An F8U-1 Crusader of Fighter Squadron (VF) 211 pictured recording the 68,000th trap on board the carrier Midway (CVA 41) on August 26, 1958, fifty-six years ago today. The pilot of the aircraft was Lieutenant (junior grade) Donald R. McKee.
An F9F-8 Cougar of Attack Squadron (VA) 44 pictured on the starboard bow catapult on board Saratoga (CVA 60) during the carrier's shakedown cruise in the Caribbean Sea on August 25, 1956, fifty-eight years ago today. Note the jet blast deflector that instead of being raised from the flight deck is on a swivel device.
An F9F-8 Cougar of Attack Squadron (VA) 44 pictured on the starboard bow catapult on board Saratoga (CVA 60) during the carrier's shakedown cruise in the Caribbean Sea on August 25, 1956, fifty-eight years ago today. Note the jet blast deflector that instead of being raised from the flight deck is on a swivel device.
