French fighter jets flying over NYC and the Statue of Liberty

[Bigtanker]

Parked next to the F-18 (?) of the Thunderbirds;

Are they in a Wal-Mart parking lot?

 

[actaeon277]

Thanks Sylvain

 

[Sylvain]

Our teams go over seas sometimes and we host furriners, most often the Canadian Snowbirds since they are so close by. These are Alpha Jets, a trainer or light attack craft. They are cute. I would MUCH rather they sent Rafale's. Those are serious aircraft and I would love to see in person what they can do with that canard.

There is also a Rafale display team touring the US right now.
They met the Alpha Jets of the PAF on the same air show the other day.

 

[Sylvain]

They have cool leather jackets.

 

[rob63]

Great photos! Very much appreciate them.

 

[actaeon277]

We painted our submarine.

But no one noticed

 

[Sylvain]

We painted our submarine.

But no one noticed

Yellow?

 

[actaeon277]

We painted our submarine.

But no one noticed

Yellow?

It was part of "Operation Petticoat"

 

[Principal Skinr]

Great pics! Love it! Vive La France!!

 

[Sylvain]

Great pics! Love it! Vive La France!!

 

[SEIndSAM]

It was part of "Operation Petticoat"

That's very cool ACT.....how long does it take to paint a whole sub??

 

[actaeon277]

That's very cool ACT.....how long does it take to paint a whole sub??

"Operation Petticoat"
Cary Grant
Tony Curtis

good movie, but not real.


[video=youtube;0p2JpYJpcFM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p2JpYJpcFM[/video]



Though.... in reality, putting them in drydock helps.

I was a nuke, RC Div. (Reactor Control Division). So generally in drydock I had other things to do. If there was painting for me to do, it was in "Machinery 2 Upper Level" (Auxiliary Machinery 2 Upper Level).
Outside Hull would be done by Deck Division. Deck Division was crewed by "non-rates". People that weren't "rated" for a job, such as sonar, radio, cook, torpedoman, etc. Often, they'd do time in Deck Div, watch other people, figure out they wanted to go do a better job, and they'd "strike" for that job. They'd have to get some manuals, show that they've done work to try to learn the new profession, then get permission from the chain of command to go to that school.

 

[actaeon277]

And... I'm NOT in the pic.
I was on my first day of leave, heading to Indiana.

 

[Sylvain]

 

[Sylvain]

The Rafale meeting the F22 Raptor.

 

[Sylvain]

The Rafale got a new paint job for 2017.

 

[Sylvain]

 

[SEIndSAM]

That is a really cool paint job......

 

[Sylvain]

One last flypast in the US, above the Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina.

 

[Sylvain]

The first plane built by the Wright brothers took off from the top of that hill 114 years ago.