Finn Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 A look inside a Neptune while on patrol: from here: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/3e005de0179d4935.html keep on clicking under Related Images to scroll thru many more pics. Jari Out2gtcha, D.B. Andrus and RLWP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I love the meal in the plate...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I have a couple of questions What's in the sandwiches and.. What aircraft is this? LIFE had some great photographers Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny320 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Looks like a P2V Neptune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Lenny320 said: Looks like a P2V Neptune. OK, that helps - I think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-2_Neptune The sandwich remains a tempting mystery Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 It is a big slab of meat in the sandwich that's for sure: meals being readied: and after lunch might as well take a nap: At least we know where they were: Jari Out2gtcha, davral64, thierry laurent and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Better inflight amenities that we would get flying today! Catered meals, hand carved roast beef (did you see the pic of the crewmember pulling a full roast out of the oven?) silverware, full recline sleeping facilities and smoking privileges for those who partake! Great pics Finn, thanks so much for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 My dad stayed in the Navy after WW2 and was assigned for a couple of years to a P2V squadron based at Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico. He was a Aviation Ordnanceman and aircrewman. As an AO1, he was responsible for the care and feeding of anything on the airplane that had to do with raining fire and steel on the enemy. His unit, either VP-3 or VP-5 - I forget which - flew routine coastal patrols from PR up the East Coast to the Navy base at Argentia, Newfoudland, where they would land, RON, and then fly back. I can't imagine a more boring, groaner of a mission. Since we were technically at peace at that time, there was little for him to do during these very long missions, so he became the chief cook and bottle washer along with other duties as assigned. Roast beef was apparently a staple on these flights as was lots of coffee, pies, etc - remember that the Navy ALWAYS ate well - and the airplane had a full galley. He told me he was never able to boil water, however, because they usually cruised too high to get it to boil. According to him, garbage went over the side with little regard to who or what was below them at the time and I always wondered what it would be like to be smacked by a frozen potato from nowhere traveling at terminal velocity . If you've never been in one, a Neptune is big but not particularly commodious. The fuselage is divided roughly in half by a massive wing carry-through/fuel tank that takes up most of the available space in the middle of the airplane. If you want to go from one compartment to the other, you have to climb/slide over it. Most of the rest of the space was filled with old school tube avionics with women's names like Jazabel and Juliet, radar scopes and such, so there was little walking-around room. The version of the Neptune he flew in was an early one with a solid nose with fixed guns, a bomb bay and eight pylons under each wing. I don't think it carried much in the way of sonar like later versions did. No jet engines or tip tanks, but it could use JATO if necessary. Overall sea blue with minimal markings. I have a photo somewhere of him in a poopy suit (immersion suit) either for training or in prep for a long over water patrol up north and he looks for all the world like Fozzie Bear of the Muppets. MikeMaben, Old Dog, Alain Gadbois and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Jennings Heilig said: Probably, as we used to call what came in the box lunches from the Elmendorf flight kitchen that we got when working mid shifts (when we didn't send somebody to Wendy's outside the main gate): Wholly synthetic chicken-like substance patty sandwiches guess that's what was the same in many armed forces around the world, even in the former and present eastern block...... Edited March 23, 2020 by Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 22 minutes ago, Jennings Heilig said: Probably, as we used to call what came in the box lunches from the Elmendorf flight kitchen that we got when working mid shifts (when we didn't send somebody to Wendy's outside the main gate): Wholly synthetic chicken-like substance patty sandwiches No way Jennings, apparently the Navy has some standards when it comes to in-flight dining. No box lunches for these guys. From the same series: Fresh carved roast beef, a nice after-dinner smoke and then a long nap. These guys had it made! Sure beats the AF.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 9 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: Probably, as we used to call what came in the box lunches from the Elmendorf flight kitchen that we got when working mid shifts (when we didn't send somebody to Wendy's outside the main gate): Wholly synthetic chicken-like substance patty sandwiches Wow - that's living!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncrow Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Boxed nasties from the Fright Kitchen....don't miss 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 I too have had a boxed lunch from Elmondorf, opened the box and inside was a sandwich, no plastic wrapping to keep it fresh or anything, unlike the ones we had in Cold Lake which were with all sorts of stuff to eat. Anyway, here is the insides of a Martin Marlin, and yes there is a plate of food there to pick over: Jari D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 There's a whole 'In flight food' thread growing here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick HMD Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Back in the early 60's aboard the old Wasp, if you stood the mid watch you were given ham or cold cuts and cheese sandwiches. They were referred to as "mid-rats". They sure went down good. Nobody complained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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