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| In 1964................................................by Ron Knott | The Rest of the Story..............by Ted Smedberg |
| Fatal Field Carrier Landing Practice...................... | |
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"The way it was in 1964",This is the way it was back in 1964. We were operating off the USS Independence CVA 62, which was at that time one of the larger carriers in the fleet. Only the USS Enterprise was larger and she was the first Nuke boat. The Independence was much larger than other carriers that I had been on so I felt more secure coming aboard her under any conditions. Little did I know........more |
"The Rest of the Story
I was in VS-33 at the time and we had been on the Hornet all day, and half
of the night, qualifying our young “nuggets.” We made a final trap
around2230 in order to refuel for the flight back to North Island. We shut
down on the deck and went to the ready room to get plane assignments.
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Fatal Field Carrier Landing Practice, I had only recently arrived
for my new assignment with ATU-206 stationed at Forrest Sherman Field, NAS Pensacola. My Unit
was an Advanced Training Unit for Pilots who had already received their wings and were qualifying
in Jets. In this case, Grumman F9F Panthers. We also had a few Cougars as well.....more
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Fire Storm in Malibu Canyon
It was the early part of September, 1957. I had just returned from a WESTPAC cruise aboard the USS Philippine Sea, CVS-47. VS-37 had been transferred to Los Alamitos and things were beginning to settle in to some semblance of a normal routine. It was very dry that year and fires were breaking out everywhere ....more |
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