Naval Aviation News articles from March 2001

Naval Aviation News archives from March 2001

GRAMPAW PETTIBONE.
March 1, 2001... Bad Bounce The wingman in a flight of two F/A-18 Hornets which had just completed a 15-degree practice dive-bombing attack executed a 3.5 to 4.5 G pull-up. After establishing a positive rate of climb he began a left turn toward the...

Gulf War Pilot Reclassified MIA.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In January, former Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig announced that the status of Cdr. Michael Speicher was changed from killed in action/body not recovered to missing in action. Speicher's F/A-18 Hornet was shot down in the first day of the...

CH-60S Tries on Ships for Size.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In fall 2000, the CH-60S helicopter completed another shipboard testing phase with flight tests aboard Bataan (LHD 5) and USNS Concord (T-AFS 5) to evaluate the helo's compatibility with the ships in both static and flight modes. The dynamic...

Circuit Breaker Buzz.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A new circuit breaker designed to detect arcing electrical faults in aircraft wiring was ground tested last fall in a C-9 Skytrain II at NAS Patuxent River, Md. The new device improves on modem thermal breakers by detecting faults caused by...

Solutions for the Fleet.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A fledgling website may help Sailors find solutions to technical problems. Questions submitted at www.anchordesk.navy.mil/nre/techsol.nsf are reviewed and researched by Navy science advisors. The new program will be tested through April, and...

UPGRADED SUPER COBRA TAKES FLIGHT.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The AH-1Z Super Cobra made its first flight on 7 December 2000 at Bell Helicopter Textron's Arlington, Texas, facility. The H-1 upgrade program will remanufacture 100 UH-1N transport helicopters and 180 AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters into...

For the Record.(multiple topics)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., announced in January that the Navy ordered a sixth C-40A Clipper. In January, Newport News Shipbuilding, Va., announced receipt of a Navy contract for design and construction of the 10th Nimitz-class ship,...

Mishaps.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... On 6 December 2000, an S-3 Viking of VS-32 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The aircrew ejected safely and was rescued. Four Marines were killed when an MV-22 Osprey of VMMT-204 crashed aboard MCAS New River, N.C., on 11 December 2000. ...

HSL-94 TITANS DEACTIVATED.(Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 94)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light (HSL) 94 will be officially deactivated at NAS Willow Grove, Pa., on 1 April 2001 after more than 15 years of service. Cdr. William Paul Birch is the last CO of the Titans. HSL-94 was established at...

THE NAVAL ART OF HERBERT C. HAHN.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Herbert C. Hahn was a Naval Reservist called to active duty when the Korean War broke out. Assigned to Boxer (CV 21) as a photographer, he began making drawings of the ship's activities. His work attracted the notice of senior officers, and...

GLADIATORS STAR IN "RED OCTOBER".(Gladiators of Strike Fighter Squadron)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Gladiators of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 NAS Oceana. Va., personified their name last year when they faced a former nemesis. In October, 28 officers and 55 enlisted personnel accompanied eight F/A-18 Hornets to begin a two-week...

Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... On 10 November 2000, the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame inducted Capt. Eugene Cernan. A career Navy fighter pilot and NASA astronaut, Cernan was the second American to walk in space as part of Gemini 9. The annual event honors outstanding...

2000 Aviation Week Quality Center.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... On 16 October 2000, the Naval Air Systems Command announced that the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet team, along with their industry partners Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile Systems, GE Aircraft Engines, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Electronic...

Key to the city.(John F. Kennedy Captain Michael H. Miller)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... At a 23 October 2000 ceremony, Jacksonville Mayor John A. Delaney presented John F. Kennedy (CV 67) CO Capt. Michael H. Miller with a key to the city as a token of appreciation for service members who serve in Florida's northeastern region.

Scan Pattern.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Hollywood celebrities and U.S. military personnel came together on 12 December 2000 to promote patriotism and honor actor, martial artist and humanitarian Chuck Norris as Veteran of the Year 2001. Norris, an eighth-degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon...

New Gray Eagle Named.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... RAdm. James I. Maslowslu, above left, Naval Aviation's Gray Eagle since March 2000, passed the title to VAdm. Arthur K. Cebrowski during a ceremony at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., on 20 December 2000. The Venerable Order of the Gray...

Records.(Units marking safe flying time)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Units marking safe flying time Unit Hours Years VRC-30 149,600 24 VMGR-234 100,000 25 HC-2 65,983 13 HS-75 46,000 28 VMA-513 40,000 9...

Anniversaries.(operational squadrons)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... VP-40 marked its 50th year as an operational squadron on 20 January. VF-41 reached 50 years in September 2000. NAS Jacksonville, Fla., celebrated its 60th anniversary on 12 October 2000.

HS-11.(HS-11 SH-60 Seahawk rescue of flight crew)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... An HS-11 SH-60 Seahawk crew flying plane guard duty from Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) rescued four crew members of an S-3 Viking that crashed into the Atlantic off Florida during a training flight on 6 December 2000. The Viking, from Sea...

VS-41.(VS-41 S-3 Viking rescue operation)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... On 23 May 2000, a civilian twin-engine turboprop plane ran out of fuel, forcing the pilot to ditch off the coast of California at night. A combined Naval Reserve and active duty flight crew of a VS-41 S-3 Viking from NAS North Island, Calif.,...

HS-4.(HS-4 H-60 Seahawk rescue of heart attack victim)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The crew of an HS-4 H-60 Seahawk was on a logistics flight from Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as part of CVW-14 when it was tasked to rescue a heart attack victim aboard USNS Kane (T-AGS 27). With time as a critical factor, the Kane and HS-4 crews...

MCAS.(Marine Corps Air Station Search and Rescue Unit)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... On 22 October 2000, an MCAS Yuma, Ariz., SAR unit accomplished a station record-breaking 11 technical rescues during a flash flood in Wenden, Ariz. A technical rescue entails lowering medical technicians out of an aircraft to reach a victim as...

VP-4.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... VP-4, based at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, assisted the Coast Guard off the coast of Guam in locating a vessel reported overdue on 7 October 2000. The P-3 Orion made a four-hour transit from Okinawa to Guam in search of the 24-foot boat St. George....

COAST GUARD RESCUES.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Coast Guard search and rescue units have been busy since last fall, doing what they do best. After a search that covered approximately 51,000 square miles, two men and their dog were rescued on 4 October 2000, 50 nautical miles northwest...

NAVAL TEST PILOTS MAKE THE GRADE AT BOSCOMBE DOWN.(Empire Test Pilot School)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In the quiet, rolling hills of England's Salisbury Plain, Boscombe Down is the home of the Empire Test Pilot School. Four students from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (TPS), NAS Patuxent River, Md., roar through the small English town with...

RETIRED CHIEF GIVES HISTORY LESSON.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Claude M. Jenkins, a retired boatswain's mate chief petty officer who served from 1937 to 1959, recently was invited by his neighbor, AMCS(AW) Andy Ostroth, to talk with chief selectees at Naval Air Reserve San Diego (NARSD), NAS North Island,...

NAVAL AERONAUTICS LOSES NOTED ENGINEER.(George A. Spangenberg)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Next year the first F/A-18E/F Super Hornet squadrons will deploy, bringing their extended payload radius to carrier strike fighter missions. Unfortunately, a long-term Navy Department civilian aeronautical engineering leader dedicated to...

FAREWELL, CDR. JIM CARLTON.
March 1, 2001... Commander James G. Carlton's first foray into the editorial world of Naval Aviation News actually occurred before he reported aboard in 1997. At the request of the incumbent editor, he sought out renowned aviation author Stephen Coonts, and...

TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Tillman, Barrett. TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy. Osprey Publishing, Elm Court, Chapel Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP UK. 2000. 96 pp. Ill. $17.95. Written by an established authority on Naval Aviation, this volume is an excellent...

Aircraft of the Aces: Legends of World War 2.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Holmes, Tony. Aircraft of the Aces: Legends of World War 2. Osprey Military and Aviation, P.O. Box 130, Sterling Heights, MI 48311-0130. 2000. 144 pp. Ill. $29.95. Representing one of today's best values in aviation publishing, this...

Carrier Air Group Commanders: The Men and Their Machines.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Lawson, Robert L. Carrier Air Group Commanders: The Men and Their Machines. Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310-9717. 2000. 216 pp. Ill. $45. An unusual piece of historical research and compilation,...

Naval Historical Foundation Celebrates 75 Years.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... On 13 March the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) celebrates its 75th anniversary as a custodian of America's naval heritage. Located in the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., the foundation was created in 1926 to preserve the material culture of the...

Wanted.(various want ads)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Dutch aviation enthusiast seeks a copy of Vought: Six Decades of Aviation History, by Arthur L. Schoeni, originally published by Aviation Quarterly Publishers in 1978. Write Frans van Antwerpen, Wittebrug 1-517, 2685ES Poeldyk, The Netherlands....

Corrections to Nov-Dec 00.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2001... Page 9: Only four of the six HM-15 crew members were killed in an MH-53E Sea Dragon crash last August. We're glad to report that AD3 Jeremy J. Yaklin and AN Shawn R. Palyo survived. Page 31: The F/A- 18 Hornets in the photo are from VFA-97....