Ok, this occurred in the Spring of 1990, but a retired family friend just ran across the picture. It's one of those 'sea stories' that wouldn't be believed unless ya saw the 'poof'!
So I'm sharing with my FReepr Mil and Av buds:
To: Aeronaut
Once-in-a-lifetime-flyby pic AVList *ping*
Thks - ~GCR~
2 posted on
07/06/2006 8:00:43 PM PDT by
GoldCountryRedneck
("The Clintons... are the hemorrhoids on the body politic." <- FReeper firehat)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
Just Wow! Thanks for the post!
3 posted on
07/06/2006 8:02:32 PM PDT by
JennysCool
(Roll out the Canarble Wagon!)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
4 posted on
07/06/2006 8:02:42 PM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
To: GoldCountryRedneck
No offense, but it doesn't look real. The BUFF looks way too low and the size doesn't seem proportional. Anyone else?
6 posted on
07/06/2006 8:06:44 PM PDT by
TankerKC
(¿José puede usted ver?)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
No way!
That is one nutso pilot putting his crew in danger like that.
7 posted on
07/06/2006 8:12:36 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi --- Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
WOW!
Thanks for sharing the pic & the story.
11 posted on
07/06/2006 8:28:19 PM PDT by
Khurkris
(Things look different from over here.)
To: Peanut Gallery; alfa6; Iris7; SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; Valin; CholeraJoe; Darksheare; Samwise
To: GoldCountryRedneck; potlatch; ntnychik; Smartass; Boazo; Alamo-Girl; PhilDragoo; ...
14 posted on
07/06/2006 8:32:11 PM PDT by
bitt
(NY Times to New York: Drop Dead!)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
Impressive. Thanks. I bet it was awesome in person.
Do the onboard Navy photographers mates have any official shots?
15 posted on
07/06/2006 8:32:31 PM PDT by
Quix
(PRAY AND WORK WHILE THERE'S DAY! Many very dark nights are looming. Thankfully, God is still God!)
To: GoldCountryRedneck; Paleo Conservative; Dashing Dasher; phantomworker; najida; Millee; ...
B-52, someone over 50 you can trust PING!!
16 posted on
07/06/2006 8:41:16 PM PDT by
JRios1968
(There's 3 kinds of people in this world...those who know math and those who don't.)
To: alfa6
Alfa, you might want to see this.
23 posted on
07/06/2006 9:43:10 PM PDT by
barker
To: GoldCountryRedneck
IIRC, the "orange" country in that exercise was a stand-in for Iraq, wasn't it?
27 posted on
07/06/2006 9:51:36 PM PDT by
Mr. Silverback
(Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof - Lev. XXV, v. X)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
29 posted on
07/06/2006 10:05:38 PM PDT by
JRios1968
(There's 3 kinds of people in this world...those who know math and those who don't.)
To: GoldCountryRedneck; Valin
And that plane is 20 years older than its pilot. Boeing - gotta love 'em.
36 posted on
07/07/2006 4:11:57 AM PDT by
CholeraJoe
("Jack Bauer" is Arabic for "I'm f*cked.")
To: GoldCountryRedneck; Professional Engineer
As the kids would say, "Way cool!"
37 posted on
07/07/2006 4:27:32 AM PDT by
Samwise
(All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
No downwash wake behind the BUFF?!
52 posted on
07/07/2006 8:49:54 AM PDT by
balrog666
(There is no freedom like knowledge, no slavery like ignorance. - Ali ibn Ali-Talib)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
The picture makes it look like the BUFF was shot of the slanted part of the deck and the catapult didn't have enough umph to fling it aloft. As a result, the BUFF is going into the drink.
Neat picture though. Two fine examples of US power projectors.
71 posted on
07/08/2006 8:44:47 AM PDT by
NCC-1701
(RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
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