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Sorry again Chris - That's an Iowa class battleship.
( JUST KIDDING ) https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smirk.gif

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yes, and half of those antennas are for hanging laundry and never spin !! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

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I thought they were for satellite TV & Internet.... Aaah
yes, we're talking about the Russinas - aren't we! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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ok Bill what are these pups here that insisted on buzzing the tower?
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...3/scan0028.jpg

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A-7 Corsair's. Air National Guard possibly?

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Chance-Vought A-7 Corsair II's, to be exact! ("Corsair II" since the first Corsair was the F4U WWII-era bird. Actually, there was a Vought Corsair biplane in the '30s but we'll leave that for another time!)

Since he's shooting aircraft carriers they're probably Navy birds but the USAF used A-7s as well.

I got my "good eye" watching planes as a kid and it came in handy later on when I was a KC-135 tanker pilot and had to spot those dudes way out as they approached for a refill. (I wasn't a C-student for no reason! Had my nose buried in airplane books and car magazines.)

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Do you know the purpose for this demonstration? Just Ford haters, or something more to it?

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The Ford Fairlane ('64, to be exact) car-launch above was probably for morale purposes but it's been done many times before. I have a late-50s photo from Hot Rod showing the Navy catapulting a late-40s Mopar convertible off of a carrier during a post-overhaul cruise. Let me see if I can find it in Photobucket.

Looking....

Found them!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...tapult1961.jpg

Adios Mopower!!! (They never do this to Chevys....)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...apult19612.jpg

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Do you know the purpose for this demonstration? Just Ford haters, or something more to it?

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The Ford Fairlane ('64, to be exact) car-launch above was probably ..........."

was probably a 63 plymouth savoy, right?
That's what I thought you said! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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early morning visitor

https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/500/F-22-Feb07.JPG

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This was a great post......... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif

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Jeff, Thanks for the hawaiian care package. Evidently your choice of picking teams isnt as good as your photography skills!!!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif Thanks again..cant wait for the final four in march https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif

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and to think i was giving you 3. Glad you got it in time for the Pro Bowl. Watch for me in the stands getting a tan https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

Heres some more pics of the F-22 from this morning after the rain stopped and the <font color="yellow"> WARM </font> Hawaiian Sun came out https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/500/PICS_043.jpg

https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/500/PICS_036.jpg

https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/500/PICS_013.jpg

https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/500/PICS_041.jpg

https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/500/PICS_040.jpg

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FF tail code indicates the 1st FW at Langley AFB, VA. He's a long way from home. Probably on a dog-and-pony show tour with the new jet. Looks like the Wing Commander's plane with the "1st FW" code on the tail.

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The F-22s First time to be deployed outside of the USA. they are only on a stop over. Hickam will be getting them to replace its F-15s