Tuesday, December 28, 2004


I jokingly offered this guest $100 if he could get from the flight deck to PriFly in less than a minute, and I offered him $250 if he could make it without needing bandages! His mom, who is nearly as tall, wanted him to accept the challenge to pay for his groceries! (He declined and went to the hangar deck where he could stand up straight.)


Tom being presented with the coveted Yellow Cap


Martin receives his Yellow Cap


Spartan brig cell is under constant observation


"This looks like Army chow!"


This leads up and out of the brig, but the escape hatch is not very large. If you're overweight you'd better be the last man up the ladder!


A former Marine, Denny points to an observation port looking into a brig cell. Later, these ports were fitted with closed circuit TV cameras.


A camera mount for BRIG television network (BTN?)


Denny examines a rack in the "large" cell


Brig Post Office system


The way in and out of solitary


Note how small the turnbuckle and chain links appear!


In the Secondary Conn.....anyone know what this is????


From l - r "Chemical Alarm, General Alarm, Collision Alarm" in the secondary conn all the way forward.


Port pelican hook with bale in place


Jim and his DOW compendium help show the size of the chain!

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

The people who work together to make the Midway perform so well in her new role as the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum, and their families, were guests of the Midway Sunday, December 19 at a dinner hosted on the hangar deck, followed by an opportunity to see the harbor Parade of Lights from the flight deck

It was an evening of excellent food, lively camaraderie, and a wonderful opportunity for our families to see where we go during the day, and why we go there. For many of us, it was also our first opportunity to see the Parade of Lights.

Thank You MIDWAY!



Wonder if we'll see any more boats with palm trees?


Candy canes, mermaids, sharks, whales, dolphins, palm trees, pretzels(?), followed by a boat drink in a hurricane glass!


I still can't get that Hawaiian Christmas song out of my head!! (ALA KA NEEKY MOKKA or something like that)


Ghostly boat................


A smart-looking little boat!


Palm trees were big at this year's parade!


With Rudolph guiding this boat from the bow, the palm trees/antennas swayed in unison as the boat rocked in the wake of the one which preceeded it.......

Sunday, December 12, 2004


Saturday Docents preparing to begin their island watch. Brenda is close to earning her yellow cap!


This needs no explanation!!!


Angela's the Saturday Dow

Friday, December 10, 2004


A "well fed" MiG Eating Machine!


Midway flight deck has the best view in town!


One of the new kids on the flight deck


Helios drops behind helos on flight deck.


Chuck, Freddie, Dick, and a piece of Pirate Pete mixing paint.


Dick and Chuck - old shipmates and old friends!


His name is on the helicopter!


Captain Chuck Smiley, Pirate Pete( painting), and soon.......Freddie the Frog!


Pirate Pete Paints Personal Pet


The Frog is coming back!


The return of UDT 13 "Freddie the Frog"


Midway was homeported in Yokosuka and the word about danger from combustibles was put out in English and Japanese!

Wednesday, December 08, 2004


2" Steel Sandwich - Does anyone know why they welded 1" plates instead of using 2" steel?

Tuesday, December 07, 2004


"This S-3 got away but we've got the other one on the flight deck!"


Safety chats with Marines


Newly Aboard!


Vultures?


"They've seen me!!"


Final Landing?


F-4B and H-3 on 7 December 2004

Today is 7 December, 2004 and MIDWAY was the media star of San Diego again! There seemed to be as many yellow hats and red hats as there were guests! News crews had more "experts" than they could hope to interview. Did anyone see any MIDWAY related stories on TV?

To date there have been 2 attempts to identify the "Mystery Component" featured in a photograph below. Does anyone know what it is?

Look for more photos of our new aircraft, photos of yellow and red hats at work, ohotos of continuing onboard work-in-progres, and more. Remember, the content of this site changes almost every day. All posts to this site are stored in ARCHIVES on this page (on the right side of the page, below the "LINKS" section.

The Archive for each month may be accessed by clicking on the name of the month.



"This means helicopters too!"

Saturday, December 04, 2004


"Docent Council in Session"

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