Wednesday, May 04, 2022

I'm happy to stumble across one of the few strange category of cars that I've only ever posted about once, the Navy fighter pilot squadron car (another category car is the horse racing pacing and starter gate car)

 and it's identified as on the Enterprise, because the VAH-1 squadron was assigned to Enterprise while flying the A-5 from 1976-78 after which the squadron was deactivated.

plus it's extremely rare to see a regular car on an aircraft carrier

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  1. You deserve an "E" for excellence.

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  2. Things with wheels. - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Retired_RA-5Cs_at_the_MASDC_1970s.jpg/1024px-Retired_RA-5Cs_at_the_MASDC_1970s.jpg

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  3. I have been told by former sailors that they can load personal stuff like autos, furniture and such on their ship when it is returning to home port. Knew a guy that brought a car back from Europe that way.

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  4. Speaking of cars on aircraft carriers, my cousin told me a story once about when he was on the USS Kitty Hawk in the early 70's.

    Evidently the Captain had a sense of humor because he arranged to have a Buick catapult-launched into the San Diego Bay.

    Don in Oregon

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    1. https://youtu.be/3zzdzZxgbsE

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    2. I don't understand why, and someday when they next dredge the channel through the bay, as they do every so often, they'll snag the Buick, and wonder what the hell got it into the middle of the bay

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