OT: RVs and Aircraft Carriers - Page 2

flybill7 · #11 03-13-2012, 07:09 AM

Here is a link to an online petition to name the Aircraft Carrier CVN-80 to USS Enterprise.

Link

The US Navy should always have an aircraft carrier named Enterprise!

NavyS3BNFO · #12 03-13-2012, 07:27 AM

Did a six month Med cruise on the Big E. Good times - and not so great ones too! I just happen to be in Norfolk a couple weekends ago and saw her at the pier before she left. I have to admit, I got a bit nostalgic.

All said, it's sad to see such a great warship sail off into the sunset. There's nothing greater than a living, breathing aircraft carrier doing flight ops.

yooper · #13 03-13-2012, 07:37 AM

Last I checked, there were a couple of decommissioned carriers docked in Newport. With the wind blowing the right direction . . .

dwpetrus · #14 03-13-2012, 07:58 AM

My youngest son, Jordan is on that ship right now serving in the Reactor dept.. I spent 3 days at sea on the ship this past summer as they were returning from their last deployement (Tiger Cruise for family). The living conditions on that thing are very hard. During our stay on the ship we got to go on deck for flight operations and saw an airshow and a supersonic low altitude F18 pass. I was standing 25 ft. from the flight line as they launched and recovered F18's. The most impressive sight was returning to Norfolk for the welcome home ceremony. When we rounded the bend into the pier with all the sailors "manning the rails" in their dress whites and 20,000 family members are shouting at the top of their lungs from the dock as "God Bless the USA" plays over the speakers on the pier was unbelievable and would bring tears to your eyes.

Wayne Petrus
RV8

bkilby · #15 03-13-2012, 08:22 AM

There is a video somewhere (on youtube I guess) of one of the famous Redbull pilots taking off of a carrier with smoke on.. it's pretty cool.. If I remember correctly, he gets off in about 2 seconds..

Tandem46 · #16 03-13-2012, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by yooper

Last I checked, there were a couple of decommissioned carriers docked in Newport. With the wind blowing the right direction . . .

Yes, the USS Forrestal (CV-59) and USS Saratoga (CV-60) were both in Newport RI, last time I was there. One is supposedly going to become a museum and one an artificial reef, can't remember which one though.

Jaypratt · #17 03-13-2012, 08:36 AM

I got to fly very close to one of our Aircraft Carriers while on base to final for FLL, Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. I could have landed on it easy? It was lined up with my base leg. It was at anchor. No airplanes
were on the deck. Approach or Tower, did not mention it. I was flying my P35 Bonanza around 1993, pre 2001.Looked like it would have been easy to do.

pkill · #18 03-13-2012, 10:04 AM

Used to fly a 150 out of Apex Silverdale WA where we would make approaches to the Carriers at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, on the way to Kitsap County Airport. Decks were always cluttered so it would be a wreck if we ever had to continue. Lots of fun, years ago before Airspace tightened up.

wil · #19 03-13-2012, 10:08 AM

During the final evacuation of Vietnam a Cessna O-1 Bird Dog landed on the USS Midway. The pilot, a Vietnamese Air Force Major brought his wife and five children with him.

Noah · #20 03-13-2012, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by tobinbasford

Yes, the USS Forrestal (CV-59) and USS Saratoga (CV-60) were both in Newport RI, last time I was there. One is supposedly going to become a museum and one an artificial reef, can't remember which one though.

Forrestal was towed from Newport to Philly in June of 2010, so only Saratoga remains at Newport. And no, there are no tailhook cables on the deck to snag your gear. I have flown over her many times having a close look, dreaming up a poem:

Who would ever,
Need to know?
About just one little,
Bounce and go?