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TRAP!

January 2011

The incomparable Neptunus Lex reminds us that One Hundred Years Ago Today….

Eugene Ely redefined COOL….

It’s a great post!  Read it all!

Congratulations to US Navy Carrier Aviation, born one hundred years ago today.   Along with a bunch of pilots who are just about the coolest.

Why just about the coolest?  Well, because…


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Posted by UltimaRatioReg in Air Force, Army, Aviation, Coast Guard, History, Marine Corps, Maritime Security, Navy, Uncategorized

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  • http://smadanek.blogspot.com Ken Adams

    So apparently, crashing your airplane into a ship as frequently as possible is cool?

  • http://wizardsofoz.net deichmans

    And barely two months after he flew the first plane off a ship (USS BIRMINGHAM near Old Point Comfort in Norfolk, VA).  Ely sure got around!

  • Old Air Force Sarge

    With Artillery, War is made.
    - Napoleon

    Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.
    - Friederich der Grosse

    (And this coming from the father of a Super Hornet WSO and father-in-law of a Super Hornet pilot!)

  • Wharf Rat

    Thanks for posting this. A great Navy day.

  • UltimaRatioReg

    Ken,

    So they tell me….

  • Andy (JADAA)

    After landing, Ely then argued for ten minutes with the LSO, LT Pettibone, about his (OK)-7 landing grade. After which he was heard to remark, “I was robbed. And what’s this about no per diem?!?”

  • NASASquid

    “It’s a trap!” Adm. Ackbar

  • CDR B

    Accounts of what it was like being on the receiving end of artillery … or air or naval gunfire for that matter … don’t point to anything like a dignified experience.

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