[Rhodes22-list] Carrier landings - Doing it and Observing it

Tue Mar 16 21:48:22 EDT 2010

Rummy,

Kind of like living on a Rhodes with a tank(ed) crew.  

I wasn't a turret-head but I thought you guys had it made.  I had to run around behind you putting up and tearing down tents.

I really thought the Navy and Air Force had it much better until I toured a sub and a carrier and took some hops to out-of-the-way air stations.  3 months a year in a tent looked better than 6 on a boat or 12 in the middle of nowhere.

I just watched "The Hurt Locker" last night and now I really feel like I had an easy job.

Lee

________________________________

From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org on behalf of R22RumRunner at aol.com
Sent: Tue 3/16/2010 7:38 PM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Carrier landings - Doing it and Observing it

Bob,
You think and Navy ship is cramped? You ought to try living in an M1-A1 
tank with three other people. We ate, slept and did everything else inside 
those cans.

Rummy

In a message dated 3/16/2010 5:24:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
bobandkathyr22 at bellsouth.net writes:

As an  Air Force guy I got to spend
three months with the US Navy in the Persian  Gulf and the Arabian Sea.  I
was stationed with the Joint Task Force  Middle East on the USS LaSalle
Command and
Control ship during Desert  Shield (escorting tankers in and out of Kuwait).
Went for some R&R  (rest and recuperation) on the USS Constellation
carrier.  I was on a  COD (Carrier On Board delivery craft) going out and
coming back, so I got  my "cat and trap" (catapult take off and trap
landing).  I was on the  carrier for a week and the Navy fliers treated me
with tours of the Tomcats  and F18s.  Observing nighttime launches and
recoveries from the deck  and tower was a thrill.  I can only imagine what
it would
be like from  the cockpit.   Bottom line:  we owe the men and women
who  serve in the US Navy a debt of gratitude for their service.  The
dangers  of daily operations and cramped quarters (the carrier was much more 
comfortable than the LaSalle) made me appreciate the sacrifices endured by our 
great Navy folks.
Bob in Florida 

________________________________
From: "mputnam1 at aol.com"  <mputnam1 at aol.com>
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Sent: Tue, March  16, 2010 3:54:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Carrier  landings

The first clip is from Carrier ... I haven't watched the  second.  That was
a great  series.

Mark

-----Original  Message-----
From: Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at nyu.edu>
To: The Rhodes 22  Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tue, Mar 16, 2010 12:43  pm
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Carrier landings

Greg
much  thanks for putting this on the board.. reminds me of that PBS  
special I taped last year called " Carrier"
so much respect for all  those on board who have to do this esp the 
aviators...

but  even the Paddle guys have stress too right!

Lou
s/v  Miracles
Bklyn NY
On Mar 16, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Gregg MacMillan  wrote:

> Here are a couple of YouTube videos of pitch and  roll...  an exercise
> that is done with planes taking off and  landing on a carrier when the
> carrier deck is pitching over 30 ft due  to rough seas. Sort of like
> landing a plane on a  sailboat.
>
>   http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=4gGMI8d3vLs
>
>   http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=S0yj70QbBzg
>
>  --Gregg
>
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _/) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
> T e c h n  e G r a p h i c s, I n c.
> 1 . 8 0 0 . 7 7 1 . 3 1 7 1
> 2002  Ford Circle, Milford, OH  45150
> mailto:gjm at techgra.com
>  http://www.techgra.com
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillan
>  twitter: http://twitter.com/greggmac
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _/) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  __________________________________________________
> To  subscribe/unsubscribe go to 
http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list
>
> For the  list Charter and help with using the mailing list and 
> archives  go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>  __________________________________________________

Lou  Rosenberg
Videographer
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture,  Education
and Human Development

EAST 315
212  998-5122
lsr3 at nyu.edu

__________________________________________________
To  subscribe/unsubscribe go to 
http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list

For the list  Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go
to 
http://www.rhodes22.org/list
__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________
To  subscribe/unsubscribe go to 
http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list

For the list  Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go
to  http://www.rhodes22.org/list
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
To  subscribe/unsubscribe go to 
http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list

For the list  Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go
to  http://www.rhodes22.org/list
__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________
To subscribe/unsubscribe go to http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list

For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
__________________________________________________

Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended 
recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. 
If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.