VA-134Photograph AlbumScorpion A-4B BuNo. 142743 - 1962 The catapult crew of United States Ship Constellation (CVA 64) is preparing A-4B BuNo. 142743 side number AE 409 for the first catapult launch from the Connie. The pilot was Commander J. Watkins, Commander, Carrier Air Group Thirteen. CAG also got the first trap just after the February 7, 1962 launch. Official United States Navy photograph from Bob Krall. VA-134 Scorpion Officers - April 1962 VA-134 squadron officers on United States Ship Constellation (CVA 64) shakedown cruise. Photograph provided by Bob Krall. Scorpion Division - 1962 VA-134 A-4B Skyhawks: Lead BuNo. 142420, side number AE 413; Number two BuNo. 142734, side number AE 410; Number three BuNo. 142743 side number AE 409; Number four BuNo. 142761, side number AE 411. The Stingers perform a flyover salute over United States Ship Constellation (CVA 64) in April or May 1962 during the shakedown cruise. Ensign Krall is flying BuNo. 142734 (#2 in echelon). Commissioned 27 October 1961 at the New York Naval Shipyard, Constellation sailed west to its homeport of San Diego, California in July 1962. Photograph provided by Bob Krall. 1962 Constellation: Scorpions Skyhawk BuNo 142752, AE-406, takes part in a firefighting exercise aboard the Connie as a smoke bomb provides the setting for a burning aircraft. Naval Aviation News photo 1962 U.S.S. Constellation: Scorpions Skyhawk BuNo 142752, AE-406, takes part in a firefighting exercise aboard the Connie as a smoke bomb provides the appearance of a burning aircraft. Naval Aviation News photo 1962 U.S.S. Constellation: Scorpions Skyhawk BuNo 142752, AE-406, takes part in a firefighting exercise aboard the Connie as a man in a "Hot Suit" gets up on the aircraft to rescue the pilot. Naval Aviation News photo 1962 U.S.S. Constellation: Scorpions Skyhawk BuNo 142752, AE-406, takes part in a firefighting exercise aboard the Connie as firefighters appraoch from windward to protect the rescuer in the asbestos suit as he rescues the pilot. Naval Aviation News photo 1962 U.S.S. Constellation: Scorpions Skyhawk BuNo 142752, AE-406, takes part in a firefighting exercise aboard the Connie as the fog applicator protects the rescuer in the asbestos suit as he removes the pilot. Naval Aviation News photo 29 AUG 1962: left front view of Scorpions Skyhawk BuNo 142682 parked on the ramp without any squadron markings. Unknown photographer via W. Mutza Scorpion Division Part Two - 1962 A division of VA-134 Scorpions from Naval Air Station Cecil Field fly over Lake Okeechobee in 1962. The division lead is A-4B BuNo. 142420, side number AE 413, division wing (Ensign Bob Krall) is in BuNo. 142734, side number AE 410; section lead is in BuNo. 142743, side number AE 409 and the section wing is in BuNo. 142761, side number AE 411. Official United States Navy photograph from Bob Krall. |