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It wasn't a good day for this pilot in VA-82

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The hook slipped off the wire while going too fast for brakes to stop him.
 
And a couple more......
Posted on Facebook by Dimitri Vrettos:


VA-46 Clansmen
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Now THIS is tight parking!
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More tight parking. Same ship, different year. Outside Pearl Harbor, September 1982.

 
VA-94 A-7E and a VA-95 Intruder, CVN-65, 1982(ish) I worked nights during most of this cruise. When day-check took over I would climb up into the island and shoot pics.

 
This just a cool picture!
It was posted on the "Guardians of the North" Facebook page.
 

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And another cool photo, posted by Dimitri Vrettos on Facebook. These are VA-174 aircraft, and the picture is signed by the pilots......NC
 

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more SLUF pictures from Facebook....


 

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This was posted by Fotis Dee. VA-82 Corsair IIs onboard the USS America, during 1970 Westpac cruise. NC
 

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This, from Facebook this evening....
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Just found this nice picture of a VA-174 A-7E Corsair II. Unusual paint! NC

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Good stuff, Pete !! I didn't realize the pilot sat so far forward........guess that helped a lot when landing........

LD
 
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