Naval Aviation News articles from January 2009

Naval Aviation News archives from January 2009

Helo and the hut.(GRAMPAW PETTIBONE)
January 1, 2009... A CH-53 crew was moving cargo from its home field to another airfield in support of an exercise. After a brief and uneventful 90-minute flight, the aircraft flew an approach to a hover and commenced an air taxi toward the parking area. The...

On the runway, please!(Gramps from Yesteryear)(aircraft landing)
January 1, 2009... It was a routine winter ASW patrol in the North Atlantic for the SP-2E Neptune and a crew of 12. The midmorning takeoff was in the rain with IFR conditions existing all along the coast. The flight proceeded via airways to "on station," and the...

Airscoop.
January 1, 2009... P-3s Rejoin the Fleet In fall 2008 the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast completed repairs on the first of 39 P-3C Orions that had been grounded in December 2007 for structural fatigue in the lower outer wing (Zone 5). The repairs include...

T-2 Buckeye flies into the sunset.
January 1, 2009... The Navy retired the T-2 Buckeye jet trainer during a sunset ceremony at NAS Pensacola, Fla., on 22 August 2008, ending a half century of training aspiring Naval Aviators in techniques ranging from carrier landings to dogfights. A crowd of more...

Coast Guard's newest aircraft surveys Midwest flooding.
January 1, 2009... With flood waters from the Mississippi River threatening several Midwestern states in June 2008, the U.S. Coast Guard put one of its newest aircraft in the air to survey the damage and to assess the condition of vital shipping lanes. The...

How to make history.
January 1, 2009... "Ensign Robbins encountered a Zeke at 3500' east of Falo Island, flying on the same course. The planes turned into one another, but the Zeke drove away when out of range. Robbins over took him and the planes began scissoring, after which the...

Professional reading.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Stoffey, Col. Robert E., USMC (Ret.). Fighting to Leave: The Final Years of America's War in Vietnam, 1972-1973. Zenith Press, 400 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401. 2008. 336 pp. $25.95. Something of an autobiographical memoir,...

People planes places.(Aviation Safety Award)(Awards list)
January 1, 2009... Awards On 16 September 2008 VFA-86 received the CNO Aviation Safety Award for CY07, right, and the Grampaw Pettibone Award for 2007. In August the VFA-86 maintenance department received the Golden Wrench in recognition as the 2008 CSFWL...

Reunions.(FLIEHTBAE)
January 1, 2009... Mariner/Marlin Association (MMA), 23-25 April 2009, Tucson, Ariz. POC Arnold Zaharia, 623-934-2100. arnold@printcenteraz.com. NAS Chase Field, 24-26 April 2009, Beeville, Texas. POC Mark Webb, 951-278-8812. npc@jps.net. Tarawa...

Wanted.(FLIEHTBAE)
January 1, 2009... Battleship Park in Mobile, Ala., is searching for photos of VA-75 A-6 Intruders. It is part of a project to mark an A-6 as the plane Adm. Jeremiah A. Denton flew while with VA-75. The summer 1965 cruise aboard Independence (CVA 62) was the...

Correction.(Correction notice)
January 1, 2009... On page 10 of the September-October 2008 issue in the story "Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Delivers Supplies to Philippines" an SA330J Puma leaving the deck of USNS Niagara Falls was misidentified as a SA332 Super Puma. We thank our...

The daughter of CWO2 Stephen Ditamore pins wings of gold on the father during a winging ceremony on 29 August 2008 at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas.
January 1, 2009... Caption: Facing page, the daughter of CWO2 Stephen Ditamore pins wings of gold on the father during a winging ceremony on 29 August 2008 at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. Ditamore is the first Flying Warrant Officer to earn his pilot wings from...