Intruder's view of the PNW

Thanks for the video link! I'm amazed that airplane is still flying after all of these years! I transferred from VA-196 once located at Whidby Island, WA to VA-42 at NAS Oceana, VA in 1966 when the Navy was training new aircrew and maintenance personnel for that aircraft. It was a PITA to maintain but did it's job extremely well! Great video and like the C-Dory, the Intruder doesn't require a road most of the time! :D
 
Great Video....loved flying over our gorgeous State of Washington and experience the landing at Whidbey NAS. Great touch by Whidbey NAS Fire/Rescue honoring Torch's retirement flight.....even a rainbow at the end.
 
In an earlier life I was attached to VS-915 out of NAS S.Weymouth, MA from 1959-1961. I was crew on a S2F, Hunter Killer, ASW a/c as a RADAR/SONOR operator. I was next assigned to ships company at NAS S.Weymouth.

If we heard the sound of jet noise behind us... we were in trouble. It was bad enough when all became silent when we lost first one engine at 5000' and then the second at 3000', off Cape Hatteras, 3 miles out; but, that is another story.

Art
 
Nice way to wrap up a career.

That said is there no longer a Nomex glove requirement for tactical aircraft?

Other than flight helment, my Nomex gloves are about the only uniform item that still fits me!

Retired in from service 1988

SGT Bill Uffelman USMC
F4 Phantom Phixer and H34/UH1 Crew Chief and Flight Test Engineer
 
Great flight. That's faster than I usually do that loop (like 3 days) but sure looks fun. Don't usually see teh Columbia from that perspective. Like DaveS, I liked that NAS Whidby landing and the Rainbow.

Torch, thank you for your service.

Harvey
SleepyC:moon

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BIll;
You must have the replacement for the older deerskin summer flight gloves. I don't know when the Nomex gloves came on the scene, but I still have my old leather pair. They just don't seem to wear out, unless you shovel a lot. :roll: They are not warm, but great for driving.

Art
 
Marine Corps issue Nomex with another pair of Army issue and got hold of an old pair of all leather gloves but the seams split in those.

Used the Nomex for fall hunting gloves until good camo gloves came along.

Nomex gloves are now folded in my flight helmet on the shelf above my too small leather flight jacket with name patch on the left breast. My oldest wore it for trick or treat outfit several years ago which was probably its last good use.

My Army orange/grey reversable sateen flight jacket still fits but is kind of stained from oil and hydraulic fluids.

Bill Uffelman
 
Remarkable pictures! I spent about 9 long months on Independence (CVA-62) in 'Nam in 1965. We lost quite a few A-6's, both A and B models. I think Jim Stockdale (Later VADM, Head of National War College in Newport after he was released from the Hanoi Hilton) was flying one when he was shot down over Haiphong. That was a bad day for our pilots, I think 14 of them didn't come back.

Somewhere I have a photo (B&W) of moi sitting on a box in the catwalk with several A-6's in the background. I'll scout it up and post if it I can.

Charlie
 
Here Charlie
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Charlie, we were there at the same time in 1965, except I was aboard the U.S.S. Bonn Homme Richard (CVA-31) and VA-196. Our guys were flying the A1H Skyraider on that cruise and we changed to the A6 after the cruise.
It's a small world! :D I'm very lucky in that I'm still in contact with several of the guys that were on the 65 cruise: "Navy family" to me!
 
Speaking of shoes - -while stationed at MCAS Beaufort SC went to Parris Island PX wearing our duty uniforms -- steel toed safety shoes and unbloused trousers. DI marching his platoon by had them eyes right to avert their gaze from the air wing "trailer trash".

Clearly he never had an A4/A6/F4 come in hot and light up the ridge line in front of him to save his butt or a helicopter extract him while under fire!

SGT Bill Uffelman
USMC Air Wing and proud of it
 
Bill I was about to give you shit for impersonating a Marine when you are really a air-winger, but encase I ever need air support I will save it for later, :wink:
 
Art, the whole Navy wore brown shoes with khakis then! :thup

We even had a Service Dress Khaki uniform! IMHO, it was one of the best uniforms the Navy ever had! One dark day about a year after this, on a Med cruise, they did away with the brown shoes for all forever! We got a big crate, everyone put their beloved brown shoes in it, and we launched it from the Port bow catapult into the Aegean Sea! They floated for a long time!

And don't call me an Airdale! That was my shipmate Dusty. I were a SNIPE!

:disgust

Charlie
 
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