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Storied carrier, 'the Big E,' makes final voyage
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| 3/10/12
| BROCK VERGAKIS
Posted on 03/10/2012 3:53:50 PM PST by DemforBush
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To: Taxman
I'll keep digging...
The other obvious problem with USAF bombers on a carrier is lack of folding wings, and inability to take them below..
Sounds like they just wanted to see if it could be done..and then forgot about it..
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posted on
03/14/2012 7:10:08 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(The ONLY reason to support Mitt: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will appear at the WH each Christmas)
To: Taxman
I have NO idea why I’m having trouble posting li nks from YouTube..but just came across another gem..It’s a 7 minute vid of the A-5 Vigilante..doing carrier take offs and landings..we were discussing the Viggie a few days ago..just type “A-5 Vigilante” rare videos in YouTube search..
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posted on
03/14/2012 7:31:43 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(The ONLY reason to support Mitt: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will appear at the WH each Christmas)
To: ken5050
Thanks for the headzup, Ken. I’ll checkem out.
Because the it was launched full afterburner, a night Vigi launch was a thing of beauty and a joy to behold!
I really don’t know why it was more spectacular than a night launch of the F-4, which also launched in full burner, but it was.
One other nifty “thing” the Vigi could do was called “dump burn.” The Vigi fuel dump mast was between the engines, so the pilot could dump fuel and then light it with the afterburners. THAT was a spectacular sight, especially at night!
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posted on
03/15/2012 8:43:04 AM PDT
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
To: ken5050
I just do not know. Keep trying.
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posted on
03/15/2012 8:44:26 AM PDT
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
To: I cannot think of a name
I’m amazed that some sea coast city doesn’t want it as a tourist attraction? The reactors would present an issue. Even after they're pulled out, somebody will be worried about residual radiation.
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posted on
03/15/2012 8:50:48 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
To: PapaBear3625; I cannot think of a name
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posted on
03/15/2012 8:24:16 PM PDT
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
To: Osage Orange
I don't like to use the word "never"......but plenty of the left...will never stop crowing, swooning, thrilling, loving on/about Obama. H.S. kids will be reading glowing accounts of this donkey...for years into the future. To mock Obama is to mock the Left itself. They will never tolerate it as long as they have power.
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posted on
03/16/2012 5:15:59 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
To: PapaBear3625
Then, it is up to us to take them out of power, and keep them out of power.
If we do not; if we fail, I fear for our Republic.
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posted on
03/16/2012 1:13:38 PM PDT
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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