Of all the times to leave the camera behind...
 

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! :)



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Nice :D

Is that the one in Virginia?

Shaun

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

Charlotte, South Carolina :)

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

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

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

http://www.patriotspoint.org/

USS Yorktown :)

Shaun

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

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

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 ;)

That is superb!