tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4767298918622716941..comments2024-03-29T07:17:22.997-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Is it Tuesday already? Then it's time for some trivia!OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-712048686107988482015-05-13T08:57:23.189-07:002015-05-13T08:57:23.189-07:00He sounds like a post-worthy chap.
I'll get t...He sounds like a post-worthy chap.<br /><br />I'll get the Research Department on this straight away!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68098758940520262382015-05-13T08:56:17.931-07:002015-05-13T08:56:17.931-07:00Beggin' yur pardon Zur. Warn't me who dunn...Beggin' yur pardon Zur. Warn't me who dunnit, it be Tuna who wrote this post.<br /><br />I'm not sayin' I don't make mistakes Zur, far from it, but ya can't pin this one on me. Zur.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32713339658337340042015-05-13T08:15:52.662-07:002015-05-13T08:15:52.662-07:00@Sarge/
Wanna know why New Orleans Intl Airport (...@Sarge/<br /><br />Wanna know why New Orleans Intl Airport (Louis Armstrong Intl) has the identifier "MSY?" It stands for Moisant Stock Yards! a) stock yards used to exist out there when it was all farm-land and runway was grass besides them and b) It was subsequently named for a American named John Moisant who was killed when his plane crashed in an attempt to fly from downtown N.O. out to the stockyards. Google the guy on Wiki--was a REAL character. LOTS of flying firsts, made millions in Sugar Plantations in <i>El Salvador</i> where he led two failed revolutions-goes on and on. Was flt trained in France--You've GOT to read his Wiki entry!!!virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54206899131334646682015-05-13T08:01:03.404-07:002015-05-13T08:01:03.404-07:00You missed the Scarlett Knights of Rutgers, Sarge,...You missed the Scarlett Knights of Rutgers, Sarge, as well as the U. of Central Fla "Knights." Most of all the Western Illinois Univ "Leathernecks," Macomb, Ill on the banks of the Miss R. (They have a colored mosaic tile insert of the USMC emblem on a black tile background in the Student Union!) You're slippin' mister! :)virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21380068002937364592015-05-12T18:02:29.058-07:002015-05-12T18:02:29.058-07:00Good ones!Good ones!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53750399346009458562015-05-12T13:58:17.297-07:002015-05-12T13:58:17.297-07:00Aye Aye
;-)Aye Aye<br /><br />;-)Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19865307277687596502015-05-12T10:28:31.645-07:002015-05-12T10:28:31.645-07:00Not completely outside the realm of possibility th...Not completely outside the realm of possibility that I'm not absolutely correct, mind you. Wish the image had more better resolution. What kind of cheap digital cameras did they have back in the olden days?PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31143965392055518312015-05-12T08:48:30.784-07:002015-05-12T08:48:30.784-07:00Yeah, but it's a "military-like" nam...Yeah, but it's a "military-like" name! Close enough for this quiz- I'll give you 2 extra points if you keep it just between us girls.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22415847935009280232015-05-12T08:35:49.864-07:002015-05-12T08:35:49.864-07:00Let me finish my beer and I might feel like answer...Let me finish my beer and I might feel like answering.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23840424463893224172015-05-12T08:34:30.773-07:002015-05-12T08:34:30.773-07:00Hmm, the source picture lists them in the same ord...Hmm, the source picture lists them in the same order I did, with Midway closest to the bridge, but I'll admit, my ancient carrier recce isn't so good.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73030328526408477362015-05-12T07:12:52.214-07:002015-05-12T07:12:52.214-07:00Late Entry - after some research it turns out that...Late Entry - after some research it turns out that I was there when the Hancock picture was taken, and that was just before her last Viet Nam cruise. She did participate in Frequent Wind in 1975, so that picture had to be earlier in the year - probably spring judging by all the sail boats.Poguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14844435158421387888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21877786911780763292015-05-12T07:04:12.671-07:002015-05-12T07:04:12.671-07:00Only one -- Memorial Stadium, Nebraska.
However, ...Only one -- Memorial Stadium, Nebraska.<br /><br />However, from l-r in 11 you have an Essex, a Kitty, and a Midway, rather than the reverse. I suspect you did that on purpose.<br /><br />Fun! Keep 'em coming, and have Mrs. Tuna help you with getting the ribbons and name tag on right. ;)PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84479564791051082442015-05-12T07:04:05.622-07:002015-05-12T07:04:05.622-07:00Your trivia contests always kicks my behind, but h...Your trivia contests always kicks my behind, but here's a personal cross connect - depending on when in 1975 that picture of North Island was taken I may have been stationed there. I did about half of my E-2B training training there with RVAW-110. While that was the west coast RAG outfit at the time, they also operated some E-1B Tracer detachments that operated off the Essex class carriers. The Hancock had just returned from her last Viet Nam and I think last ever deployment. She hung out at North Island for a while before being decommissioned. I don't remember aircraft on her deck but that indicates it was probably just after her return, so I was probably there. In spring/summer of 1975 the VAW community moved from NAS North Island to NAS Miramar.Poguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14844435158421387888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7769409639021724522015-05-12T06:47:33.612-07:002015-05-12T06:47:33.612-07:00Heh, I knew the one on Rhode Island. It's just...Heh, I knew the one on Rhode Island. It's just the way the folks in Little Rhody roll.<br /><br />Beer not only makes us more sociable but more erudite and witty as well. (Right?)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3688519430694902572015-05-12T06:11:01.374-07:002015-05-12T06:11:01.374-07:00Entertaining, Thanks. I will nit pick that the Van...Entertaining, Thanks. I will nit pick that the Vanderbilt Commodores are so called after "Commodore" Vanderbilt---who was only called that because he had a fleet of ferries before becoming a rail magnate etc. Nothing military related at all.Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64243949583283765382015-05-12T05:21:54.038-07:002015-05-12T05:21:54.038-07:00Not too well. Only got two, but one WAS the box.Not too well. Only got two, but one WAS the box.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.com