Sleeping on the truck for the first time with an APU

Barchetta53 · Feb 2, 2013

Moosetek13 said: ↑

That brings back memories.

I once took a tiger cruise with my brother from Hawaii to San Diego on the U.S.S. Constellation carrier (C.V. 64).
We were also near the catapult. The KA part in your description should be a bit longer, as I remember it. About 2-3 seconds to accelerate the plane/jet before that final BOOM.

He was a signalman, so I spent much of the time on the bridge.
It was one of the most interesting, and fun, times of my life.

I remember being in the anchor room. I followed the anchor chain and looked down, and got dizzy from both the height and the waves crashing against the bow. It's like, what, 12 stories?
I almost lost my camera as I held it out and down to get the image on film.

I was wandering the corridors one day and went out a hatch, and I found myself at head level with the flight deck. I was just at dusk, the lighting was perfect, and I always had my camera at the ready.
At that moment a helicopter was readying to take off, the flagman just off to the side - and I captured one of those shots that simply could not have been planned to such perfection.
I was later informed by my brother that I had been in a restricted area and should not have been out there. Oh well, LOL. Didn't see any signs.

And I had never realized just how black a blue ocean could look, until we got to the deep sea.

Thanks for reminding me. I hadn't thought of it for a very long time.
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I'm surprised they let you wander around with a camera, lol

chompi · Feb 2, 2013

You are going to be so tired I don't think you will ever have a problem sleeping out there!

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