Heavy Metal
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70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
I've put this up before in another thread ages ago.
I'm on there and since she is at restricted manuvering (while refueling/unrep), I'm in the engine room. About midships behind the Mac/lined up with captains gig (one of the launches) right about the waterline and below.
I'm on there and since she is at restricted manuvering (while refueling/unrep), I'm in the engine room. About midships behind the Mac/lined up with captains gig (one of the launches) right about the waterline and below.
Those that have never experienced an UnRep have missed something. We got to send PacFlt across on a highline transfer, one ballsy dude.
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
I have never seen it topside in real life I was always on watch in Engine Room. As long as I could remember I was always had a restricted manuvering watch station. Most of the time on throttles. As you know, for the benefit of others the smaller ship has to match speed of larger, which is one or two shaft rpm ups and downs, constant changing.
Yeah, I did that in the early days but stuck around long enough to get topside for a few later.
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
The Handley Page Victor. Never seen it in my life before today.
source: Handley Page Victor - Wikipedia
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Niimitz in drydock -- never seen this look before.
Awe-Inspiring Images From Underneath A Well-Worn USS Nimitz, The Navy's Oldest Carrier
Awe-Inspiring Images From Underneath A Well-Worn USS Nimitz, The Navy's Oldest Carrier
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Drydock was my worst time in the Navy.
Parking sucked.
Berthing sucked.
Sleeping on the ship sucked.
All the steps to get to the top of the floating drydock we were in sucked.
Run large air hoses, fire hoses and electric cables all though your house with major repairs going on 24 hours a day and you will have a taste.
I was never so happy to get back in the water and underway.
Parking sucked.
Berthing sucked.
Sleeping on the ship sucked.
All the steps to get to the top of the floating drydock we were in sucked.
Run large air hoses, fire hoses and electric cables all though your house with major repairs going on 24 hours a day and you will have a taste.
I was never so happy to get back in the water and underway.
Old Mike
Well-Known Member
Has to be ranked as one of the ugliest planes ever. There’s no mistaking what it was built to do. That’s what makes it so cool.
If you want to see one, there's a B-36 at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA.
No. That's a B-17G.
That's an old one. Either a D or E. F and G had different windows to the left and right of the Bombardier. This one also has the early top-turret, not the Sperry.
3175375
Senior Member
And at the Pima Air Museum in AZ.
If ever you are in Central California, and you like aircraft, especially military aircraft, the Castle Museum is worth the stop! I mentioned they have a B-36, they also have a B-29 and a B-50 next to each other, as well as a 17, 24, 25, and others. Lots of fighters and a few Canadian birds too!
Welcome to Castle Air Museum
Welcome to Castle Air Museum
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
16inch Battery Townsley Gun being transported, 1939.
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
