To: bitt
I call BS. A B52 is ~157 feet long. The U.S.S. Ranger's flight deck is/was ~770 feet long. Some quick division give you ~5 buffs end-to-end on the deck. By taking a larger version of this pic off the web and taking a ruler to the monitor, one can fit almost 6 of the B52 images end-to-end on the deck.
Since the buff is obviously closer than the Ranger, something is amiss. On top of that, my eyeballs tell me there's a loss of proportion in the pic.........FWIW.
28 posted on
07/06/2006 10:00:37 PM PDT by
ForGod'sSake
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To: ForGod'sSake
"The U.S.S. Ranger's flight deck is/was ~770 feet long." You got the wrong Ranger. The old Ranger (CV-4) was 770 feet long. The newer USS Ranger(CV-61) is 1071 feet long.
35 posted on
07/07/2006 3:35:34 AM PDT by
Jaxter
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To: ForGod'sSake
Since the buff is obviously closer than the Ranger, something is amiss. On top of that, my eyeballs tell me there's a loss of proportion in the pic.........FWIW.
I felt the same thing.
45 posted on
07/07/2006 7:38:36 AM PDT by
Quix
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