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| USS Midway CV-41 V2 Division (Cats)1982 |
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| Take a bunch of bored sailors, a lazy day at sea, a standard Navy issue broom-stick and sheet. Mix with one idiot, some rope and sailors get strange ideas. We really did try this, but no one ever believed us. |
| Sometime in 1982, it was a no-fly day on the aircraft carrier Midway. We had about 40 knots of wind over the deck and we got the idea that we could make a human kite. After I got up enough nerve, I put on my flight-deck gear (always think safety in the Navy!!). I then pushed a broom stick thru my shirt, tied a sheet to my ankles and wrists and had someone tie a rope to my float coat. We didn't get very far, but it was another first for Naval Aviation. GO NAVY! |
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| EM2 Henson and his trusty flight crew: L to R; ABE2 Mooney, ABEAN Murphy, AN Pena, AN Kabli, ABEAN Stringham, ABE3 Helmuth, EM2 Henson, EMFN Schick, AN Robinson, ABEAN Parks. |
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