Forrestal (CVA 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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- WO-1 HENRY J. BOUCHARD V-1 Junior Division Officer FLIGHT QUARTERS! FLIGHT QUAR- TERS FOR RESPOT ' PILOTS NOT RE- QUIRED. Just who is required, and why are they called even more often than the man with the night ' s movies? The Air Department, and specifically V-1 Division, handles the movement and spotting of planes on the flight deck. From a vantage point in the midst of flight deck activity, V-l ' s work seems a chaotic ballet of waving arms and roll- ing planes, but there is metliod and experience to the madness. Launches do occur on the split second, because V-1, working out of Flight Deck Control, has provided a way and a space for every aircraft. With close to one hundred aircraft on board, moving and spot- ting for the repeated flight cycles during a day of operations re- quires the coordinated efforts of every man. There are no stars. LCDR JACK E. WAITS V-I Division Officer )R HORACE N. MOORE, JR. Aircroft Handling Officer CDR JACK H. CRAWFORD Assis anf Air Officer

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This man retrieving a bridle on a horn of the ship is typical of men in the Air De- partment who work hard before, during and after every Forrestal launch and recovery. The spacious flight and hangar decks of the Forrestal might well be compared to a vast, 3-dimensional football field. The men in various colored jerseys, giving signals, running, strain- ing and pushing are the players; while Flight Deck Control and Hangar Deck Control — one above the other — ore the coordinated coaches of the teem. Space and Time are the dimen- sions of the gome: Space, because there must be a place and path for every plane; and Time, because the Air Department works against a continuous set of deadlines, geared to the tempo of launch and recovery. Close teamwork is a fact in accomplishing the necessary fluidity of a super carrier ' s air operations. From the outset, the Air Department plays its role in this huge effort, for in Pri- mary Fly Control, or Pri-Fly , orders ore given to initiate the actual launches and recovery of Forrestal ' s many aircraft. Pri-Fly is a real nerve center, linked directly to each aircraft and to various parts of the ship by a team of telephone talkers and intercom systems. For the jets to leave the ship. Air Department men actuate the powerful steam catapults which hurl the plane into the air at speeds above 130 MPH. At recovery time, other men operate the arresting gear, and then move the recovered aircraft to predetermined spots on the flight or hangar decks for servicing. There red-shirted fuel crews come into play and top off the tanks for the next flight. Extremes of wind and weather make life on the deck hazardous and uncomfortable. At the same time, the danger from propellers and jet blast is always present and requires con- stant vigilance. Still the Air Department gets a vital job done. Perhaps more than any oth- ers, they have solid claim to the Navy man ' s habitual creed: Without us, the ship is nothing.

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mmfmmtmmtmmmm Back row, lett to right: Hammond, J. K., AB2; Tomesfic, F. C., AB3; Jumba, M. (n), Jr, ABB; Haskell, P. R., AB2; Chnstcnsen, R- S., ABl. Middle row, left to right: Hramontnik, J. (nl, AB2, Hughes, T. H,, AB2; Drosche, L. E., ABB; Johnson, J. A., AB3; Mayo, M. D., AB3; Snyder, C, W. ADR3. Front row seated, left to right; Boker, J. G., AB2; Klay, G. R., AB3; Moegenberg, A. M., ABC; Pettis, J. L., AB3; Libby, L. E,, AB2. Stondinq, left to right; lannotti, E. T.. ABC; Wiegond, E. R , ABC. Missing from picture: Deem, C. W-, AB3; Morgan, S. C-, AB3 (picture with iJ-41; Rainha, R. A., AA; Bishop, W, E., AA, Cornicom, T. (nl, AN; Flynn, S. R., AA; Kern, } W., AA; Poterella, J. J., AN (picture with Flag); Stephens, J, R-, AA; Berry, H. (nl, AA; Mackey, J. T., AN; Schmack, C. J, AA; Schultz, C. A, AN; Scoresone, F. J., N; Broodbent, J. F., AA; lorio. A, (nl, AA; Moritimer, J. C. D., AA; Phillips, J, A., AA; Ballas, J. W.. AA.