Tandem46
Well Known Member
As a Navy helicopter pilot I've landed on aircraft carriers before, but, what I'd give to land my RV on a carrier. Yesterday while flying back from lunch with my wife we spotted the Enterprise heading out for her last deployment before decommissioning. Can I use my tailwheel as a tailhook??
The Enterprise is America's oldest carrier and first nuclear powered carrier. Commissioned in 1961 she's over 50 years old!!
That's my left wing tip in the photo. The Airwing flew on not long after we took the photo. You can read about it here: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/...ier-enterprise-makes-final-deployment-031212/
PS - For those wondering, the photo makes us look closer than we actually were. I'd estimate we were roughly 5-7 miles away and we were at 6,500'. The ship had just come out of the Chesapeake Bay and was just entering the Atlantic.
The Enterprise is America's oldest carrier and first nuclear powered carrier. Commissioned in 1961 she's over 50 years old!!
That's my left wing tip in the photo. The Airwing flew on not long after we took the photo. You can read about it here: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/...ier-enterprise-makes-final-deployment-031212/
PS - For those wondering, the photo makes us look closer than we actually were. I'd estimate we were roughly 5-7 miles away and we were at 6,500'. The ship had just come out of the Chesapeake Bay and was just entering the Atlantic.
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