Moving Day by Buffalo1
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In the summer of 2000 the production crew for the movie "Pearl Harbor" borrowed the museum aircraft carrier USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, Texas and redecorated her as a Japanese carrier, then changed her make-up to appear as the WWII USS Hornet (CV8). The military aircraft on flightdeck display had to move to make room for WWII era "Japanese" planes and North American B-25 Mitchell bombers. I missed the planes being moved off the Lexington, but I was there after the filming to see the planes being put back.
A LTV A-7 Corsair II begins it's journey from the barge to the flightdeck while a McDonnell F-4 Phantom II and a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk wait their turn. Two more pics will follow in this series.
Comments (16)
tallpindo
An amazing historical event. These are the airplanes of my life. At least the Navy ones.
erlandpil
Great shot erland
Vik9740
how cool to have watched!
Alz2008
Wonderful capture,Excellent well done..
jocko500
that must be something to see. wonderful looking
rj2650
Great shot.
Osper
Hey, neat shot.
neiwil
Wow what a sight.A nervous time for all I'm sure.Great capture.
debbielove
I remember a Squadron of A-7's flying in to RAF Wittering, my local base. They came on a exchange visit. They flew right over my head, plane after plane after plane. Great stuff. Thanks for this shot, Rob
artroland
Great history and behind the scenes! Bravo!
texboy
What a sweet machine! I understand the A-7 was a real maneater that loved to suck incautious personnel into that big intake....the breaks of Naval Air!! Great pic, bud!!
bmac62
Excellent shot. And you told me something new...didn't know the inner workings of putting together "Pearl Harbor". Well done. Look forward to more. Bill
busi2ness
Great series and very interesting to know you had your ears on the ground.
e-brink
Great info - great shot!
Richardphotos
okay never mind my question.awesome thing to see
junge1
Great shot Rog. They look a little like the F-8 but are shorter and sub-sonic. When they used to fly, and we refueled them, sometimes when they flew behind us in formation, the tanker crew sometime accelerated and when we (the tanker) turned the outside A-7 had a hard time keeping its position in the formation.