Here's a real short clip from an 18mm movie taken from the LSO platform of a North American RA-5C 'Vigilante' landing on the USS Constellation (CVA-64) circa 1973.
For those who have never had the privilege of seeing it from the other perspective, here's the view from an F-14.
They were so new we didn't have any with us in 1973, and now they're all gone—retired already. My kids think it hilarious that my name is on the side of an A-6 in at the San Diego Aerospae Museum, "you're so old you're in a museum." Yeah, well when I die, stuff me and put me in the cockpit. I'll be happy.
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Great videos, especially the 2nd one. Maybe it's just my mood, but it felt an awful lot like I was there...
ReplyDeleteGives me goosebumps. F-4s, A-4s and a Stoof with a Roof were all part of my 21 years in the U.S. Navy.
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