captain of the Enterprise around 2002. I have breakfast with his dad who was the XO on the Forrestal just after the fire whenever I am in Annapolis visiting my dad. These men are class personified. I know I am a shameless name dropper but these guys are dropping like flies and I feel hugely privileged to be able to sit in their shadows just to listen. 22 years young and flying the Spitfire, Dauntless, Corsair, etc. Man, the stories! jon I stand corrected... The current Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is Jim Winnnefeld, Jr. who was Captain of the Enterprise 2000-2002. His dad is also a brilliant and charming man with a stellar Navy career who I am privileged to know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 197 #34 December 1, 2012 Quoteanother pic from the deck Nice ThudPlease don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #35 December 1, 2012 I saw a headline banner the other day to the effect "Shatner abandons bid to have Enterprise retired." Anyone know anything about this? I presume he wanted the name to be retired not the ship which of course is being retired with or without the input of a foreign actor. I really don't know why he would want the name retired. As a Star Trek fan I hope the US Navy commissions a new Enterprise very soon. The navy should always have an Enterprise until the the day the interstellar fleet has one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #36 December 1, 2012 Quote Quote another pic from the deck Nice Thud Not a Thud (F-105, which weren't carrier capable) but a MD Phantom F-4, probably the most capable plane of that era. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 197 #37 December 1, 2012 Quote Quote Quote another pic from the deck Nice Thud Not a Thud (F-105, which weren't carrier capable) but a MD Phantom F-4, probably the most capable plane of that era. I stand corrected.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #38 December 1, 2012 As a kid I was lucky enough to have a dad that was the shop supervisor and Sr. Chief Master Sargent....who arranged for me to get a backseat ride in one. Wow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrettTaylor 0 #39 December 1, 2012 The original Enterprise! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Enterprise_(1705) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1888 0 #40 December 1, 2012 I spent a couple of months on the Enterprise as Plane Captain in a Marine Air Squadron of A-4D's.during the Cuban missle crisis. Being on the flight deck during flight operations is an experience everyone should have, but not everyone would like. Only thing possibly scarier would be landing on one at night. Those pilots have big balls. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,625 #41 December 1, 2012 QuoteI spent a couple of months on the Enterprise as Plane Captain in a Marine Air Squadron of A-4D's.during the Cuban missle crisis. Being on the flight deck during flight operations is an experience everyone should have, but not everyone would like. Only thing possibly scarier would be landing on one at night. Those pilots have big balls. Here are some pics I took on my visit to the Carl Vinson, from the flight deck and Vultures' Row.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #42 December 3, 2012 QuoteThose pilots have big balls. nonsense - genetically, they'd have to be tiny. Easier for them to retract and hide during landings. also, jet cockpits are very confining, so also for comfort ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #43 December 3, 2012 Quote Quote Quote another pic from the deck Nice Thud Not a Thud (F-105, which weren't carrier capable) but a MD Phantom F-4, probably the most capable plane of that era. F4J to be exact pretty bad ass plane. When I finished my tour they were switching to F-14's around 1981You can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
