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Johnny my good friend, you have to realize that many of the characters from our era saw that period of their lives as over and finished with, and there is nothing wrong with that ethos. There are only a few of us who see any merit in reminiscing they way we, you and I and Ray and a couple of others do. |
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I am not sure whether its just me or seem to have lost planet met but the only names I seem to remember are Ken Ashton and Ray Brooker, is it because the Met Branch that knew has now forgotten, I believe Ray Brooker and myself were both Pioneers in Asweps which was the original concept of Metoc. I see reunions amongst the few but never any more of us oldies. |
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Talking of carriers, t,other day in the wilds of Norfolk (UK) I came across a 15ft model of a carrier which needs a new home and wondered whether any of you well-off pensioners could be interested. It has a good collection of aircraft and deck equipment and I'm told it is easy to move as it has just come back from a display somewhere. 'Easy' may be a relative term though. One obvious drawback is that it is the USS Enterprise but you can't have everything I suppose If anybody is interested I have contact details. |
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That's the one, Kenny; in the hangar it has the helicopter that plucked them out of the sea, and also the module that they splashed down in. It all looks very, how shall I put it, Heath Robinson, but it was cutting-edge stuff in those days. The Carrier itself is a revelation after serving on Victorious and Hermes - it even had a library and cinema! All the old fellers acting as guides were bemoaning the fact that their Navy was shrinking to nothing nowadays - where have we heard that before...... 1! |
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Just googled it Ray, USS YORKTOWN |
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Might have been the USS Ticonderoga Ray,I know that was about in the early sixties because it was in the Phillipines with the Victorious in '61 or'62 when I was on the Vic. |
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After being in touch with Ashley Price on Facebook I decided to have a look on here and see the usual reprobates are still postiong though can't remember seeing you on here before Steve Howard. |
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Yes, still alive, or just about. Enough to attempt a reaction from a few people and get this guestbook up and running again! I was going to mention a visit to an old American Aircraft Carrier, kept in good condition and open for tours.. it was the one which we all saw on TV picking up the astronauts who first walked on the moon. Was it Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin? And what was the name of the ship? It is docked in the Naval base in Aleneda, just off San Francisco, California, where my son works. Good to see a ship from the Sixties again! |
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John Evans
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Just checking to see if i have remembered how to get in here after a rather long break. |
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