May 25th, 1968. The above film capture was taken from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Essex whilst on maneuvers in the Norwegian Sea. A Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 “buzzed” the carrier at extremely low altitude, before it eventually (and accidentally) clipped the water and crashed into the sea.
there were no survivors. the remains that were recovered were handed over to a Soviet destroyer..
video here
December 09, 2009, 9:41pm
sunday fantasy #174: Gabrielle Dell’Otto, from Secret War #1, Marvel Comics
November 08, 2009, 10:03pm
nobody died! friday #37: Grumman F9F Panther sliced in two on the USS Midway, June 23rd 1951
(video here)
November 06, 2009, 11:03pm
nobody died! friday #32: A-6 Intruder partial/accidental ejection, USS Abraham Lincoln, July 1991
(full details here)
September 25, 2009, 8:35pm
A Red Bull Air Racer takes off from the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum, November 2007
August 06, 2009, 9:57pm
“Lightning strikes behind two F/A-18C Hornet aircraft on the flight
deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, in the
Pacific Ocean on April 8, 2009. (Mass Communication 2nd Class Elliott
Fabrizio/U.S. Navy)”
(suggested by Mark Luntzel, thanks!)
July 30, 2009, 9:22am
“Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) at sea with good luck message on deck to crew of Stars & Stripes, American vessel competing in America’s Cup race in Australia. February 04, 1987”
(All set for the cricket, my Australian friends?)
July 08, 2009, 7:08am
