I got to hear and smell similar flight deck ops for 2 years as a member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club aboard the U.S.S Hancock CVA-19 for 2 tours '70-72. The aircraft were F-8J's, A-4E's, EKA-3B's, E-1B's and UH-2C's.
Matter of fact, she was the first carrier to have steam catapults (1954?) and...