USS Kearsarge / VF-124

[denverpilot]

Buddy forwarded me a neat video... (apparently this guy has found some old 8mm stuff and has been putting it on YouTube... or so he says... and selling copies on eBay...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6op1OTGNDSE

Couple of those landings look like they happened a few feet above the deck, and one guy ends up in the barrier.

 

[Velocity173]

Lol! I like that A-3 landing at 12:35.

 

[Tom-D]

Lol! I like that A-3 landing at 12:35.

Yes they were A-3s

What was the aircraft just prior to them?




What does A3D stand for?









F3H Banchee

All 3 dead.

 

[Tom-D]

Other wise known as the "Queer Barge".



Sailor humor

 

[denverpilot]

Other wise known as the "Queer Barge".







Sailor humor

Tom. The guy who sent it to me explained that part of the story also, but I omitted it for the family channel here.

 

[Velocity173]

Yes they were A-3s

What was the aircraft just prior to them?




What does A3D stand for?









F3H Banchee

All 3 dead.

Aircraft just prior are F3H Demons

A-3 Sky Warrior or "Whale"

 

[Fearless Tower]

Tom. The guy who sent it to me explained that part of the story also, but I omitted it for the family channel here.

The moniker lives on. LHD-3 KEARSARGE is still referred to on the waterfront as the QB.

 

[Tom-D]

Aircraft just prior are F3H Demons

I stand corrected.

F2H Banchee was there also.