posted 03-20- 11:44 PM               

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Yet another photo sent to me by my dad and his friends.

They're ain't no planes on the deck- do you suppose they all slid off?

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posted 03-21- 01:44 AM            

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Good Grief!!

What class of carrier is that? Smaller than a Nimitz methinks... but I'm no naval expert.

Is your dad serving out there somewhere on the high seas? I thought he was a retired F4 pilot?

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posted 03-21- 02:46 AM               

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"Hey, captain! Stop turning that sundeck away from the sun! I'm trying to get a tan here!"

Werner, that actually is the Nimitz herself.

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posted 03-21- 08:41 AM               

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Lol semmern!! Werner my dad is retired, his buddies just send these photos around, he gets one he forwards it to me. I have no idea where they get them, occasionally he sends me videos which are available on my website here in the movies section (down at the bottom) http://flightsimhangar.homestead.com/main.html

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posted 03-21- 12:24 PM               

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I think she hit an oil slick.

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posted 03-21- 03:07 PM            

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I thought it was the new Ronald Reagan since
it's tilted so far to the right.

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posted 03-21- 03:15 PM               

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LOL!

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posted 03-21- 03:19 PM               

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Good one Smokey!

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posted 03-21- 03:31 PM               

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ROF!

I suspect there would not have been a dry lap in the mess that day if they served soup eh?

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posted 03-22- 02:09 AM               

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Yep, CVN-68, USS Nimitz, but I agree, she looks small in that pic, must be the angle.

Tell you what though, lets be honest, who ever thought a ship so damned big could be thrown around like that! You can see how hard she's actually turning by the side wake, it's massive! Very little wake actually behind the ship. but damn thats gotta hurt of you didn't know it was comming lol

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posted 03-22- 04:05 AM               

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That's an awesome pic!

When a new ship is going through it's test trials to really put it through it's paces (see what it's capable of) maneuvers like that in the picture are common. Most likely that's what they were doing.

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posted 03-22- 04:59 AM               

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Yeah that angle really makes it look small.

Crazy angle for sure.

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posted 03-22- 05:26 AM               

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I have been doing tests like this for one year... On RC models in a basin. I didn't know it, but turn rate or turn radius are about as important to a warship as they are to a a plane. An aircraft carrier must be able to turn to face wind quickly (preferably without making the planes fall overboard ), a destroyer must perform evasive manoeuvres...

As there is no accurate way to predict manoeuvering capabilities with computer simulations, they rely on RC model testing. Those models are *big*. The PAN Charles de Gaulle was 9 metres long, weighted about 1 ton. The Taiwanese export variant of the Lafayette-class stealth frigate was impressive too (but it did not turn well).

Anyway, this pic is absolutely impressive!

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posted 03-23- 03:21 PM               

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Aharrgh, Billy! Boat people! The picture of the Cdn Destroyer firing the missile while in a high speed turn is kind of neat too. It might have just been in the CF as a recruiting poster, so ya'll may have never seen it.

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posted 03-23- 03:57 PM               

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Hope no one was going to the can. (Or head/latrine etc...) LoL

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