Aircraft Carrier CV 67 USS JOHN F. KENNEDY

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From this low angle port side shot, the full might of the carrier may be seen... Shadow just foward of the carrier is an F4 Phantom streaking aloft.

Phantom (red X) climbs off the bow while steam from the catapult lays low along the deck. Second Phantom is awaiting its turn on the starboard catapult, while other Phantoms and a Hawkeye (props already spinning) await their turn. Meanwhile, aft an Alpha strike of Skyraiders, engines racing, heads for the starboard side catapult. Other Skyraiders, wings folded, sit further aft while Intruders spot the remainder of the deck with the rest of the Phantoms. A second Hawkeye, with folded wings, squats in front of the carrier's island. 30 aircraft in all.

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Poetry In Motion. When Soviet fighter pilot, Lieutenant Victor Belenko, defected to the United States in 1976 he told his debriefers that there were two things that he wanted most: one was to visit a US Airforce Base and the other was to visit an aircraft carrier in action. They sent him to the JFK: He was so fascinated with the on-deck "ballet" that, for the first 24 hours that he was on board, he refused to go to bed. He just could not believe the artistry of what he was seeing...

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For more on the JFK and her crew read George Wilson's 1986 bestseller SUPER CARRIER "An inside account of life aboard... the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY"

Length of model in bottle: 11.1/4 " (286 mm) Total Length of bottle: 24 " (600 mm)
Distortion in the photo is due to the curve of the bottle.

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