Comments on: Classic

By: dlm

dlm — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:03:41 +0000

My favorite part? Starting the engine. Outstanding.

By: RonF

RonF — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:53:09 +0000

Odd. I’ve watched all the Carrier episodes so far but I missed this one. I must have been in the john when they showed it.

By: Flatlander

Flatlander — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:25:45 +0000

All the ready rooms were just below the flight deck on Sara in the 1980s. So the function of the escalator had always been somewhat mysterious to us. But if the ready rooms had been moved as a later modification, as Fliterman suggests, that would make some sense. As it was, the escalator provided a direct connect between the officer’s mess and the 02 level, but none of the aviators ate in that mess anyway, since flight suits weren’t allowed there. We rarely ate there, and rarely ever saw the shoes in the ‘dirty shirt’ mess on the O2 level where we ate. Voluntary segregation.

By: Nose

Nose — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:16:56 +0000

Sara had 2 escalators, one aft and one amidships. They were “reversible” and there was some pretty complicated “Escalator service etiquette” involved. After about 7pm most nights, the aft one would be found full of JO’s walking up the down escalator for a workout. Our RR was on the main deck, and the aft escalator was just out the back door. Dumped you just forward of the LSO platform.

It was always comical when a new guy came aboard and asked for directions. “You go aft about 10 knee knockers, turn outboard and go down the escalator…” To which he would reply “I’m not falling for that escalator BS, I’ll find it myself!”

By: George V

George V — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:43:38 +0000

Great to see this again. Was always a hoot back in the day when it made it to the ready room…. back when each squadron had their own 16mm projector. Woe betide the Ready Room Officer (typically the lowest ranking officer in the squadron) who let the bulb burn out and not have a spare ready!!!

I remember another movie put together by an A7 squadron, done in the same sped-up style. The A7s opened and folded their wings as they taxied so it looked like they were flapping their wings. One plane “wouldn’t start” so the mechanic adjusted something, looked down the duct and was sucked in. He came out the tailpipe covered in soot and gave the pilot a thumbs up.

George V.

By: Bruce Jones

Bruce Jones — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:37:59 +0000

Drew C.,

Why would Spruance class need jet wash if they could only handle SH-3s?

Now I know the CV/CVNs had jet wash; the outlets were right next to the lockers where we kept the flight line.