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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:51 pm 
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On 7 July 1989 I took this photo of Tiger 141884 mounted on the bow of USS Intrepid as though it had just been shot off the cat. There was another Tiger, 141783, also onboard and in VF-33 colors as well. The one shown here in the photo is not listed on the WIX Register. Is it now painted in Blues' colors?

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:39 pm 
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http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... rch=141884

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:12 pm 
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The Tiger sat so low to the ground that the tailhook couldn't be stowed until the gear was cycled to 'up' after takeoff since it folded to stow.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:14 pm 
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Barrie MacLeod wrote:
There was another Tiger, 141783, also onboard and in VF-33 colors as well.


141783 is currently undergoing restoration at MAPS Air Museum in Green, Ohio. Here are some pictures of her when she arrived at MAPS in 2010. If anybody wants more recent pictures, I'll take some next time I'm out there.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:26 pm 
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Anthony Svihlik wrote:
Barrie MacLeod wrote:
There was another Tiger, 141783, also onboard and in VF-33 colors as well.


141783 is currently undergoing restoration at MAPS Air Museum in Green, Ohio. Here are some pictures of her when she arrived at MAPS in 2010.


*Arrived in 2004 I think. :)

https://sites.google.com/a/mapsairmuseu ... r/recovery


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:41 am 
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Thanks! I meant to say the first time I took pictures of her in 2010. Keyboard dyslexia moment.

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I was a Junior in high school at the time and we were going on a trip to NYC. Since I knew we were going to be getting that aircraft (and the A-7), I arranged a trip to the Intrepid and got to take "extra close" photos to see exactly what work would be needed once we got it. Also, as I was learning how to drive a tug, I utilized the F11F quite a bit! Much easier than the F-14!


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Intrepid didn't take very good care of it while in their possession. It was sad to see the condition it was in when it arrived at MAPS. It is in better hands now.


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Intrepid didn't take very good care of it while in their possession. It was sad to see the condition it was in when it arrived at MAPS. It is in better hands now.


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:07 am 
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PhantomAce08 wrote:
I was a Junior in high school at the time and we were going on a trip to NYC. Since I knew we were going to be getting that aircraft (and the A-7), I arranged a trip to the Intrepid and got to take "extra close" photos to see exactly what work would be needed once we got it. Also, as I was learning how to drive a tug, I utilized the F11F quite a bit! Much easier than the F-14!


Very nice! I worked with two A-6 and F-14 squadrons while I was in the Nav and you had to be careful when moving the Tomcat around! There was definitely an incentive to get your Brake Rider designation!

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Avnut wrote:
Intrepid didn't take very good care of it while in their possession. It was sad to see the condition it was in when it arrived at MAPS. It is in better hands now.



Just a few photo´s from my stream.
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MAPS Air Museum photoset : http://flic.kr/s/aHsjvz7sRm

And a set of negative scans from the Intrepid visit 1998.
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Most aircraft are now restored and a few left the collection like the Helldiver ,Hellcat ,H-21 & SE-5A

Part USS Intrepid set http://flic.kr/s/aHsjs5kpZs 1998 and 2009

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:35 pm 
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The Inspector wrote:
The Tiger sat so low to the ground that the tailhook couldn't be stowed until the gear was cycled to 'up' after takeoff since it folded to stow.


Actually, no. It was double-jointed so it could be manually stowed on deck. Like the Panther and Cougar tailhooks, it could be raised to the stinger position after landing so the airplane could be taxied forward over the remaining wires. The design was criticized, however, because it was stowed upside and backwards so it might not properly extend on a landing ashore if the pilot decided after touchdown that he had to take the emergency arresting gear.

For pictures, see http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2009/09/tail-hook.html


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