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Flight Deck - 1950's
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Total Pictures on this page = 159
1950 - VF-172 Banshee ship flyover.
1950 - Two F2 Banshee's launching at dawn.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Fly Over] [Launch]
1950 - F4U-5 Corsair of VF-173 doing an engine run-up on the port lift.
1950 - An F4 Corsair taxi's forward just after landing. Note wing walkers carrying wheel chalks.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Port Lift] [Recovery]
1950 - A Marine F4U-5 of VF-174 taking off.
1950 - First carrier landings of the North American AJ Savage were made aboard the USS Coral Sea.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Naval Aviation News]
[Recovery] [Recovery] [Recovery]
1951 - Corsair's and Spad's standing by to launch.
1951 - VA-15 AD-4L starts its take-off roll down the deck.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1951 - F4U-5 Corsair's and some F2H-2 Banshee's in the back all waiting to launch. Prop's launched first, then the jets.
1952 - Carrier Qualification tests of the FJ-2 Fury aboard USS Coral Sea. The initial carrier qualification tests did not go very well. The new landing gear and arresting hook bumper were too weak for carrier landings under realistic conditions, and the aircraft handled poorly during carrier approaches and landings.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Boeing]
[Launch] [CVB-43]
1952 - Conducting Naval Air Test Center carrier suitability trials of the F7U-3 Cutlass.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43]
1952 - F2H-2 Banshee's on deck ready to launch as Coral Sea builds speed.
1952 - VF-43 F4-U4 catches the wire as three more Corsair's come in to the pattern.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CVB-43] [CVB-43]
1952 - Two F2 Banchee's Launching on the forward cats.
1952 - Banchee's parked along the deck edge. Crowded deck looking at some Corsair's.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43]
1952 - F-4 Corsair waves off on landing.
1952 - Rare picture of forward center line elevator in use during launch cycle.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CVB-43] [CVB-43]
1952 - F2 Banchee's launching.
1952 - Plane guard helo lifting off the deck of the USS Coral Sea.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [CVB-43 Helo]
1952 - F2 Banchee's getting respotted forward.
1952 - Skyraiders and Corsairs waiting to launch.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CVB-43] [Launch] [Launch]
1952 - Flight deck scenes: Scrubbing the flight deck, Plane Guard on the bow, AD's and F4's in the Pack, S2F Tracker getting ready to launch, F4U-4 of VF-44 Trapping, AD Trapping, Two AD-4's of the VA-45 Blackbirds ready to go.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43]
1950's - Photo Collection from the early 50's.
[Image Source - Ken Christiansen]
[CVB-43] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck] [Flight Deck]
1950's - Various AJ Savage pictures from the early 50's.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[AJ's] [AJ's] [AJ's] [AJ's] [AJ's] [AJ's] [AJ's] [AJ's] [AJ's]
1953 - F9F-5 Panther of VF-83 launching.
1953 - F9F-5 Panther of VF-83 launching.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CVA-43] [CVA-43]
1953 - Launch Ops.
1953 - Panther taxiing to catapult.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CVA-43] [CVA-43]
1953 - Spad Trapping.
[Image Source - Jim Slagle]
[CVA-43]  
1953 - Carrier suitability trials of the F6 Skyray aboard USS Coral Sea.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CVA-43 Skyray] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43]
1953 - Carrier suitability tests of the of the XF3H-1 Demon aboard USS Coral Sea
[Image Source - US Navy]
[CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43] [CVB-43]
1954 - "Paddles" guiding a plane in for a landing.
1954 - Flight deck scene. F-2 Banshee's getting ready for launch cycle.
[Image Source - Gordon Zehrung]
[Image Source - Gordon Zehrung]
[Approach] [Launch]
1954 - A good look at an F2 Banshee on final to CVA-43. Notice that the barricade is "up". The Coral Sea was still a straight deck carrier back then. If the plane didn't catch a wire it had no where to go but straight into the barricade.
1954 - F2 Banshee pilot praying the cat stroke happens when the bow comes out of the water.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Approach] [Launch]
1954 - AJ-2 Savage over the round down.
1954 - Crowded Deck - AJ Savage, F2 Banshee, AD Skyraider & F9 Cougar.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Landing] [Pack]
1954 - F2 Banshee Trapping.
1954 - Able Dogs lined up and landing.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Trap] [Trap]
1954 - VA-104 "Hell's Archers" launching.
1954 - A VC-12 "Guppy" trapping.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Trap]
1954 - VC-33 "Night Hawks" take off roll.
1954 - Flight Ops on hold as a huge wave breaks over the starboard side in heavy seas.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1954 - FlightDeck scenes.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[1954] [1954] [1954]
1955 - F2H-3 Banshee's parked on the deck.
1955 - VF-171 F2H-3 Banshee's launching off bow cats.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1955 - Marine FJ-2 Fury's of VMF-122.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1955 - Flight Deck scenes.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[1954] [1954] [1954] [1954]
1955-56 - Doug Riach Collection.
[Image Source - Doug Riach]
[1955-56] [1955-56] [1955-56] [1955-56] [1955-56] [1955-56] [1955-56] [1955-56] [1955-56] [1955-56] [1955-56] [1955-56]
1956 - Joe Logeman Photo Collection.
[Image Source - Joe Logeman]
[1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956] [1956]
1956 - Aircraft lined up for trap on the USS Coral Sea. Note the LSO middle-left signaling the pilot.
1956 - An F9F-8B Cougar launching.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Approach] [Launch]
1956 - A VF-11 Red Ripper F-2 is over the ramp ready to trap.
1956 - This is what happens when you land on the wrong carrier. Paint job courtesy of the USS Randolph.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Approach] [1956]
1957 - S2F Tracker launching off the bow.
[Image Source - Troy Prince]
[Launch]
1950's - VA-104 "Hell's Archers" AD-4 on takeoff roll. Loading VF-103 f-9 f-8 Cougar aboard at Mayport Fl. King & Queen & Prince of Greece aboard Coral Sea. Doc Durfee closing door, Bud & Dave Reilly saying goodbye to the King & Queen.
[Image Source - Peter Whelan]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch] [Launch]


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