Wings Of A Marine (1965) Marine Pilot Training
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airboyd.tv Department of Defense PIN 20405 WINGS OF A MARINE ADVANCE TRAINING OF A MARINE PILOT. ROCKET AND GUNNERY RUNS
Video Rating: 5 / 5
airboyd.tv Department of Defense PIN 20405 WINGS OF A MARINE ADVANCE TRAINING OF A MARINE PILOT. ROCKET AND GUNNERY RUNS
Video Rating: 5 / 5
January 1st, 2012 - 19:33
In his A4 Sky Hawk.
January 1st, 2012 - 20:17
This is a time when young boys wanted to be sea captains,fighter pilots,soldiers, nowadays they want to wear skinny jeans and immulate Justin Bieber.
January 1st, 2012 - 20:44
@pasley21 Local Marine OSO
January 1st, 2012 - 21:30
Is the beach landing still a viable method? Geeez, with rapid fire cannon like the 20 mm gatling gun?
January 1st, 2012 - 21:39
Something fell off the deck of the carrier at 16:25. You can see it splash into the water just after the aircraft was shot off the waist catapult.
January 1st, 2012 - 22:36
They let him take his POV onto the flightline? LOL
January 1st, 2012 - 23:30
@metalrod23 The car belonged to Lt. Spike Nunn who now lives on the East Coast in Virginia.
January 1st, 2012 - 23:58
I would love to have that convertable Ford………is that interior red or what?
January 2nd, 2012 - 00:23
@stevensrsp Yeah Steve. They want to move here and screw it up with their backwards 7th century raghead culture. Want to move here? Assimilate to OUR culture!
January 2nd, 2012 - 00:38
Any of you old guys know how long ago they moved API in with the Navy at Pcola? Is this just jet school? Obviously things have changed since, can anybody link this to how it is now?
January 2nd, 2012 - 00:40
17:56 is awesome!
January 2nd, 2012 - 01:31
@VMA225 Wow. I didnt know that, thanks for the info. So 2ndLts commissioned through OCS went straight into the USMCR upon checking into a unit? I take it from your screenname you worked on A4′s (or flew them).
January 2nd, 2012 - 02:25
@scooniepenn I believe that Lt. Smith AKA Ole Barre was commissioned a 2nd Lt. Marine Corps Reserve. In those days the only Regular officers came out of the Naval Academy. You had to hang around a couple of years and be a good boy before you got a regular commission.
January 2nd, 2012 - 02:49
a Marine Corps fixed wing pilot going straight into a reserve unit? They actually had that back then?
January 2nd, 2012 - 02:59
Tail Code CE belongs to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 225. This Video was filmed at the Squadron Hqtrs. at Cherry Point and on Carrier Quals at Pensacola in the Spring of 1964. The Squadron deployed to the Western Pacific in Oct. 1964 and Chu Lai, Viet Nam May, 1965. 54 Video’s and Slide Shows have been uploaded to You Tube that covers this Deployment. Just click on VMA225.
January 2nd, 2012 - 03:13
@B1900pilot Thanks. I guess those little ramps they used to have on the bow was to keep the bridle from slapping into the ship – I’d always wondered what they were for and why they went away. The seafloor must be littered with all manner of nameless junk.
January 2nd, 2012 - 03:49
@blobusus That was the “bridle” for the launching system they used before the nosewheel towbar used on today’s contemporary aircraft. So, everytime you launched in the old days you lost a bridle.
January 2nd, 2012 - 03:51
Martijnde
Courage is to serve in our military and to protect your dumb ass. I’m tired of hearing people like you talking about world equality. If you want the world leave . Don’t try to change America to fit a world mold. That’s what makes the US special and everybody wants to move here.
January 2nd, 2012 - 04:14
I also grew up at cherry point. My father was a instructor. His squadron was VMAT(AW)-202. We were stationed there from 1969-77.
They flew A6 intruders. Fun time . This brings back memories.
January 2nd, 2012 - 05:07
2nd Lt. William T. Smith AKA Ole Barre
January 2nd, 2012 - 05:34
I was living there as a little boy and remember looking up to see those air devils streaking overhead on training flights, so this film is a trip back in time.
“Capt. Viper”
January 2nd, 2012 - 06:11
Ok im sold ,where do I sign up
January 2nd, 2012 - 06:11
I wonder what else was shot off the deck at 16:24?
January 2nd, 2012 - 06:49
‘courage’ is associated here with a bomb ready to be dropped. I say it takes courage to stand up and state: no more killing, no more war for profit.
I am one vote for world equality.
January 2nd, 2012 - 07:34
Great video!