Yorktown (CVA 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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2 2 4 f 2 Pilots of VF-193 dash for their aircraft prior to a launch Moments later the plane is in the air ir loerafiond Ghost Rider gets the go signal for starting power. Wm 1 Qi'

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The LADY demonstrates her profficiency in a fantastic panorama of know-how and coordination duringlAir Operations. C' Flight QUHIYCISU iS her reason for being. Each man .is aware of the part he plays, and teamwork is not just a word here, it ispreal. Ask each man on the LADY to describe air-ops and you will recieve a thousand different answers. Few are capable of grasping the entire scene. The Engineers see air-ops as a time of critical labor. Engines and boilers must be meticulously adjusted to bring the LADY to exacting speeds so that there will be the proper wind across the deck for the launch and recovery of aircraft. For the Hight deck crews, it is a time when arresting gear and catapults must be adjusted to fine tolerances to insure proper operation. For the plane captains, it is a time for last minute repairs, adjustments, and inspection prior to the launch. In Combat Information Center, they see air-ops on their radar scopes as a series of dots that must be guided to their destination and then returned to the ship. Everywhere the margin for error is nil. Everyone must know and do his job well. Human life may be at stake at anytime. E, l l -. .....,, , First, a pilot is briefed on his mission by the Air Intelligence Ofiicer. f Up the escalator to the fiight deck to man the aircraft , D goes the ilot and fort ounds of safet t Long zlppers are the fashion nowadays . p Y p Y equlpmen 11. A... D: ML A . . , ,,,, ..........

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A hard turn for the Bogie . I Part of the LADY'S teamg the Fury. ' The Banshee The Cougar.