BillD22 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 In this series we return to those thrilling days of yesteryear and the USS Midway steaming off the coast of Pensacola Florida to finish up our initial carrier landing qualification flight in the T-28C in scenes from sometime in the mid 60s [click on the images for a full screen view] After a section flyover down the flightdeck we peel off from our wingman for a left downwind On the base leg about to turn final. Check gear, flaps, and hook down Lining up on the angle deck. This is it - "the big one" (no pressure - but don't screw up!!! :D:D:D) In the groove On deck. The sign sez we caught the #1 wire - definitely not the best but we got on the boat on the first try and didn't break the airplane so hopefully the LSO will cut us some slack and give us an "OK" Time to raise the hook and taxi forward to clear the deck. We have a couple of more launch and recoveries in front of us today before heading back to the beach and a well deserved round (or 2) at the "O" club bar. With any luck maybe Kelly McGillis will be there waiting for us to break into a chorus of "You've lost that luvin' feeling" :D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Another great set of pics! Just as good as the first set :D Thanks for TWO great posts. Sorry I kinda went off-track on the first post, going on about AICarriers... Pat☺ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Had a thought...then there was the smell of something burning, and sparks, and then a big fire, and then the lights went out! I guess I better not do that again! Sgt, USMC, 10 years proud service, Inactive reserve now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornetdriver25 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Another fantastic set Bill, I like both these posts! :cool: System specs: AMD FTX 6300 six core processor 3.5 GHz, Video card Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Ti 2 GB on board, Windows 8.1 64 bit and 1 TB on hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf2 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 nice trap bill, enjoyed part one as well! Phil Colvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Great job Bill, plane and carrier still in one piece! :eek::eek::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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