Whats that on the back of the aircraft carrier?

I can reveal that the Porter was there to carry a V.I.P. Australian statesman on a courtesy visit.

The visit was cut short after twenty minutes when Sir Les Patterson discovered there wasn’t a bar on American ships……..:D

Revising the idea of M Class submarines and the Parnall Peto!:D

Looks like an April 1st project. 😀

😮 Would you care to explain what on earth is going on with that last shot of the Skyhawk on the Sub? 😮

Was a classified RAN project.

I haven’t found any mention of PC-6s registered in Hawaii in the late 1970s.. which would suggest that it was something they “brought with them”.

Edit: According to this there were no actual PC-6s on Air America’s inventory by 1978. The tail livery doesn’t match AA anyway, nor does it match another known CIA operator of PC-6s, Continental Air Services. So is it a civvie bird on a carrier? Hmm.

Edit2: Oh-hoh! How does this livery look for a match? Bird & Sons, another cover operator.

http://a4skyhawk.org/?q=2g/humor/aus_sub.htm

I have a suspicion there may be more to it…

but at least a Turbo Porter could land on a carrier…

😮 Would you care to explain what on earth is going on with that last shot of the Skyhawk on the Sub? 😮

The entry before the bit about the admiral might be pertinent too. If they had gone to Africa they might have been doing something clandestine – I’ve no proof, but it’s not impossible.

I do have an alternative explanation:
http://pixar.wikia.com/Planes

😀

Could it be the admiral’s barge? 😀

Funny you ask that; whilst moored at Pearl in late 1978 Admiral Davis succeeded Admiral Hayward as CINCPAC, onboard CV-63… according to this.

And it’s definitely about that date, or at least after October 1977 when VF-213 re-equipped with F-14s; you can see their tail insignia on the port fantail.

Edit: an on a tangent, this is an interesting article on how pressure from Helio lead to the cancellation of a Navy programme to use the Porter to support brown-water ops in Vietnam. Several years later the USAF “discovered” the Porter again for Credible Chase.

Could it be the admiral’s barge? 😀

Don’t you mean stern?

Apologies, but I am an ex crab, not a navy b*mmer.

Its front and back of a boat, toilet not a head and none of that man overboard malarkey for me!

Its a lovely photo thou, you can see the size differences between the two carriers clearly.

Just seems odd to find something like a PC-6 on an American (or any) boat. My first thoughts also where ex Vietnam but the photo is dated 1978 so a little late. The aircraft isnt protected either so probably not a delivery.

The US Army operated the Helio U10 Super Courier in Vietnam – maybe one of those???

Ken

HMAS Melbourne was used to deliver Australian Army Porters to Vietnam in the early seventies.

Edit: obviously 1978 was a tad late for the Vietnam war… Picture would have been taken during Exercise RIMPAC 78.

Can make it out a little better on another image of the same occasion, 10th May 1978…


but at least a Turbo Porter could land on a carrier…

Looks like a PC-6 Turbo Porter to me….

I see it on the back of the roof, it looks like one.

Seemed light hearted to me…

Don’t you mean stern?