Daily Photo – Tomcat on the Yorktown

February 28, 2012
Travel

Tomcat on the Yorktown (Click image for larger view or to purchase)

The first Tomcats entered service in 1972 and they were retired from service in 2006. The two Pratt & Whitney TF-30 turbofans with afterburners could take the aircraft up to 1544 mph.

Daily Photo – USS Yorktown

February 27, 2012
Travel

USS Yorktown CV-10 (Click image for larger view or to purchase)

The USS Yorktown (CV-10) was the tenth aircraft carrier to serve in the US Navy. Commissioned in April 1943, she saw action in the Pacific, replacing CV-5 (also named USS Yorktown) lost at the Battle of Midway. She was build in just sixteen-and-a-half months!