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Navy Christens Newest Aircraft Carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (Awesome Video)
Washington Times ^ | November 9, 2013 | Staff

Posted on 11/10/2013 1:51:44 PM PST by lbryce

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To: lbryce

Does it have a 9 hole golf course?

When flight ops are thru,why not?


21 posted on 11/10/2013 4:49:05 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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That said, capital ships shouldn’t be name after people at all.

Agreed. It would be nice to name them after events like famous carrier battles (Midway, Coral Sea) or historic patriotic events. I'm happy to hear there will be another Enterprise.

22 posted on 11/10/2013 4:51:48 PM PST by Dartman (CDN PM Stephen Harper may not be perfect, but we don't have to be ashamed or embarassed of him.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

It looks like the magnetic launch system is going to work. I was reading about it and it has closed-loop control so that the stress/strain on the airframe is minimized (controlled acceleration/loading). This might make the planes last longer, and might make it possible to launch modified planes that would otherwise be impossible to launch. The takeoffs are supposed to beat the daylights out of the airframe (and pilot) even if everything goes just right with a steam catapult.


23 posted on 11/10/2013 5:57:01 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: Argus

He would be one of those smaller assault boats that travels inside the hull of a larger ship. He wouldn’t really have to work then, like now. We could call it a golfing trawler.


24 posted on 11/10/2013 6:55:51 PM PST by LachlanMinnesota
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To: lbryce

after it’s christening, it promptly stumbled down the dry dock.


25 posted on 11/10/2013 7:46:38 PM PST by Farnsworth (Now playing in America: "Stupid is the new normal")
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To: lbryce

after it’s christening, it promptly stumbled down the dry dock.


26 posted on 11/10/2013 7:46:40 PM PST by Farnsworth (Now playing in America: "Stupid is the new normal")
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