I spy with my orbital eye...
"Is it bigger than a breadbox?"
"Probably. What the fuck is a breadbox?"
For anyone needing to scratch their naval aviation itch, peep Google Earth's imagery of the Intrepid Museum. Just scroll up the West Side Highway into the West 40s until you see the building laying in the water with the jets on it. That'll be the Intrepid. Resolution is pretty good, even cranked down to max. Clearly visible are an SR-71, F-14, F-4, other carrier stuff; at least one MiG product; and various and sundry helicopters.
Google Earth doesn't have a 3D simulation for the carrier proper, which rather understates its size. I drove past it once; it towers over the road below and looks a helluva lot closer than the 100 or so feet the map suggests. It seems quite insane, really, to be tooling along the west side and suddenly seeing what looks to be a huge warship nuzzling Manhattan, and then to realize that in fact that's precisely what it is.
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Checked out the "Evil 'I's"
Checked out the "Evil 'I's" sister Yorktown in South Carolina last summer. Will be checking out their sister Lexington in October.
What machines.
MO,
MO,
You might find this interesting:
http://www.battleshipcove.org/
Google Earth in the vic of:
41deg 42' 24.36" N
71deg 09' 47.03" W
The USS Massachusetts is clearly visible. At an angle is the sub Lionfish. Next to the sub...dunno- could be that commie FFG. Tied alongside the pier is probably the DD.
Resolution isn't hot, but it's still fairly cool. Note the "eye altitude" meter- even at 23,000 ft it is clear that something big's in the water.
I say we get together on Talk
I say we get together on Talk Like a Pirate Day, raid some of Johno's home brew, hotwire the Intrepid, and go for a joyride around Manhattan Island. Maybe stop in Turtle Bay and catapult random crap through the UN's windows.
Ken,
Ken,
Those ideas are weird and random, yet stringing them together makes some sort of sense.
I would put my $$ on Buckethead being able to "hotwire" a nuke.
For any benighted souls who
For any benighted souls who don't have Google Earth, here's a Google">http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.02… Maps link that will save you time traipsing up and down the west side of Manhattan, somehow not seeing this gigantic addition to the landscape. Yes, like I just did.