I should have done this for an earlier Skywatch post!
Today is a blast from the past - early February 1995 to be exact.
At the time, I was stationed on this lovely little vessel,
USS Abraham Lincoln CVN72
We were out off the coast of San Diego.
Several of us were on the flight deck, waiting for a helicopter to come in.
I worked in the post office, so it would be bringing a small amount of mail, possibly people and other things.
As we stood on the flight deck, we could see a whole bunch of sailboats entirely too close to us and I'm sure they were staring and saying "WTF" just like we were!
We had wandered onto the course where the America's Cup Sailing Regatta was being held!
You can almost see the bow peeking around the sailboat's mast...
This is the picture that I've seen the most. I think it's from the San Diego newspaper.
I was standing in what's called the "bomb farm" next to the island.
That area is on the far right side of this picture, right where it goes off the frame.
This is the video I grabbed screen shots from - they start around 10:40....
Just one of many Navy stories I could tell!
Amazing photos. Sounds like someone was off course on their navigation!
ReplyDeletenice pics...thanks for sharing
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