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Offline Wayout

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USS Forrestal
« on: August 18, 2013, 06:09:32 AM »
USS Forrestal C-130 Hercules Carrier Landing Trials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84
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Offline bcadoo

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Re: USS Forrestal
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2013, 08:34:18 AM »
One of the pilots was LtCdr STOVL....hmm....I wonder why he was chosen :D
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Offline uptown

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Re: USS Forrestal
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2013, 01:40:53 PM »
I stood at the edge of her flight deck when I was about 6 or 7 years old. A terrifying experience. It looked like a 1000 miles down to the water. I remember thinking it was the biggest ship in the whole wide world........and it was. 
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Offline Randy1

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Re: USS Forrestal
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2013, 01:50:20 PM »
I remember going on the Forrestal when I was a young'en in Mayport.
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