by Edward Wilson » Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:15 am
Unfortunately I was unable to find and clear pictures of the area between EL2 and EL 3 from that period. I can tell you the structures on either side of the Afterbrow double hatch are the elevator shafts for the ordinance elevators that emerge on the flight deck next to the island. The sliding doors allow Hangar access. Those Blue doors were not blue in the 80's and early 90's, as blue ment officers, and that was the enlisted brow. Now the double doors between EL1 and EL 2 were and are still blue, but that is the quarterdeck.
The other area of question I have is above the Jet Engine shop. You show a raised up deck on the right (port) side and a lower deck to stbd. Rob, in what he showed in the CASF thread, shows this as well for an earlier period. That was a flat floor in the 80's and at least until the end of 1992 when I left. There is a picture in the Detail and Scale book in the hangar section that show this. Looks to me that this whole area has now been plated in for additonal spaces now. Normally this area was packed with big green shipping barrels that held spare engines. Also the Detail and Scale pictures were shot in Norfolk in July 1990, which is why the hangar looks so bare. Everything was being stripped out prior to re-fueling. Tons of stuff went cross pier to the Lincoln, the rest to a wearhouse. A carrier accumulates a lot of crap in 30 years, and it was like Raiders of the lost ark in there.
I must say, though, these drawing are really looking great and I would love some too
Need Wilson
Unfortunately I was unable to find and clear pictures of the area between EL2 and EL 3 from that period. I can tell you the structures on either side of the Afterbrow double hatch are the elevator shafts for the ordinance elevators that emerge on the flight deck next to the island. The sliding doors allow Hangar access. Those Blue doors were not blue in the 80's and early 90's, as blue ment officers, and that was the enlisted brow. Now the double doors between EL1 and EL 2 were and are still blue, but that is the quarterdeck.
The other area of question I have is above the Jet Engine shop. You show a raised up deck on the right (port) side and a lower deck to stbd. Rob, in what he showed in the CASF thread, shows this as well for an earlier period. That was a flat floor in the 80's and at least until the end of 1992 when I left. There is a picture in the Detail and Scale book in the hangar section that show this. Looks to me that this whole area has now been plated in for additonal spaces now. Normally this area was packed with big green shipping barrels that held spare engines. Also the Detail and Scale pictures were shot in Norfolk in July 1990, which is why the hangar looks so bare. Everything was being stripped out prior to re-fueling. Tons of stuff went cross pier to the Lincoln, the rest to a wearhouse. A carrier accumulates a lot of crap in 30 years, and it was like Raiders of the lost ark in there.
I must say, though, these drawing are really looking great and I would love some too
Need Wilson