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Color slide depicting aircraft on the flight deck with island visible on the left
Airplanes on the Flight Deck
Color slide depicting aircraft on the flight deck with island visible on the left
Color slide depicting aircraft on the flight deck with island visible on the left

Airplanes on the Flight Deck

Object NameTransparency, Slide
Historic Owner
Association
DateNovember 1967
PeriodCold War; Vietnam War
Mediumcardboard, film
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of RD2 Fred Lugar. P2017.02.208
Object numberP2017.02.208
DescriptionSlide, Color; Horizontal image looking down from the island looking down on aircraft parked on the flight deck of USS Intrepid. Aircraft include Douglas A-4B Skyhawk of anti-submarine fighter squadron VSF-3 with modex (nose number) in the 100 series, Douglas A-4C Skyhawk of Attack Squadron VA-15 with modex number 200 series, Douglas A-4C Skyhawk of Attack Squadron VA-34 with modex number 300 series, Vought F-8G Crusader of Fighter Squadron VF-111 (Det. 11) with an incomplete modex of 16, Vought RF-8G Photo Crusaders from Light Photographic Squadron VFP-63 (Det. 11) with modex numbers 401 and 403. Aircraft parked on the aft deck include a Grumman E-1B Tracer of Airborne Early Warning Squadron VAW-121 (Det.11) and a Douglas A-1H Skyraider of Attack Squadron VA-145 with modex number 505. Pri-Fly, or primary flight control, is on the left. A video camera is inside pri-fly. The water of the ship is calm and the sky is blue with light clouds.

Slide mount has “Made in U.S.A. U.S. Pat. No. 3,013,354” printed in yellow and “34” and “Nov 67R7” printed in black on one side. “Ektachrome // transparency // processed by Kodak” printed in blue on the other side.

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