Vintage shots from days gone by!

What a Great Thread....

 

More Coos Bay, Ore. 1920's

Log Train Coquille to CB



River Steamship

 

Mr. Morrison I believe.

 

Loved that site. Believe it or not, I was on deck that very day watching all this. Buffs and Carrier Battle Groups often do intercept exercises. After the fighters and small boys had their chance to locate the B-52s and practice shots / jamming exercises, the bombers fly in for some fun fly-bys and photo ops. Fun thing to do on a dull day in the IO. Gary


A B-52 slides down the port side of USS Ranger (CV-61) in its typical nose down cruise attitude. Though it looks like it, this is not photo-shopped. It happened in early 1990 in the Persian Gulf, while U.S. carriers and B-52s were holding joint exercises. Two B-52s called the carrier Ranger and asked if they could do a fly-by, and the carrier air controller said yes. When the B-52s reported they were 9 kilometers out, the carrier controller said he didn't see them. The B-52s told the carrier folks to look down. The paint job on the B-52 made it hard to see from above, but as it got closer, the sailors could make it out, and the water the B-52's engines were causing to spray out. It's very, very rare for a USAF aircraft to do a fly-by below the flight deck of a carrier. But B-52s had been practicing low level flights for years, to penetrate under Soviet radar. In this case, the B-52 pilots asked the carrier controller if they would like the bombers to come around again. The carrier guys said yes, and a lot more sailors had their cameras out this time. Photo was taken from the plane guard helicopter

 

Man, that pic brings back memories. Bad ones for the poor guy trying to get started, and good ones for me getting a day off from school.

 

Miami? I think I've eaten there!

HM