Flight Deck 6 has these exciting aircraft and features: T-34 Turbo Mentor, T-45 Goshawk(TM), F/A-18C Hornet(TM), F/A-18E Super Hornet(TM), EA-6B Prowler, C-2A Greyhound, E-2C Hawkeye, SH-60B Seahawk, the USS Harry S Truman and NAS Custom Scenery. Missions for FS2004 and FSX are at Naval Air Stations and from the aircraft carrier deck using the catapult for takeoffs and cable traps for landing. Their newest add-on takes the would-be aviator through the paces by first training in the turboprop T-34 Mentor, next in the jet-powered T-45 Goshawk at land-base Naval Air Stations before graduating to the muscular F/A-18C Hornet and F/A-18E Super Hornet off the deck of the USS Harry S Truman.Īn exclusive new feature are missions for FS2004 complete with audio feedback. For more than 12 years, their Flight Deck series has brought the challenge of aircraft carrier based aviation to flight simulation fans. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:USS enterprise-bomb hit-Bat eastern Solomons.Abacus is ending 2009 with the release of Flight Deck 6.Portal:Waffen/Waffentechnik mit Herstellersortierung.Note: According to the original photo caption, this explosion killed the photographer, Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F. The bomb was dropped by a JapaneĪ Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS Enterprise, 24 August 1942. This was the third and last bomb to hit ''Enterprise'' during the battle. (Source: )Ĭlick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.Ī Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS ''Enterprise'', 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, causing minor damage. The smoke from the bomb explosion that killed Read can be seen in the upper left of this photograph. Robert Read was stationed in the aft starboard 5" gun gallery and was killed by the second bomb to hit Enterprise.
The film Riley took that day, and of which this still was extracted together with others and published in Life, can be seen at this Youtube link (explosion at 03:05).
This image, however, was actually taken by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Marion Riley, who was operating a motion picture camera from the aft end of the ship's island, above the flight deck and who survived the battle although his photographic equipment was damaged. The bomb was dropped by a Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bomber piloted by Kazumi Horie who died in the attack.Īccording to the original photo caption in the US Navy's archives, this explosion killed the photographer, Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Robert F. This was the third and last bomb to hit Enterprise during the battle. A Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS Enterprise, 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, causing minor damage.
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