Archive for 'Photographs'
Holiday Spirit
NORTH ARABIAN SEA (December 25, 2009) Lt. Jon Sunderland dresses in a Santa suite while directing aircraft operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Christmas Day. Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment to the region. Operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations are focused on reassuring regional partners [...]
Posted: December 26th, 2009 under Photographs, Sea Stories.
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A Tribute to Lex
Ok, this is my first attempt to post on the Flight Deck, so I hope this all works out.
For those of us who have been reading the good Captain’s blog for awhile now, we learned that he recently celebrated his retirement from active duty after a mere 26 years. Forgoing the usual dog-and-pony show, he [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2008 under Photographs, Small Stuff.
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Lunar Eclipse
Did you see it? There won’t be another one until late in the year 2010. It was truly spectacular to watch the shadow of Earth pass over the Moon. It took me quite a bit of trial and error (mostly error unfortunately – taking pictures of an object with its own unique luminescence is notoriously [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2008 under News, Photographs.
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Vintage Plane Pr0n for a Saturday
Shipmate Phil in Midland Michigan forwards this link to photos of the Midland TX airshow. The pics are copyrighted, so no cut and paste. Trust me, they’re worth it…
Midland Air Show
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Posted: February 9th, 2008 under Flying, Military, Photographs, relics.
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EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE AN LSO
  I don’t know who this guy is, probably just another poseur who wants to be “paddles.”Â
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Posted: January 21st, 2008 under Photographs.
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A visual history
For those who, like me, enjoy visual history, the Library of Congress has started posting more than 3000 images, those that have no copyright restrictions, from two of their collections on Flickr. Stunning photographs from around the country in beautiful, rich color. Portraits, landscapes, military, the works. Take a look! A sample…
Marine glider in training [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2008 under History, Photographs.
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