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- From: I R A Aggie <aggie@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu>
- Subject: Training Carrier Pilots (was: Carrier info.wanted )
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:31:03 GMT
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- From I R A Aggie <aggie@wealthy.ocean.fsu.edu>
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- > From Steven.Schultz <Steven.Schultz@mixcom.mixcom.com>
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- > Also: George Washington and America. U.S.S. Lexington (AVT 16) had her last
- > aircraft landing in February 1991, No. 493,248. In March, 1991, it was decided
- > to decommission the ship because of maintenence problems. It was stricken
- > November 30, 1991, and is now a display at Corpus Christi, TX. It was replaced
- > by U.S.S. Forrestal, redesignated AVT 59 on February 4, 1992, after completing
- > her last deployment with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW 6) from Mayport, FL. She left
- > in May 1991, and returned that December. The ship entered a complex overhaul
- > at the Phillidelphia Naval Yard in September 1992, and is scheduled to
- > complete November, 1993. Most work will be removal of weapons and sensors.
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- So, in the interim, where are the naval aviation candidates (trainees?
- cadets???) going to learn their carrier landings, since there is currently
- not AVT available?
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- [mod note -- U.S.S. Forrestal will be serving as the training carrier
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- Steve]
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- James - confused&dazed, but that's nothing new
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