In late May of "81 I was working on a 140' Feadship that was enroute to Washington D.C. from FT. Lauderdale on the night that the plane crashed on the deck of the Nimitz. We were 20 or so miles offshore of Myrtle Beach S.C. when the incident on the Nimitz happened off the coast of Jacksonville. We were cruising at 16-17 knots. The next afternoon the Nimitz crossed our bow at the mouth of the Chesapeak heading into Nofolk. Our captain figured out it had to be making at least 40-45 knots.
John
