britfrog 180 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 this does it for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWqexq4td28 2 Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,497 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Cue Top Gun music! Loved the first video. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 When I saw the title "Its a Shack" I thought it may have been and incident that my father in law was involved in. It was during the 1960s when an American fleet was involved in an excersise with the British in the Mediterannean. My father in law was an electroncis officer on a particular aircraft. Apparently it was quite a cloudy day and the aircraft had been aloft for a while. They decided to have a bit of fun, spotting the US carrier group through the clouds they called the carrier on the radio and asked if they could land on to refuel. The Americans agreed but failed to ask what aircraft the RAF crew were flying. Using the aircrafts radar they lined themselves up for a perfect carrier landing and then dropped through the clouds about a mile astern of the carrier. By all accounts all hell broke loose when the Americans spotted a large 4 engined bomber on short finals! Yep, the old man was part of a Shackleton crew! The carrier started weaving in a bid to put the pilots off but to no avail, they flew the Shack on a low slow pass along the carriers flight deck whilst taking photos of the astonished crew below! Thereafter the Americans were always carefull to ask WHAT type of aircraft was about to approach them! These are a couple of pics from an FS re-enactment I did a while ago; 2 Link to post Share on other sites
hifly 925 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Great story Al. Shackleton, 20,000 rivets flying in close formation. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Does carrier action make you go goosebumpy? Yep, almost every one after Pearl Harbor. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gunner 69 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Good videos and a great story. Goosebumps all day. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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