In my books about WWII I’ve tried to write about smaller units and out of the way battles. Those that were just as important and horrific, but got little press or historic attention: The Hump, Aleutian Campaign, Escort Carriers, Cargo…
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USS Utah, WWII Memorial at Pearl Harbor
Posted in Aviator book series, Blog, Military, Naval Aviation Tagged with: memorial, second world war, usn, USS Arizona, USS Utah, war in the pacific, world war 2, WWII
WWII’s USS Arizona Memorial accepts more of her crew
After hours at the USS Arizona Memorial, crew members that survived the sinking, join their former ship mates. A reminder of the cost paid all those years ago.
Posted in Blog, Featured, Military, Naval Aviation Tagged with: Arizona, Arizona memorial, Attack on pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona, WWII
Day and Night Aircraft Carrier Landings (split screen)
I’ve often been asked the difference: Day is basically a race track pattern; a flight enters the break at 800 feet and after passing the carrier turns hard to the down wind. In the break the jet decelerates to landing…
Posted in Blog, Book, Crashes, Featured, Military, Vengeance Tagged with: aviation, books and novels, books on aviation, carrier landing, catapults, cats+traps, CVN-68, e-2, EA-6B, f-18, hornet, how to land on a carrier, landing on the ship, landing signal officer, Lexingtonon, LSO, Military, Naval Aviation, Nimitz, Prowler, ramp strike, Red Hawks, t-2 buck eye, T-45 Goshawk, USS Enterprise, USS Lincoln, USS Nimitz, VT-21, VT-21 Red Hawks, WWII
More T-45 Carrier Qualifications; from Student Naval Aviators view
In my last post I commented that nothing has changed except the aircraft. This video verifies that…except for the non-standard hand signals? And here is what it is all about: chip
Posted in Blog, Book, Military, Vengeance Tagged with: aviation, books and novels, books on aviation, carrier landing, catapults, cats+traps, CVN-68, landing on the ship, landing signal officer, LSO, Military, Naval Aviation, Red Hawks, T-45 Goshawk, USS Nimitz, VT-21, VT-21 Red Hawks, WWII
Aircraft Carrier Landings; in my old squadron VT-21
Angle of Attack – Excerpt 1 from Thomas Lennon Films on Vimeo. The more things change, the more they stay the same. In my book Vengeance, I write about students going to “the boat” for the first time. Watching this…
Posted in Blog, Featured, Military, Pilot shortage, Vengeance Tagged with: aviation, books and novels, books on aviation, carrier landing, catapults, cats+traps, CVN-68, landing on the ship, landing signal officer, LSO, Military, Naval Aviation, Red Hawks, T-45 Goshawk, USS Nimitz, VT-21, VT-21 Red Hawks, WWII