Bridges, Fog, Rainbows, Contrails, etc.
07-09-2006, 07:24 AM
#51
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Some photos for the OLD timers.Take a look at this … and try not to get emotional.
When the music begins, remember to scroll down to see the photo slide show.
http://www.airlineempires.net/[email protected]
When the music begins, remember to scroll down to see the photo slide show.
http://www.airlineempires.net/[email protected]
07-09-2006, 09:42 AM
#52
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Originally Posted by joel payne
Some photos for the OLD timers.Take a look at this … and try not to get emotional.
When the music begins, remember to scroll down to see the photo slide show.
http://www.airlineempires.net/[email protected]
When the music begins, remember to scroll down to see the photo slide show.
http://www.airlineempires.net/[email protected]
Wow Joel, that was like a walk down memory lane! I bet you boys miss those flight attendants from the good ole days!...
07-13-2006, 07:14 PM
#54
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Originally Posted by contrails
The sun moved behind a smoke cloud produced by a wildfire southwest of Modesto, California. All of the clouds in the sky are actually smoke clouds.
Dang Contrails, as a former Central Valley resident, all I can say is, "If it's not tule fog, it's a damn grass fire!"....beautiful shot though...
07-13-2006, 08:08 PM
#55
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Skygirl; Always made it a point to walk by the PSA "stew" lounge on the way to DAL operations after our LAX layovers. After ogling for awhile, the usual comment was "Bet they're all flap and no throttle". Didn't stop us from doing the same thing next time.
07-14-2006, 08:02 AM
#56
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Pics from the "old" days.In October 1965, CDR Clarence J. Stoddard, Executive Officer of VA-25 "Fist of the Fleet", flying an A-1H Skyraider, NE/572 "Paper Tiger II" from Carrier Air Wing Two aboard USS Midway carried a special bomb to the North Vietnamese in commemoration of the 6-millionth pound of ordnance dropped. This bomb was unique because of the type... it was a toilet!
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The follo! wing is an account of this event, courtesy of Clint Johnson, Captain, USNR Ret. Captain Johnson was one of the two VA-25 A-1 Skyraider pilots credited with shooting down a MiG-17 on June 20, 1965.
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----I was a pilot in VA-25 on the 1965 Vietnam cruise.
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572 was flown by CDR C. W. "Bill" Stoddard. His wingman in 577 (which was my assigned airplane) was LCDR Robin Bacon, who had a wing station mounted movie camera (the only one remaining in the fleet from WWII).
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The flight was a Dixie Station strike (South Vietnam) going to the Delta. When they arrived in the target area and CDR Stoddard was reading the ordnance list to the FAC, he ended with "and one code name Sani-flush". The FAC couldn't believe it and joined up to see it. It was dropped in a dive with LCDR Bacon flying tight wing
position to film the drop. When it came off, it turned hole to the wind and almost struck his airplane. It made a great ready room movie. The FAC said that it whistled all the way down.
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The toilet was a damaged toilet, which was going to be thrown overboard. One of our plane captains rescued it and the ordnance crew made a rack, tailfins and nose fuse for it. Our checkers maintained a position to block the view of the air boss and the Captain while the aircraft was taxiing forward. Just as it was being shot off we got a 1MC message from the bridge, "What the hell was on 572's right wing?" There were a lot of jokes with air intelligence about germ warfare. I wish that we had saved the movie film. CDR Stoddard was later killed while flying 572 in Oct 1966. He was hit by three SAMs over Vinh.----
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Hope they come through.
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The follo! wing is an account of this event, courtesy of Clint Johnson, Captain, USNR Ret. Captain Johnson was one of the two VA-25 A-1 Skyraider pilots credited with shooting down a MiG-17 on June 20, 1965.
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----I was a pilot in VA-25 on the 1965 Vietnam cruise.
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572 was flown by CDR C. W. "Bill" Stoddard. His wingman in 577 (which was my assigned airplane) was LCDR Robin Bacon, who had a wing station mounted movie camera (the only one remaining in the fleet from WWII).
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The flight was a Dixie Station strike (South Vietnam) going to the Delta. When they arrived in the target area and CDR Stoddard was reading the ordnance list to the FAC, he ended with "and one code name Sani-flush". The FAC couldn't believe it and joined up to see it. It was dropped in a dive with LCDR Bacon flying tight wing
position to film the drop. When it came off, it turned hole to the wind and almost struck his airplane. It made a great ready room movie. The FAC said that it whistled all the way down.
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The toilet was a damaged toilet, which was going to be thrown overboard. One of our plane captains rescued it and the ordnance crew made a rack, tailfins and nose fuse for it. Our checkers maintained a position to block the view of the air boss and the Captain while the aircraft was taxiing forward. Just as it was being shot off we got a 1MC message from the bridge, "What the hell was on 572's right wing?" There were a lot of jokes with air intelligence about germ warfare. I wish that we had saved the movie film. CDR Stoddard was later killed while flying 572 in Oct 1966. He was hit by three SAMs over Vinh.----
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Hope they come through.
07-14-2006, 09:00 AM
#57
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Originally Posted by joel payne
Skygirl; Always made it a point to walk by the PSA "stew" lounge on the way to DAL operations after our LAX layovers. After ogling for awhile, the usual comment was "Bet they're all flap and no throttle". Didn't stop us from doing the same thing next time.
Joel, one of my clients is a retired PAN AM flight attendant. She's 75 now and was flying during those glory days. I'm sure she was quite the looker in her day. She married a rich guy that she met on one of her flights and stopped flying, but man does she have some stories to tell!...LOL...especially about some of you pilots! She's a hoot!
07-14-2006, 09:50 AM
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Tried again using copy&paste. No Luck! Pictures showed toilet mounted under wing next to some bombs. Also had an email from someone else who flew Spads in Viet nam. His squadron dropped a kitchen sink. HEADS UP !!
07-14-2006, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by joel payne
Tried again using copy&paste. No Luck! Pictures showed toilet mounted under wing next to some bombs. Also had an email from someone else who flew Spads in Viet nam. His squadron dropped a kitchen sink. HEADS UP !!
Man, that is funny! Sounds like something that should be on Letterman's show. I like the toilet dropping better though. I'm sure it sums up a Vet's feeling about Nam.
Maybe Paul or John could help with the photos? I want to see these pictures!
