McBee's San Diego Naval Adventure.

[nikimcbee]

(note: thread WIP)

Raise antenna, transmitting:
To Subsim BdU. stop
Mission complete. stop
Clean Sweep. stop

I took over 700 pictures at:
http://www.midway.org/
http://www.sdmaritime.org/
http://flyingleathernecks.org/

B-39, Foxtrot Class
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Got rust?

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Betonov clone?

HMS Surprise. (See Russell Crowe)
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Russell Crowe was here.

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Just for Dowly:D.

USS Dolphin.
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[nikimcbee]

USS Midway.
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Hell yeah! Go Navy!:rock:

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Point Loma Submarine base. On the phone with Neal, asking for directions out of SD harbor. Can you fire up that mission in DW, where you start at Pt. Loma and sail out to sea for training.
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Hornet nest.

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Name that ship.

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Oh look SEALs came out to play.

[Catfish]

Must have been a nice trip :salute:

Very nice, thanks for sharing ! :up:


P.S.: This HMS Surprise .. is it 'real', i mean .. thinking of Aubrey and Maturin (?) :hmmm:

[nikimcbee]

P.S.: This HMS Surprise .. is it 'real', i mean .. thinking of Aubrey and Maturin (?) :hmmm:

It's the ship from the movie, replica, not the real thing.

[Catfish]

hehe thanks, for a moment i thought that parts of those stories might have been real :D

San Diego, i think the very first 688(i) sim from Sonalysts also started from there. Lots of interesting things to see there .. thanks again :)

[CCIP]

Oooh, very happy to see the Dolphin on exhibit there :D

Hopefully I can make it sometime - maybe even this year! She's a unique one for sure :up:

[Aktungbby]

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[nikimcbee]

Oooh, very happy to see the Dolphin on exhibit there :D

Hopefully I can make it sometime - maybe even this year! She's a unique one for sure :up:

That would be cool! You'll love it.:up: I've got video to upload when I get off work. :D

[Onkel Neal]

It's the ship from the movie, replica, not the real thing.

That's good enough for me, I sure would like to see that.

[Dowly]

Nice ones! :salute:

[fireftr18]

Thanks for sharing. Seems like it was a good trip.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Very nice :up:

[Stealhead]

Interesting those Hornets look like they are set up for long term storage. Must be a long term maintainence depot of dome sort. Looks like they are also chained to the tarmac.

[GoldenRivet]

Interesting those Hornets look like they are set up for long term storage. Must be a long term maintainence depot of dome sort. Looks like they are also chained to the tarmac.

agreed

couple of parts missing on one or two of em

[CCIP]

well, the F/A's are on their way out of service - most of the airframes will have reached their certified lifetimes by now. It's an issue here in Canada as well, where our CF-188s are about to "expire" as well, and there's still a big question mark over their replacement.

[Stealhead]

They're not E\F Super Hornets that much is certain. Could also be used as part of a Navy/Marine Coprs tech school as well. Everyone just about that was a crew dog went to Sheppard AFB there where several old F-16,15 and A-10 airframes along with all the heavies except the B-2 though there was a trainer B-1B used for different static training for example for the ammo troops to learn how to load up different airframes. So they may be getting used for that purpose.

[Sailor Steve]

Nice shots, Jason. Keep 'em coming. :rock:

[nikimcbee]

Nice shots, Jason. Keep 'em coming. :rock:

Wish granted.

[nikimcbee]

USS Midway, day two:
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Chiefs get all the good food.

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Old school Top Gun.

B-39 at sunset.
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B-39 control room.

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B-39 Sail

[nikimcbee]

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[Jimbuna]

Looks like you had a most rewarding trip Jason...crackin shots mate :sunny:

[Stealhead]

The old war horse CH-46 soon will be completely retired currently only a few USMC reserve squadrons still flying the Prog. USN already retired Thiers.

Of course the AV-8B will also have its sunset soon they'll be gone by 2019. That there is the earlier AV-8A /C which was retired in 87.

[Aktungbby]

Yipes! is that REAL! It needs to be indoors!https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11025645_10200246873611994_8862952960517845509_n.j pg?oh=adcbf222180108186cc2f4616de1f835&oe=558D131EJoseph Jacob "Joe" Foss (April 17, 1915–January 1, 2003) was the leading fighter ace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_ace) of the United States Marine Corps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps) during World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) and a 1943 recipient of the Medal of Honor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor), recognizing his role in the air combat during the Guadalcanal Campaign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign). In postwar years, he achieved fame as a General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_officer) in the Air National Guard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_National_Guard), the 20th (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_South_Dakota)Governor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_South_Dakota) of South Dakota (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota), President of the National Rifle Association (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association), and the first commissioner of the American Football League (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Football_League), as well as a television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television) broadcaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presenter). WIKIhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Moh_right.gif http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Joe_Foss_DM-SD-03-09574.JPG/180px-Joe_Foss_DM-SD-03-09574.JPG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joe_Foss_DM-SD-03-09574.JPG)'In three months of sustained combat, Foss's Flying Circus with two sections Foss nicknamed "Farm Boys" and "City Slickers."had shot down 72 Japanese aircraft, including 26 credited to him. Upon matching the record of 26 kills held by America's top World War I ace, Eddie Rickenbacker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Rickenbacker), Foss was accorded the honor of becoming America's first "ace-of-aces" in World War II'. He was shot down twice achieving it! :salute:

[fender2610]

nikimcbee, you have "the eye", those are some great photos.


The F4F close-up with Foss' kills, is amazing. I would love to make that my desk-top background photo, if that is OK with you.