flyboy208 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 A flight today from NAWS China Lake to NAS Fallon flying The payware FSX RAZBAM A-7 trainer variant. Enjoy ! Mike [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Great shots of a great old bird! We used to those things Great Whites, 'cause they seem to have a habit of eating people. Mostly on the Flight Deck of the carriers, but they like to munch on folks ashore too, it seems. I just stayed the heck away from them. Scared me no end. I was constantly looking for anything I could throw down the intake if one started to eat me. Chocks, chains, fire extinguishers, bosun's mates, anythng useless...:D Thanks for a great post! 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...
scottb613 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 HI Mike, Yeah - that is one chunky workhorse - looks great in you pix - be interested to see how RazBam makes out in DCS - where every plane is a "study sim"... I've got a bunch of hours in the DCS F86 - and it's a hoot... That paint is much darker than I recall seeing in real life - but looks oh so good... I remember seeing a video of a guy getting sucked into a jet intake - think it was an A-6 or EA-6B - guy was extremely lucky - ripped his helmet off but he was pulled out before hitting the blades... Go Navy ! Regards, Scott Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annber Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Another Corsair, and a great one as well. Excellent pictures of it and awesome paint.:pilot: ANNBER https://www.facebook.com/Photosim-Labs-133663917277630/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeandpatty Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 "AD" tail code - VA-174 Replacement Squadron "RAG" at NAS Cecil in my day. The A-7E was radically different from it's A-7A/B predecessors on the inside because it had a new type INS and integrated weapon system that turned out to be very good. Earlier INs in Navy planes like the A-6 and RA-5 were old designs and often failed in flight, needing the crew to revert to old-time nav methods. A division of A-7s coming into the break in echelon would frequently result in comments like "here come the rubber duckies" because they were kinda short, fat and bobbled around a little while holding position. However, it was a fine airplane for it's time. The incident in question was a cat hookup/runup incident of an A-6, when either a cat crew or squadron maintenance person made a wrong turn at the wrong time. Luckily the engine mounting shaft bullet fairing and shape inside the nacelle kept him from getting to the compressor face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Great ones Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 When I was stationed at the Navy Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, I used to watch the A-7s practice bombing runs with live ammo not far from NAS Oceana back in the day. :D I don't think that would be doable in todays world. :D Anyway, great shots of the old girl Mike!! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy208 Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 Thanks very much Gentlemen ! The only A-7's i encountered while in the Navy were at NAS Point Mugu, attached to VAQ-34. Have heard a few sea stories about scary stuff on the flight deck with them. I served in Hornet Squadrons and alot of my Shipmates preferred the A-7. Mike [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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