And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I did not realize, until a few years ago, that during WWII, Lake Michigan was used a as pilot training ground for carrier flight. Flattops on Lake Michigan would've been cool to see.
The masts and smoke stacks fold over to create safety net supports. When erected they did duty as ship's lights and antennas.
All the planes are up on the flight deck in this picture, as there was a single elevator to take them down below. This was a parade-shot rather than operational, as they would not have been usable masts up and all on top.
USS Langley CV-1
ReplyDeleteI did not realize, until a few years ago, that during WWII, Lake Michigan was used a as pilot training ground for carrier flight. Flattops on Lake Michigan would've been cool to see.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/aircraft-wrecksites/aircraft-wrecks-in-lake-michigan.html#:~:text=The%20Navy%20thought%20the%20Lake%20Michigan%20area%2C%20because,from%20the%20decks%20of%20Sable%20and%20Wolverine.%202
Which is why there a bunch of Navy aircaft at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
DeleteI wonder how they take off and land around those masts...
ReplyDeleteGotta get GOOD!
DeleteThe masts and smoke stacks fold over to create safety net supports. When erected they did duty as ship's lights and antennas.
DeleteAll the planes are up on the flight deck in this picture, as there was a single elevator to take them down below. This was a parade-shot rather than operational, as they would not have been usable masts up and all on top.
First in line has it the hardest....
ReplyDeleteUSS Langley was the first U.S.N. flattop. The first ever flattop was HMS Argus.
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