SJ_Skyline

Fortunately I had my blackberry so apologies for the grainy images but it's not every day you get a chance to go on an aircraft carrier!

Midlife......

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Nice

Is that the one in Virginia?

Shaun

Luminous

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Totally awesome, always loved the F-14. You are a lucky boy to have had that opportunity.

SJ_Skyline

Charlotte, South Carolina

Midlife......

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I drove the Blue ridge Parkway and I'm sure I've been on that Carrier........BITD 1992 the flight deck had an F4, F8 Crusader, A7 and a Hawkeye.

Must go and dig out my photo's.

There was a submarine there as well to look around, tiny. Down the coast there was a massive battleship as a museum.

The Americans can do a couple of things right

Shaun

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They're fantastic things.
I can't remember the name, but about 15 years ago while working in Malta I got on a carrier.
It was on some kind of final tour before being decommissioned.
Absolutely massive

RobsyUK

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More info on where this is! links prefered.. Off to Vegas next year and are planning for next next years trip now.

Midlife......

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http://www.patriotspoint.org/

USS Yorktown

Shaun

RobsyUK

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Cheers midlife. Just showed the wife and said here's your 30th birthday present. She's not happy .. I did stress that I would enjoy it.. Peed her off more. lol

SJ_Skyline

That's the one - and the helicopter ride was only $35!

Leslie

They cleared me once to do an approach and overshoot on USS Forrestal when she was parked by Limassol.

I was in a Canberra B(I)8 which is not that big an aircraft but I have to say that the landing area looked tiny. Thank goodness I was only doing an overshoot. I understood all about "Navy Landings" after that little adventure. You should have heard the sigh of relief from my navigator when he heard the power going back on for the overshoot!

Happy days!

Les

Moley

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That is superb!