Wow Hump as always!!!!!!! what an amazing set of pictures!!! mate I back in town, feet dry!!! as soon as I can I will post pictures. Congrats for reaching page 250, you did it!!!
now our goal its to reach the 300 page!!!
See you around, lets keep moving with more pictures!!!!
Superb pictures Hump!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot mate!
I will contribute with two posts with random pics..
These two pics below should belong to the tribute I did for the Imperial Japanese aircraft carriers when I started in page 198
And the future? Who knows..
And my last one..
and USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
Last edited by D-Mitch; 01-19-2011 at 08:52 AM.
AJ-1/2 Savage
Settling easily on the deck of the USS Coral Sea (CV-43), the Navy North American Aviation AJ-1 large attack bomber is the heaviest airplane ever to land on a carrier. Navy pilots from Composite Squadron Five (VC-5) in Aug 1950 completed landings and take offs with AJ-1's in carrier operations off the Atlantic Coast. Each weighing over seventeen (17) tons, the AJ-1's are powered by one jet and two piston engines, and have a top speed of over 350 miles an hour. The AJ-1 Savage with two turning and one burning was the only carrier based aircraft capable of delivering nuclear warheads. This VC-5 aircraft piloted by LCDR Don Runyon is shown during carrier qualifications on USS Coral Sea. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
An AJ-2 Savage leaves the flight deck of the USS Saratoga (CVA-60) from a free deck launch. The plane is from Heavy Attack Squadron Eleven (VAH-11) which was redesignated from Composite Squadron Eight (VC-8) on 1Nov 1955. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
First landing made by an AJ-1 Savage on board the USS Saratoga (CVA-60) piloted by CDR J. J. EManski Jr., Heavy Atack Squadron Eleven (VAH-11) stationed at Naval Auxiallary Air Station (NAAS) Sanford, FL. The squadron was redesignated from Composite Squaron Eight (VC-8) on 1 Nov 1955. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
1956 - Tailhooks from an AJ-1 Savage are shown. One of the tailhooks has been damaged from a crash aboard the USS Coral Sea.
Aboard USS Midway (CV-41) with Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. North American AJ-2 Savage from Composite Squadron Seven (VC-7) , Navy's most powerful carrier aircraft of its day, is launched from USS Midway during NATO operation Shield One. The huge bomber tested aerial defenses of major Mediterranean coastal cities. McDonnell F2H-3 twin-jet Panshee from Fighter Squadron Thirty-One (VF-31) awaits launch from starboard catapult. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
McDonnell F2H-4 of Carrier Group Ten (CVG-10), Fighter Squadron Eleven (VF-11), being refueled by a North American AJ-2 Savage of Composite Squadron Eight (VC-8), redesignated Heavy Attack Squadron Eleven (VAH-11) 1 Nov 1955. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
1950 - An AJ-1 Savage of Composite Squadron (VC) 5 pictured on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43). On April 21, 1950, Captain John T. Hayward demonstrated the shipboard capabilities of the AJ-1, the first naval aircaft designed specifically to deliver atomic weapons, by successfully launching from Coral Sea. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
1950 - An AJ-1 Savage of Composite Squadron (VC) 5 launches from the deck of the aircraft carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43), which on April 21, 1950, was the scene of the first successful carrier launch of the airplane. The AJ-1 was the first Navy plane designed specifically to deliver nuclear weapons. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
circa 1954 - View of the carrier Coral Sea (CVA 43) underway in the Mediterranean with AJ Savage heavy attack aircraft visible on the aft part of the flight deck. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
AJ of Heavy Attack Squadron Six (VAH-6) landing on the deck of CV-20 (USS Bennington). Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
AJ-2 of Heavy Attack Squadron Six (VAH-6) and AD of Composite Squadron Thirty-Five (VC-35) on the deck of CVA-10 (USS Yorktown). Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
AJ-1 of North American Aviation (NAA). Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.
Superbe pics !
Somes from agapanthe 2010 mission :
Nice posts Max and vWarWolfv!!!Waiting for more pics!
From Todays
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 17, 2011) The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) leads the ships of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group, the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), the guided-missile destroyers USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), USS Barry (DDG 52) and USS Mason (DDG 87) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Embarked aboard Enterprise are the eight squadrons of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anna Wade/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 17, 2011) The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transits the Atlantic Ocean while deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anna Wade/Released)
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EAST CHINA SEA (Jan. 14, 2011) The guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) transits behind the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), center, Republic of Korea Destroyer Daejoyung, and the Republic of Korea navy destroyers ROKS Dae Jo Yeong (DDG 977) and ROKS Kwangyaeto Dae Wang (DDH 971). Bunker Hill and Carrier Strike Group 1 are on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Shelley/Released)
Charles Lindbergh aboard a British aircraft carrier in 1931, pics by spatzthecat
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...arrier-in-1931
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9wVD...eature=related
Last edited by D-Mitch; 01-21-2011 at 07:54 PM.
Russian aircraft carrier Kuznetsov, new added pics on russianplanes.net (photos from 2009)
Hi guys, RAY in Canada is back....first and other pages are loaded with pics but why the little boxes witn ? marks in them...do I have to click on something to get these to open up and load.....anyone?
THEY look okay I can understand the need for change, but now that negates the beautifull and collectable navy blue ballcaps with gold ship letter named on the front....caps that i have a few hundred now and make wonderfull collectors items. Now you can walk down Norfolk streets and piers look at a sailor and never know what ship they are attached to , it was always nice to see that. Disappointed, but thats life.
hey chaps, again, all these carrier captions , WWI stuff I would love to see, but there are blue boxes with ? marks going on. I have logged in and all, somethig else I gotta do to get these pic files to open up??
Gday Sierra Hotel, I'm not sure what you mean mate, the pictures look fine to me. Are you talking about this current page or are you talking about an earlier page??
Hump
Brilliant thread!!! Well done to all of you, especially to Hump. I'll need to contribute properly soon and without reposts.
Thanx and keep up the good posting everyone!!!
Kuznetsov and Kiev class aircraft carriers, pics posted recently by Konst on Russian Photos thread.
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