Comments on: Last Blue Alpha http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/last-blue-alpha/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/last-blue-alpha/comment-page-1/#comment-361111 virgil xenophon Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:33:00 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9212#comment-361111 LOL. You're right, Scott, I'd totally forgotten. Even as of 21/2 yrs later when I left NO to come back out here to join my family full time in 08 the drive from the CBD up Tulane to Tulane and Carrolleton still looked like a war zone with most of the businesses closed, trash on the sidewalks, etc. Same for the parallel drive from the CBD up Canal all the way to the Cemeteries. It's slow going all around. A bit better now as of today, but still.... LOL. You’re right, Scott, I’d totally forgotten. Even as of 21/2 yrs later when I left NO to come back out here to join my family full time in 08 the drive from the CBD up Tulane to Tulane and Carrolleton still looked like a war zone with most of the businesses closed, trash on the sidewalks, etc. Same for the parallel drive from the CBD up Canal all the way to the Cemeteries. It’s slow going all around. A bit better now as of today, but still….

]]> By: Scott http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/last-blue-alpha/comment-page-1/#comment-361101 Scott Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:22:39 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9212#comment-361101 I don't think Nick's has reopened after the storm. Recce trip, Saturday night, after dinner at Mandina's. Soft shell crabs are in season. Amandine, anyone? I don’t think Nick’s has reopened after the storm. Recce trip, Saturday night, after dinner at Mandina’s. Soft shell crabs are in season. Amandine, anyone?

]]> By: Rhinowso http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/last-blue-alpha/comment-page-1/#comment-361089 Rhinowso Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:44:34 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9212#comment-361089 I saw the A-4F show as a kid... that was quite a show as I recall... I saw the A-4F show as a kid… that was quite a show as I recall…

]]> By: b2 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/last-blue-alpha/comment-page-1/#comment-360982 b2 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:25:56 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9212#comment-360982 What's a Hornet get outta the depot- 5 years? How many ASPAs after that? Years away. Maybe we'll see a diamond of F-35's by then. It'll be loud..maybe even approach the old Phantom show for ground shaking. It'll be a race AF vs. Navy to airshow the thing. The AF could never afford a demonstration team of Raptors. 'Course by then we may all be one big air-o-force and the crowd will have to be entertained by a flawless formation of drones flown from Nellis! :-( b2 What’s a Hornet get outta the depot- 5 years? How many ASPAs after that? Years away.

Maybe we’ll see a diamond of F-35′s by then. It’ll be loud..maybe even approach the old Phantom show for ground shaking.

It’ll be a race AF vs. Navy to airshow the thing. The AF could never afford a demonstration team of Raptors. ‘Course by then we may all be one big air-o-force and the crowd will have to be entertained by a flawless formation of drones flown from Nellis! :-(

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]]> By: Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) Retired http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/last-blue-alpha/comment-page-1/#comment-360967 Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) Retired Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:39:26 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9212#comment-360967 I loved the A4-F show the first time I saw the Blues at NAS Norfolk(Chambers Field) in 1975. I got to see them practice during VisWeps and CQ dets to El Centro and they made a perfect show airplane. The Hornets are OK but something is still missing. I never got to see the Phantoms, so I can't compare with it's performance during the show. I loved the A4-F show the first time I saw the Blues at NAS Norfolk(Chambers Field) in 1975.
I got to see them practice during VisWeps and CQ dets to El Centro and they made a perfect show airplane. The Hornets are OK but something is still missing. I never got to see the Phantoms, so I can’t compare with it’s performance during the show.

]]> By: Flatlander http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/04/27/last-blue-alpha/comment-page-1/#comment-360949 Flatlander Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:26:51 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=9212#comment-360949 Scott - Totally agree. The A-4F Blues were awesome. Course I'm biased, having lived for a few months just off the end of Sherman Field, and thus "enjoying" their passage each Sunday morning at 7AM at 50' over the house. Scott – Totally agree. The A-4F Blues were awesome. Course I’m biased, having lived for a few months just off the end of Sherman Field, and thus “enjoying” their passage each Sunday morning at 7AM at 50′ over the house.

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