Aircraft pics

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ok Bill what are these pups here that insisted on buzzing the tower?

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ooooooooohh Noooooooooo

not the Admirals vintage Falcon !!!

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ooooooooohh Noooooooooo

not the Admirals vintage Falcon !!!




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Chris,

Is this for real, or a Photoshop special?

I'd like to do that to my ex-mother-in-laws car ( with her inside )

Steve

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ooooooooohh Noooooooooo

not the Admirals vintage Falcon !!!




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Chris,

Is this for real, or a Photoshop special?

I'd like to do that to my ex-mother-in-laws car ( with her inside )

Steve

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this is real, as you would not have those unprotected personal on the flight deck during normal ops.

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Chris,

Do you know the purpose for this demonstration? Just Ford
haters, or something more to it? I can't imaging the USN
taking a car on a carrier for this purpose unless it was
for a photo op or something.

Steve

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Steve, Ive seen this photo several times over the years with different phrases attached. I am searching the web now for the real story. I believe it may have been a burial at sea, some Sailor who went down in his car in ashes maybe.
I'll find out. That is the USS Enterprise.

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this is what I was supposed to looking for and photographing.

USSR Russian Destroyer, Kashin Class

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Chris,

Do you know the purpose for this demonstration? Just Ford
haters, or something more to it? I can't imaging the USN
taking a car on a carrier for this purpose unless it was
for a photo op or something.

Steve

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I told you I would find the truth, here are three cloudy memories and photo evidence !!

I was there for that launch. From my vantage point on the front of the waist cat, I took a full series of photos, from preparation, to traveling down the catapult, to the short air flight and water impact. It was a Ford Falcon that the Enterprise Weapons Department used to drive around Olongapo. In 1978 as the ship was leaving the PI to return to the States for an extended overhaul. The vehicle was no longer needed and was given a "burial at sea".
Posted by Rick in MI

This photo is not from a TV show. It's not doctored. It really happened. It's not a "test". The US Navy may not do this any more, but they certainly did it that day!
I was stationed on the ship, and I was there on the flight deck. I took photos. The ship was the USS Enterprise, and we were leaving Subic Bay for the last time before an extended yard period. It was in late 1978.
It was a Dodge.
Posted by I was there in West Michigan'

"I was on the Cat crew that shot it. It was a '67 Plymouth Valiant. This picture is taken from the cruise book for the Enterprise WETPAC '78 cruise. I'm in a second picture in the book. The stories above are correct. It was the parts car for Heavy - 1, the Vigilante squadran. And they were being decomisioned upon return to CONUS. It was a POS so none of the other squadrans would buy it. This idea was thought up where all good ideas are thought up - in the Subic Bay O club. When this pic came out with the terrorist quote, I was able to hook up on line with the then LTJG who thought it up and sold it to the Big E skipper, after everone else in the chain of comand said no. The Skipper said do it! What Balls.
Posted by Curt in Florida

"In spite of all the "I was there" info on the type of car, none of the above is totallt correct. It was a 1963 Plymouth Savoy, as identifiable from this pic:
http://members.cox.net/dragnd/plymouth01.jpg

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Do you know the purpose for this demonstration? Just Ford haters, or something more to it?

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The Ford Fairlane ('64, to be exact) car-launch above was probably for morale purposes but it's been done many times before. I have a late-50s photo from Hot Rod showing the Navy catapulting a late-40s Mopar convertible off of a carrier during a post-overhaul cruise. Let me see if I can find it in Photobucket.

Looking....

Found them!



Adios Mopower!!! (They never do this to Chevys....)

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Do you know the purpose for this demonstration? Just Ford haters, or something more to it?

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The Ford Fairlane ('64, to be exact) car-launch above was probably ..........."

was probably a 63 plymouth savoy, right?
That's what I thought you said!