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Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2017, 19:43
Replies: 66
Views: 24,798
Posted By ex-fast-jets

I spent a week on EAGLE as a navy cadet in about...

I spent a week on EAGLE as a navy cadet in about 66/67. Looked quite big to me then - but that was on foot!!
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2017, 18:27
Replies: 66
Views: 24,798
Posted By ex-fast-jets

Spaz - thanks for those piccies. Lexington looks...

Spaz - thanks for those piccies. Lexington looks a whole lot bigger than I remember it being!! Clearly the sign of an old and selective brain!
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2017, 21:21
Replies: 66
Views: 24,798
Posted By ex-fast-jets

I enjoyed mixing it in an A-4 with the big boys...

I enjoyed mixing it in an A-4 with the big boys at RED FLAG. They clearly thought we were an F-14 type a long way away - until they realised we were really quite little - with a big stick (AIM-9 L)...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2017, 20:37
Replies: 66
Views: 24,798
Posted By ex-fast-jets

Spaz - the 408 engine made the A-4M a quite...

Spaz - the 408 engine made the A-4M a quite remarkable machine. The P-6/P-8 engines we had in our TA-4's were quite pathetic in comparison. The RED FLAG I did with the A-4M - 6xMk82's centreline -...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2017, 19:51
Replies: 66
Views: 24,798
Posted By ex-fast-jets

Must have been a NATOPS insertion at Sharkie's...

Must have been a NATOPS insertion at Sharkie's insistence, to reinforce his unshaken belief that Crabs and FAA pilots are born to different types of parents and have absolutely no understanding of...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2017, 21:51
Replies: 66
Views: 24,798
Posted By ex-fast-jets

OK.......... So I had it easy!! But I...

OK..........

So I had it easy!!

But I was a Crab, so give me some slack.................!!!!
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2017, 21:20
Replies: 66
Views: 24,798
Posted By ex-fast-jets

Lovely Video Spaz!! Could even have been...

Lovely Video Spaz!!

Could even have been me!!

I was on VX-5 when I CQ'd in both the A-4M and the A-7.

Brought tears to my eyes!!
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2017, 21:07
Replies: 66
Views: 24,798
Posted By ex-fast-jets

Time For Confessions!!

OK Spaz - yes, I was CQ'ing.

Having done so in the A-4M, I then went on to do it in the A-7.

On LEX, to get you around the deck in an A-4, they put a bar on the nose wheel with a competent...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2017, 19:39
Replies: 66
Views: 24,798
Posted By ex-fast-jets

A Crab's View!

No numbers, but, as a Crab on exchange with the USN in 79, my first carrier landing was in an A-4M on Lexington - a "small" carrier by US standards!!

When I caught the wire (OK 3, naturally!!),...
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