Just something of interest

[DrLeftover]

I was discussing recent and current events with some, shall we say, ... some younger people who are less well informed than they ought to be... the other day, and one of them didn't understand or appreciate exactly what is meant by the term 'aircraft carrier'.

Yes, they knew it was big, and could hold a lot of airplanes, but they had no idea just how big one is.

I showed them.

The below photo is the (now retired) US Carrier John F Kennedy docked at Malta.

"Yeah, that's a big boat."

 

[Jazzy]

Beautiful picture, Doc. That is one massive size boat but to accommodate the aircraft it needs to be. Thank you for posting the pic!

 

[Nebulous]

"Yeah, that's a big boat."

I'd say so.

 

[Evil Eye]

I'd say so.

Want your own?

 

[Nebulous]

What would I do with it?

 

[Evil Eye]

Cross seas I imagine

 

[Nebulous]

I think a smaller boat would be more fuel efficient.

 

[Evil Eye]

But where would you park your planes?

 

[Nebulous]

I dont have any!

 

[Evil Eye]

Because you don't have space for them!

 

[Nebulous]

Or the money

I have some toy ones if that counts!

 

[Raven]

I've always loved aircraft carriers, beautiful.

Look forward to see the Queen Elizabeth when it's finally finished.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2258574/New-aircraft-carriers-HMS-Queen-Elizabeth-HMS-Prince-Wales-largest-warships-built-Royal-Navy.html

 

[DrLeftover]

Well, you should watch the auction sites.

Every so often, you might just have a chance to buy one.

This is from 2010

the British Navy has put the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible up for sale on an eBay-like website. The proud 690-foot warship sailed Her Majesty's seas from 1980 to 2005, and took part in the Falklands, Balkans and Iraq campaigns. The ship underwent a major refit in 2004 but was decommissioned in 2005

http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1440200/british-aircraft-carrier-for-sale-on-auction-site


In fact... pick one and make an offer:

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Magnifique et rare image de bâtiments de 5 nations engagées dans l'opération Enduring Freedom en mer d'Oman. De haut à gauche en bas à droite : ITS Maestrale (F 570), FS De Grasse (D 612), USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), USS Port Royal (CG 73), FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91), HMS Ocean (L 12), FS Surcouf (F 711), USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), HNLMS Van Amstel (F 831), and ITS Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560) (18 avril 2002).

http://www.netmarine.net/bat/porteavi/cdg/photo62.htm

(to make it easier, the Stennis and the Kennedy are the two largest. Of the other two 'big ones' the de Gaulle, the largest warship in Western Europe, is in front of the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean)