Photos Aircraft Carriers

[BravoZulu]

A North American AJ Savage aboard USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) had a wheel slip into the forward catwalk and it took the crew several days to get it back on deck. Mid 1950,s

 

[BravoZulu]

Aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in the Arabian Gulf. 16 September 2001

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) as she exits the Chesapeake Bay. 16 September 2003

Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), right, and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transit the Atlantic Ocean June 4, 2020, marking the first time a Ford-class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier have operated together underway.

 

[Redav]

Three fine photos of HMS Ark Royal (R09) in what seems to be her 5th commission between 1964 and 1966. Aircraft on board are Scimitars, Sea Vixens, Gannets, and a Wessex helicopter.

In 1967, the Ark would enter Devonport for a three-year refit that would enable her to operate the F4 Phantom II (Phantom FG1).

 

[F.L.]

French Arromanches :

 

[Redav]

CVN 78 George H W Bush in Trieste , Italy

 

[F.L.]

French Arromanches (R95) after modification with angled deck in 1957, with Alizé ASW & Alouette (Probably in the 1960s)

 

[F.L.]

The French escort carrier Bois Belleau (R97) at Toulon (1959)

 

[F.L.]

French escort carrier La Fayette underway (probably 1950s or early 1960s)
Aircrafts on deck seems to be TBM Avenger.

 

[Chazman]

CVN 78 George H W Bush in Trieste , Italy

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USS Ford.

 

[F.L.]

Some more pictures of the "Béarn", first French flattop.
It was originaly a Normandie class dreadnought, who were converted into aircraft carrier before completion, launched on 15 April 1920 & commissioned on 5 December 1927. It served until the 1940s & converted into aircraft transport.

 

[Newtonk]

Three fine photos of HMS Ark Royal (R09) in what seems to be her 5th commission between 1964 and 1966. Aircraft on board are Scimitars, Sea Vixens, Gannets, and a Wessex helicopter.

In 1967, the Ark would enter Devonport for a three-year refit that would enable her to operate the F4 Phantom II (Phantom FG1).

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And how long was it before designers moved the elevator from the flight path?

 

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[F.L.]

The Spanish Principe de Asturias (R11) & Thaï Chakri Naruebet (CVH-911) :

 

[F.L.]

 

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[BravoZulu]

Supermarine 525 prototype (VX138) Scimitar landing aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Centaur (R06), 14 June 1955. The aircraft crashed just three weeks later after the pilot was unable to recover from a flat spin.

 

[F.L.]

Argentine Navy A-4Q (3-A-305) on 25 de Mayo (few day before 1 May 1982)

 

[santana]

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) off Trieste, Italy. Sept 2023

 

[santana]

Arabian Gulf (Mar. 14, 2003) -- Loaded with AIM-54C Phoenix and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, an F-14A Tomcat assigned to the Black Knights of VF-154 launches from the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).