smitty44 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Might even say it's real bitchin! I had not seen this vid before. Watch those 25's leap into the air with the Carl Vinson hauling ass into the wind! 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Thanks for this one Smitty, VERY cool ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Incredible ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dekenba Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Those B-25s take off in a ridiculously short distance! Amazing. Like watching a Lysander or a Storch, they just lift up the wheels & they're up. I'd love to see them landing on the carrier, but that's a risk too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Great video ! Now, where are the Zeros ? Hubert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dekenba Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, HubertB said: Great video ! Now, where are the Zeros ? Hubert If you look carefully, you can see a couple floating in the Pacific. Historical accuracy to a tee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, HubertB said: Great video ! Now, where are the Zeros ? Hubert Coming in from the west. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dekenba Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ryan said: Coming in from the west. At zero feet, doing approximately 3 knots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Under the Carl Vinson...... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 The Tomcats splashed the Zeros. Great video Smitty and thanks for sharing it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Great video, thanks for sharing! For the curious, Carl Vincent is 200 feet or so longer than the Lexington. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 5 hours ago, GazzaS said: Great video, thanks for sharing! For the curious, Carl Vincent is 200 feet or so longer than the Lexington. True that, but those 25's needed very little of it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 6 hours ago, smitty44 said: True that, but those 25's needed very little of it! I think that might change with a full fuel load (plus auxiliary tank), and a bellyful of 500 pounders. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dekenba Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 2 hours ago, GazzaS said: I think that might change with a full fuel load (plus auxiliary tank), and a bellyful of 500 pounders. That's OK, they can catapult them off with full bomb loads & fuel. Although I'm not confident in which order the bits of B-25 would take to the air, or maybe watch as the nosewheel makes its way down the carrier, unhindered by being attached to an actual airframe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Ends something like this.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy1 VX-4 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Why did the two Gooses and the Albatross use the carrier deckI need no stinking carrier 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Stunning Smitty, when did this happen? Not sure if the health and safety mafia would allow this now!........... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 28 minutes ago, Bomber_County said: Stunning Smitty, when did this happen? Not sure if the health and safety mafia would allow this now!........... It was to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the end of the war, so 95. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazypoet Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 This is breathtaking! Those elegant old birds taking off took me into a whole other world for a while Thank you for posting this. now - how the f**k did they get them in board in the first place? I’m guessing cranes? Those old birds are too valuable to have risked an actual landing...? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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