http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/ HAZE GRAY AND UNDERWAY! Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:44:47 GMT revdonjohnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5371 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5371 The bottom line is money. I have been watching the Ranger group in Portland, Oregon. The group says they will have the money by the end of the year. I don't Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:01:47 GMT Gerry http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5370 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5370 I have to disagree. The bottom line is money. The Forrestal museum group convinced the USN it could raise the money to support a museum. The USN gave them Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:04:12 GMT Lawrence Tracy Lott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5369 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5369 That prototype status may be why the Navy hasn't allowed any of the large CV's to become museums yet. Makes you wonder why something that was commissioned 54 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:20:51 GMT Jim Hanford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5368 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5368 Group, I've added a link to the Yahoo group, "Shattered Sword", which takes its name from the book of the same title about the Battle of Midway. This group Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:51:06 GMT Gerry http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5367 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5367 Garry , once again it's sad about the FID. Which is the prototype for the modern CVN.... The Forrestal Museum gave up trying to raise money to get the musuem Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:14:58 GMT GARRY B. COSTON http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5366 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5366 GARRY SEZ: Here we go again; I feel for the USS FORRESTAL Museum Group; I hope they are successful in their efforts to save the Forrestal but I believe it Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:54:53 GMT Gerry http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5365 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5365 Master Chief Jeffrey Garber, command master chief of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, died June 20 while deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:17:30 GMT ERNEST T. SHAW http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5364 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5364 A GROUP WHERE YOU CAN FIND YOUR OLD NAVY BUDDIES. THE LINK IS ON THE LINK PAGE...... THE MAYOR OF OLONGAPO BMSN SHAW "BABY HUEY" Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:55:57 GMT Dan Riesenbeck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5363 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5363 Sad to say the Army has the right phrase for this. The 1st thing the squadleader says when boots hit the ground is "SPREAD OUT!" ....... CV's need the same Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:54:09 GMT Lawrence Tracy Lott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5362 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5362 ALCON - How quickly they forget. In case Senator Webb (former SECNAV) has forgotten that there were TWO CV's based at Mayport, maybe he should drive up to Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:17:49 GMT GARRY B. COSTON http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5361 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5361 Webb: Mayport CVN would worsen cash situation By Philip Ewing - Staff writer Posted : Thursday Jun 11, 2009 13:12:13 EDT Citing a $1.3 billion backlog in Navy Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:19:40 GMT GARRY B. COSTON http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5360 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5360 Same here; memories are good of my youth, and if I were still that young I would probably do the same; but all in all I'm glad I am where I'm at now; not Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:19:11 GMT Gerry http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5359 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5359 Ah yea..Garry. Liberty back in da' day. I bet you if I were in Palma right now I could walk straight from the old Fleet landing to the gut in no time flat. Yea Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:03:11 GMT GARRY B. COSTON http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5358 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5358 I am ready and raring to go Gerry; where is Dominic the hooker? We've been out at sea for weeks now and she will help to relieve all of the pressures. She's Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:50:51 GMT Gerry Hamm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5357 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_WORLDWIDE/message/5357 Hey Garry! Let's hit that gut! Can't imagine tying up in Palma but apparently it is now the case! Image:   090527-M-8752R-078.jpg      Description: