To: Eric in the Ozarks
"...toured the Midway a few years ago. It takes a full day to see it all."
Definitely, if you're going - plan on spending the whole day there.
Have toured two others, she is the best by far.
7 posted on
04/26/2015 4:57:13 AM PDT by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: Psalm 73
There are some remarkable airplanes parked on her deck. One is a nuclear bomber that was carrier launched.
The Midway tour guide provides visitors with little radios that tell the history of various displays above and below decks.
The Midway is (I think) the only carrier that began life as a straight deck ship, then was converted to angle deck.
8 posted on
04/26/2015 5:04:22 AM PDT by
Eric in the Ozarks
("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
To: Psalm 73
The airplane I mentioned was the A-5 Vigilante, that entered service in 1964.
It was later assigned to reconnaissance duty in the Viet Nam era, designed as an RA-5.
9 posted on
04/26/2015 5:10:04 AM PDT by
Eric in the Ozarks
("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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