Tag Archives: military service

The USS Langley, CV-1

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Joe Clark

This day in 1922 was a very important day in the records of Naval Aviation. Eighty-nine years ago, the United States Navy launched their first aircraft carrier. (Found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SSd_zPTYFQ.) The USS Langley, also known as CV-1, first served as … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History, Life in General | Tagged aircraft carrier, Commander Joseph Reeves, Commander Kenneth Whiting, Eugene Ely, flying, inexperienced pilots, judgment, LT Virgil Griffin, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, military service, naval aviation, Navy Yard Norfolk, professional pilots, Samuel P. Langley, the United States Navy, The USS Langley CV-1, USS Birmingham, USS Jupiter AC-3, Vought VE-7, “flight deck”, “seaborne aviation” | 1 Comment

Able Dogs and Spads

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Joe Clark

Today, in 1945, the XBT2D-1 flew for the first time. It was another of the great designs by Ed Heinemann, the designer of many aircraft produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company. As with many of the aircraft Heinemann created, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General | Tagged A-1E, A-1H, A-1J, Air Force, airplanes, Bernie Fisher, big four-bladed props, carrier-borne aircraft, discipline, Douglas Aircraft Company, Ed Heinemann, feet dry, feet wet, flying, ground troops, Helldiver, judgment, Korea, military service, Navy, Navy pilots, pilots, professional pilots, Spad pilots, taildraggers, TBM Avenger, the A-1 Skyraider, The Able Dogs and Spads, the cold war, the Congressional Medal of Honor, the deck of a carrier, the Sandy, the XBT2D-1, Vietnam, World War II, Wright R-3350, “sand blower” route | 6 Comments

Have We Forgotten?

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Joe Clark

He is an old man now, the man sitting at the wooden table. His hair is remarkably dark for his age and belies the wrinkles of his face. He sits listening to the swing music, the music of his youth. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General | Tagged an old man now, another life long ago, childhood sweethearts, England, Have We Forgotten?, I got to come home, married more than 53 years, memories, military service, old friends, prisoners of war, Saving the world, The Eighth Air Force, the good memories, the music of his youth, The old airman, the Veterans Affairs Department, the young ones, World War II veterans | 1 Comment

Fighting FIVE Takes the US Navy into the Jet Age

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Joe Clark

Sixty-three years ago today, Fighter Squadron FIVE became the first Navy squadron to land jet fighters aboard an aircraft carrier. On March 10, 1948, they took their brand new North American FJ-1 Fury jets to sea to land aboard the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History | Tagged aircraft carriers, Curtis F6C-4 Hawk, F-14A Tomcats, F-8 Crusader, Fighting FIVE Takes the US Navy into the Jet Age, Grumman F9F–2 Panther, jet fighters, last of the true gunfighters, McDonnell-Douglas F-4 five Phantom, military service, naval aviation, Navy, Neil Armstrong, North American FJ-1 Fury, open cockpit biplanes, sailors, Sundowners, The Korean War, The Screaming Eagles, Top Gun, USS Boxer, USS Essex, USS Kitty Hawk, USS Ticonderoga, USS Vinson, VF-1, VF-111, VF-3S The Striking Eagles, VF-5, VF-51, Vietnam, World War II | 2 Comments

The Bell 47

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Joe Clark

Back in the late fifties, maybe the early sixties, there was a great TV show I really enjoyed. The name of the show was The Whirlybirds. It was a show featuring the Bell 47. Today, is the 65th anniversary of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, Flying | Tagged 200 horsepower Franklin engine, 260 horsepower Lycoming engine, 8055th, 8063rd, 8076th, 8209th, 8225th, 8228th, air shows, Bell 47G, Bell Model 30 prototype, empty weight, fabric cabins, field hospitals, flight training, helicopter, M*A*S*H, medevac procedures, metal cabins, military service, open cockpits, operating weight, retired from military service, The 4077th MASH Unit, the 8054th, The Bell 47, The Korean War, The Whirlybirds, training aircraft | 1 Comment

The Flying Fort Becomes Operational

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Joe Clark

One of the airplanes I have always liked is the B-17. When I was a kid, I studied as much about the B-17 as possible; I believed it was the airplane that saved the world in World War II and … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General | Tagged airplanes, Army Air Corps, B-17, B-17 Flying Fortress, Edward Curtis Wells, Europe, Gifford Emory, heroes of all of the free world, Langley Field VA, Les Tower, Major Peter Hill, military service, Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet engines, reporter Richard Williams of the Seattle Times, Second Bombardment Group, The Flying Fort Becomes Operational, the Model 299, the Pacific, World War II, Wright R-1820 Cyclone engines | 2 Comments

Look Ma! No Propellers!

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Joe Clark

Today, the jet age truly turns 65 years old. It was born when the prototype XP-84 Thunderjet flew for the first time at Muroc Army Airfield on this day in 1946. Current jets are far more powerful than the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Life in General | Tagged aerial refueling, Air Force, airplanes, Alexander Kartveli, control reversal, Edwards Air Force Base, escort, flying, ground support, interdiction, J-35-GE-15 engines, jet age, Korea, Korean War, Look Ma! No Propellers!, military service, Muroc Army Airfield, National Security Act of 1947, P-47 Thunderbolt, Republic Aviation Corporation, the Air Force demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, the United States Air Force, World War II, wrinkling fuselage skins, XP-84 Thunderjet | Comments Off

Sara

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Joe Clark

Sixty-six years ago today the USS Saratoga, CV-3, fell victim to a horrendous attack by the Japanese. The Japanese, taking advantage of poor weather and low clouds, were able to approach the aircraft carrier at about five o’clock in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General | Tagged Bikini Atoll, Bremerton WA, combat operations, CV-3, Desert Storm, Essex-class carriers, Hawaii, Lexington-class carriers, Libya, military service, Navy, Operation Crossroads, Operation Magic Carpet, the affect atomic weapons on naval vessels, the flight deck, the Japanese surrender, USS Saratoga, Vietnam, World War II, Yugoslavia | Comments Off

The 1940s

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Joe Clark

My friend, Mike, sent me an email featuring a PowerPoint presentation about the 1940s. Coincidentally, I spent time earlier in the day researching some of the great airplanes of the period. I came away thinking about the airplanes and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General | Tagged Air Force, airliners, airplanes, altitude, Chuck Yeager, discipline, Douglas DC-7, flying, humanitarian roles, judgment, Lockheed Constellation, Mach, military service, offensive and defensive weapons of war, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, professional pilots, Royal Air Force, The 1940s, the airline industry, the Korean conflict, The World's Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw, United States Air Force, World War II | 5 Comments

The First Casualty

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Joe Clark

Today, 20 years ago on January 17, 1991, Operation Desert Storm began. Onboard the USS Saratoga, men prepared to go to war and they would be some of the first warriors over the beach. VFA-81, the Sunliners, was one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History | Tagged airplanes, CAPT Joseph Mobley, discipline, flying, friends, judgment, LCDR Michael Scott “Spike” Speicher, military service, Navy, North Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, pilots, prisoner of war, professional pilots, The First Casualty, the first loss of the war, the Rampagers, the Sunliners, USS Saratoga, VFA-81, VFA-83 | 6 Comments

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Able Dogs and Spads

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