Fullbore Friday
interwar glory
Right before I first posted this six years ago, after I once again lamented that we no longer have a ship with the name USS Shangri-La, Bill Schultz reminded me that there is a simply awesome video available of a unique and under-appreciated time in naval aviation; the early 1960s.
What an incredible time of change and advancement ... and a time yet warped by the war that would dominate the rest of the decade.
So, let’s take a moment to give tribute to those Sailors of the early-60s ... in glorious technicolor, on the USS Shangri-La (CV 38), circa 1962, somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea.
Crusaders, Skyrays, Skyhawks, Skyraiders, Marines doing PT on deck ... just glorious.
From the film Flying Clipper, (1962). Narration by Burl Ives.
That was at least one of the last...if not the very last...deployment of the "Fords" or F4D's.
(Thanks Cdr, you've provided my rabbit hole of the day!)
Very nice video. No rust on the auxiliary ship, my Dad would approve.