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[super-bee_ski]

Is

and now it's getting cut up like CV-6 was.

it?
wow, wasn't it the FIRST to go NUKE?
I think so
My Cousin served on her in Nam also, around 1964, Gulf of Tonkin

 

[super-bee_ski]

Here it is from Wikepedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)


USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth ..... A confrontation was averted when the Americans moved towards South East Asia, away from the Indian Ocean. On 18 December 1972, the ...

 

[Basket case]

this picture still pisses me off.....The Big E meets the scrapman.....

 

[super-bee_ski]

And again, that is the first "Cannon deck" Big E
It served well in WWII So Pacific

 

[super-bee_ski]

So:
To display Air Dominance, the F-15 Strike Eagle flew to an altitude of 98,425.Ft
January 1975

 

[Basket case]

USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6)
(later CVA-6 and CVS-6)
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - India - Quebec - Mike
Unit Awards, Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Presidential Unit Citation / Navy Unit Commendation
2nd Row: American Defense Service Medal ("Fleet" clasp) / American Campaign Medal / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (20 stars)
3rd Row: World War II Victory Medal / Philippine Presidential Unit Citation / Philippine Liberation Medal (1 star)

British Admiralty Flag
On 23 Nov. 1945, at Southampton, England, Sir Albert Victor Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, First Sea Lord, visited USS Enterprise and the British Admiralty Flag was hoisted in the ship. This was the first time since its creation in the 16th Century that such a pennant had flown from a foreign warship. The flag was presented to the ship as a memento.

Task Force 16 Citation
Enterprise, Hornet, 16 other ships and their 10,000 sailors, airmen and Marines, who took part in the Doolittle raid in April 1942, were officially recognized for their daring exploit 53 years later, on 15 May 1995. In a ceremony at the Pentagon they were presented the Task Force 16 Citation by the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. John H. Dalton.

 

[Photon440]

Here it is from Wikepedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)


USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth ..... A confrontation was averted when the Americans moved towards South East Asia, away from the Indian Ocean. On 18 December 1972, the ...

Also from that article: In April 2010, the Navy announced that the cost of refurbishing the carrier had risen to $655 million and was scheduled to be completed the same month.

then....

Enterprise was deactivated on 1 December 2012 at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia. The deactivation of Enterprise resulted in a one-time increase of approximately $857.3 million in depot maintenance costs for the U.S. Navy's operation and maintenance budget for Fiscal Year 2013.

It seems a shame that it was decommissioned so soon after refurbishing.

 

[Basket case]

that's our government

 

[Car Nut]

 

[Basket case]

 

[Bladecutter]

Going by the miniskirt colours and red lines on the fuselage and ground scraping engines, I'm going to guess Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) late 1960's, Boeing 737.

Good call on PSA & a/c type. In 60's i think all PSA flew were 737 & DC-9. 707, 990 & DC-8 engine nacelles hung pretty low too though.

 

[Bladecutter]

Try this one:

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This must be a late B-57 variant w/ major airframe changes because of the amount of negative dihedral of wings, different shape & larger surface area of vertical & rudder, the extra motors slung under wing.

 

[Bladecutter]

Could be a 707 with that "overwing" door
We flew on the 135s and the 707s
The 707s have that overwing door on each wing
The DC-8 didn't have the "overwing" doors

I think Photon nailed it with PSA & 737.

 

[Car Nut]

 

[super-bee_ski]

Great pic Dave
"Witchcraft"

 

[Photon440]

 

[Basket case]

http://www.warbirdsnews.com/category/warbird-restorations/xp-82-twin-mustang

 

[Bladecutter]

P-51 trivia of note....Piper aircraft was the last mfg'r to produce the Mustang,, as a civilian bird, it was a two holer, dubbed Excalibur, built into the sixties.
The XP-82 was also designated F-82. As P-51 also got an F designation.

 

[Car Nut]

Great photo of Western Airlines approaching a landing at McCarran over the Las Vegas Strip circa early to mid 1970's.

 

[Bladecutter]

Great photo of Western Airlines approaching a landing at McCarran over the Las Vegas Strip circa early to mid 1970's.

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Western TV ads were good. 707 is sure a pretty bird.