A Winnebego and an A-4??
03-11-2008, 03:23 PM
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It kinda looked like an F4 to me. The jet on final to 23R appears to be an F18, as is the jet on 23L.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...05021&t=h&z=18
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...05021&t=h&z=18
03-11-2008, 04:24 PM
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It kinda looked like an F4 to me. The jet on final to 23R appears to be an F18, as is the jet on 23L.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...05021&t=h&z=18
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...05021&t=h&z=18
I think you are correct. The aircraft on final and on the left active do appear to be 'bugs'. Is that a -16 holding short of the left side?
03-11-2008, 04:34 PM
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Looking at the ramp....you can tell where the tomcats have parked!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...=16&iwloc=addr
03-11-2008, 05:54 PM
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Navy Oceana? And F-18s
Gents:
Look closer:
This is one of the Navy Fields at Norfolk--either Oceana or Apollo Soucek. I was at NAS Norfolk last week, and it isn't this runway configuration. Pan down to the main ramp, and you'll see scads of F-18s. In the flare, on the right runway, is a grey F-18. Taxiing or landing on a parallel is a brown camoflauge Aggressor (or "Gomer") Hornet.
The jet holding short is also a Hornet.
The jet in the junkyard appears to be an A-6 with the wings yanked. A-6s often get used as "Battle-Damage Repair" airplanes. IE, they punch holes in them, sheet metal guys make crude patches, fire department uses it for training, etc. Since the A-6E went away in the 1992-1994 time frame, it is plausible--of course, who knows how old this pic is?
Don't think they are Winnebagos; I think they are CONEX shipping containers.
Look closer:
This is one of the Navy Fields at Norfolk--either Oceana or Apollo Soucek. I was at NAS Norfolk last week, and it isn't this runway configuration. Pan down to the main ramp, and you'll see scads of F-18s. In the flare, on the right runway, is a grey F-18. Taxiing or landing on a parallel is a brown camoflauge Aggressor (or "Gomer") Hornet.
The jet holding short is also a Hornet.
The jet in the junkyard appears to be an A-6 with the wings yanked. A-6s often get used as "Battle-Damage Repair" airplanes. IE, they punch holes in them, sheet metal guys make crude patches, fire department uses it for training, etc. Since the A-6E went away in the 1992-1994 time frame, it is plausible--of course, who knows how old this pic is?
Don't think they are Winnebagos; I think they are CONEX shipping containers.
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