Recently the Brits were complaining (OK - only the WHINGEING POMS) :-) that the USMC may use the CVF deck before or with or during or whatever the F-35Bs of the once mighty UK would get aboard. So what - I say - as one does.

Our MELBOURNE was still in refit at the time and came out a bit later ready to go for 1969.

GO HERE FOR THE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loOq0QyFYT0

Original AWM video (mislabelled) here:

http://static.awm.gov.au/video/F04985.mp4 (11.7Mb)
&
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F04985/

First ever A4G & S2E Deck Landings - aboard HMS Hermes 04 Nov 1968. Trackers did not stop. Here is the Navy News story 08 Nov 1968 from online PDF: (9.3Mb)

http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files...mber-8-1968.pdf

This post has been edited by Luig on Dec 15 2014, 02:19 PM

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