Greatest Number of Traps

"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message
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vincent p. norris wrote:

snort, aye. In 18 years spent on the care and feeding of Naval
Aviators [green variety] and their steeds.....

Very insightful post, OJ, but waaaay back in the oooold days, both
Navy and Marine pilots wore green.

Although I wore the more attractive shade of green, I thought the Navy
greens were damn good-looking, too. I gather a lot of Navy guys were
unhappy when they were phased out.

Why did you assume I was speaking uniforms, with that "green"?

Gee, I guess when you talk 'in riddles' maybe your intended meaning can get
lost.






While "blue" dollars pay for a lot of the USMC aviation toys, our
NAs/NFOs are *paid* with "green" dollars.

[Does anybody in the US military still get paid with checks [much
less {gasp!!!!!!} cash] nowadays, or has DoD gone mandatory
direct deposit? Saw on a recent cable show on carriers that all
their crew's cash comes out of an ATM.]
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OJ III
[Email to Yahoo address may be burned before reading.
Lower and crunch the sig and you'll net me at comcast.]

Mr Dowdy:
How many "traps" did you have?
I only had about 130, some in AFs on CVEs, most in S2s on CVs, CVAs, and
CVSs.
Ed

"Glenn Dowdy" wrote in message
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"niceguy" wrote in message
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It was never a competition!!
We did it because it was our job and duty.

And probably because you had nowhere else to land. The man asked a simple
polite question: there exists/existed a naval aviator who had more carrier
traps than anyone else; who was he and how many? No one is claiming he's
the best/greatest/whatever; it's just a matter of stastitics, Mr.
Anonymous.

Glenn D.

Since the thread's dragged out a bit now, I wonder if I've got the
fewest of anyone here who has any traps at all, with two (S2, on the
Lex, early '70s).

Anyone got just one?

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John Miller
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Since the thread's dragged out a bit now, I wonder if I've got the
fewest of anyone here who has any traps at all, with two (S2, on the
Lex, early '70s).

Didn't you have to CQ in flight training? When I was at Pensacola,
1049-50, the last phase in Basic (before going to Corpus for
Advanced), was CQ, which ended with 6 traps aboard USS Wright or
Cabot. That was in SNJs, in those days.

vince norris

In article ,
vincent p. norris wrote:

Since the thread's dragged out a bit now, I wonder if I've got the
fewest of anyone here who has any traps at all, with two (S2, on the
Lex, early '70s).

Didn't you have to CQ in flight training? When I was at Pensacola,
1049-50, the last phase in Basic (before going to Corpus for
Advanced), was CQ, which ended with 6 traps aboard USS Wright or
Cabot. That was in SNJs, in those days.

vince norris

1049? Man Vince, I knew you were my elder but wow!

Allen

vincent p. norris wrote:

Didn't you have to CQ in flight training?

Naval Aviators did. I was a PAO (and a civilian pilot.)

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John Miller
email domain: n4vu.com; username: jsm(@)

Phormer Phighter Phlyer wrote:

W. D. Allen Sr. wrote:
Just curious....

Who in the Navy holds the record for greatest number of carrier trap
landings? And what's his total number of traps?

WDA
VF-24 & VA-192



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I hear Flatley's name with regard to this but I would think it would be
somebody during WWII, when they were flying everyday, for weeks on end,
2-3 times per day and multi tours onbaord the CV(E)s...as long as they
lived that long. Not sure if they did 'greeny boards' and trap counts
during WWII, I'm sure there were more important things to worry about
than what paddle's said.

I doubt it. The average sortie time tended to be a lot longer with props
than jets. Besides, UNREP was still in its infancy. IIRR, prior to late
1944 or early 1945 only fuel had been transferred at sea. Transferring
ordnance, spares and other supplies under way appeared relatively late in
the war.

Guy

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:37:50 -0500, Allen
wrote:

In article ,
vincent p. norris wrote:

Since the thread's dragged out a bit now, I wonder if I've got the
fewest of anyone here who has any traps at all, with two (S2, on the
Lex, early '70s).

Didn't you have to CQ in flight training? When I was at Pensacola,
1049-50, the last phase in Basic (before going to Corpus for
Advanced), was CQ, which ended with 6 traps aboard USS Wright or
Cabot. That was in SNJs, in those days.

vince norris

1049? Man Vince, I knew you were my elder but wow!

Preparing to support the invasion force of William the *******, no
doubt!!!!! ;-)

Bill Kambic

"niceguy" wrote in message
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Mr Dowdy:
How many "traps" did you have?

Not a single one. You guys are nuts. I don't think that was the issue, nor
did I indicate that you weren't a naval aviator. Just a bit mean in your
answer, and it appears that others here felt the same way.

I only had about 130, some in AFs on CVEs, most in S2s on CVs, CVAs, and
CVSs.

How many jumps from an airplane in flight? I only had six, mostly from C141s
but the last one from a C-130. One night jump.

Been married twice, though.

Glenn D.

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Ogden Johnson III writes:

[Does anybody in the US military still get paid with checks [much
less {gasp!!!!!!} cash] nowadays, or has DoD gone mandatory
direct deposit? Saw on a recent cable show on carriers that all
their crew's cash comes out of an ATM.]

Funny that you should bring that up... I've just been working on a
piece of that, actually. It's more than just ATMs - Some ships are
part of NavyCash, which reduces the demand for hard money by
substituting programmable "Smart Cards" for geedunks & stamps & Mess
Dues and such. You can transfer funds from your Ship's Account, using
something like an ATM, and use the card in the Coke Machines & such.
The accounting for the DISBOs is a lot easier, and so are the
logistics. It seems that when they empty the cash boxes in the Coke
Machines every month, they're hauling about 1,000# of quarters around
the ship. (For a CV or LPH-sized ship). So, anyway, the effort is
there to eliminate hard cash on ships. (The cards can also be used as
Debit Cards ashore).

--
Pete Stickney

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