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Old 4th January 2021 | 22:02
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Ascend Charlie
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Megan's shot of the flight deck of the Melbourne (The "War Canoe") just shows what guts the Air Arm lads had to operate Skyhawks and Trackers off that piddly deck. A story goes that the RAN Skyhawks were invited to do some crashes and dashes on the deck of a US carrier - which the lads leapt at.

After the sortie, they invited the US Navy to come for some circuits on the Melbourne. The yanks joined the circuit, looked at the deck, and went home.
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