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Ships I was on - some for a day, several for 3 months, one for a year+
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USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 San Diego Did Gitmo shakedown & took Kitty on her Maiden Voyage crost Equator & round
the Horn to Pac Flt
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42 Mayport Dominican Republic Operations
USS Midway CVA-41 Alameda NAS
Dad took me aboard when I was about 13 years old and we were visiting Uncle Tyler
& Aunt Emma Hammond in San Francisco - that cinched it for me - GO NAVY!
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USS Forrestal CVA-59 Norfolk My Unit's berthing compartment was 02-167-2-L
Did the Med Cruise 1962-63
USS Shangri-La CVA-38 Mayport Hey, turn that light out!
We're in the Band, man!
WE DON'T DO REVEILLE!
USS Kenneth D. Bailey DD-713 No place to hide on these Tin Cans - this was not fun - and neither was the high-line!
HMS Hermes R-12 Portsmouth, England
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Some of these photos are the ships I was at sea on, and their aircraft, i.e. USS Kitty Hawk, USS Forrestal, USS FDR,
USS Shangri-La, USS K.D. Bailey; Aircraft: Douglas A3D Skywarrior, McDonnell F4B Phantom II, Vought F8U Crusader, McDonnell-Douglas
A4B Skyhawk, Douglas AD Skyraider, Grumman E1B Tracer aka Willie Fudd
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You have to see a fire power demo at sea
to appreciate what "Shock and Awe" means!
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F-4B Phantom II
Loaded for Bear
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F-8U Crusader
Guns a Blzain'
Sidewinder Ready
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A-4B Skyhawk
Haulin some Little Bombs
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A-3D Skywarrior
Haulin some Big Bombs
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AD Skyraider
Love to see those 20MM's & Rockets strafin a towin spar
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After I seperated from active duty, I moved from
Norfolk back to Lock Haven and went to work at Piper Aircraft Corporation . . .
| Piper Aircraft History |
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| PA-30 Twin Commanche |
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| Piper Aircraft |
When I started at Piper Aircraft, I worked first on the PA-30 line, building fuselage bottoms - worked for Semintelli
- good guy.
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| Willliam T. Piper, Sr., Founder |
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| Piper Aircraft Corporation |
I bought the Dale Masters house on Island Route in Castanea Township PA, two doors down from Mr. Piper - used to
stop and talk with him sometimes when he worked in his garden - always very pleasant.
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| William T. Piper Memorial Airport |
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| KHLV Lock Haven PA |
I was the fourth house below the Constitution Bridge, property went right out to the taxi strip. Pilots used to
taxi through my yard to get to Frank Gillotts for engine work. Couldn't let my boys play ball when planes were tied
down in my yard. It was great in the evening, cooking out and watching the planes, touch & go's, etc.
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| PA-24 Comanche |
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| Piper Aircraft |
I built a few 24's too - and worked on one 400.
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| PA-24 Instrument Panel |
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| Piper Aircraft |
After I left the 23 line, I went upstairs and built PA 24 instrument panels. I remember the spiteful note that
my Department Head (Mr. J) clipped to my last paycheck when I quit Piper to work at Bell Telephone - sure glad I
did that.
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| Piper Aircraft Plant |
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| Lock Haven PA |
Hey, remember Jimmy Chilcot's Restaurant? Thousands of Piper employees ate there - thousands of times! Jimmy
always had good food, and treated us well - and got us in and out fast. Back to work! Hey John Keches, remember
the night we were climbing telephone poles in the dark up in Farrandsville? That was a case of B wire trouble going
up to Jimmy's house.
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| PA-23 Piper Aztec |
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I left the Commanche line and went to the 23 line for a while, hanging noses on Aztecs. My brother-in-law,
Bill Braucht, worked on the PA 23 line final assembly at the time.
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| PA-31 Navajo Chieftain |
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| Piper Aircraft |
I also worked on one Navajo in Final Assembly. Don't remember which model, but I think it was a 31P. I was
not one for turning down overtime.
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| U.S. Navy Aztec |
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| Piper Aircraft |
Navy had some Apaches and Aztecs. When I was in the Navy, I used to fly Lock Haven-DC (Anacostia) with LCDR
Tom Case - felt pretty good handling a twin.
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| Piper Aviation Museum |
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| Lock Haven PA |
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| Piper Owners Society |
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| New Piper Aircraft |
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| Vero Beach FL |
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Some other interesting Piper related websites . . .
Some more Navy related links . . .
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