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World's oldest aircraft carrier to be converted into luxury hotel
The Khaleej Times ^
| February 10, 2016
| P S Jayaram
Posted on 02/12/2016 6:44:29 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
The Third Best Marigold Hotel?
To: sukhoi-30mki
I don’t quite get how the undercarriage withstands that ramp up at the end of the runway.
It would seem the stress would be very strong.
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posted on
02/12/2016 6:49:26 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Remember when the PRC swore that its purchase of the Admiral Kuznetsov (carrier) from the Ukraine, and in order to legally tow it back to China they swore up and down that they would turn it into a CASINO...?!
Ridiculous..!
But true history.
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posted on
02/12/2016 6:51:10 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: DoughtyOne
Any more stressful than landing on a carrier?
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posted on
02/12/2016 6:51:28 PM PST
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: gaijin
Whoops..!
The PRC carrier purchase was the Varyag (then owned by the Ukraine), and China towed it out of the BLACK SEA, and made up that Casino story.
Sorry.
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posted on
02/12/2016 6:53:15 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: DoughtyOne
I would think it would be very easy for the ship’s structure to handle it in comparison to the airplane’s under structure.
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posted on
02/12/2016 6:53:53 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
HMS Hermes in happier times:
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posted on
02/12/2016 6:54:52 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Sarah Palin says "GO TRUMP GO!!!!")
To: yarddog
I would agree with that, but I didn’t mean to focus on the integrity of the ship.
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posted on
02/12/2016 6:55:04 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
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To: sukhoi-30mki
These kind of projects are never successful.
Lets fill'er up folks...
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:04:48 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
To: mkjessup
Back when UK was a global power.
To: sukhoi-30mki
The world's oldest aircraft carrier INS Viraat Not accurate as written. Perhaps the 'oldest operational aircraft carrier'. The Yorktown is older.
Hermes - laid down 1944, launched 1953, commissioned 1959 (union labor)
Yorktown - laid down 1941, launched 1943, commissioned 1943
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:13:42 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:13:58 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: UCANSEE2
The ramp flattens out after five minutes, and you have to put 50,000 won in for another ten.
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:16:11 PM PST
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DoughtyOne
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To: SeaHawkFan
These kind of projects are never successful.They never are.
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:45:15 PM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: DoughtyOne
Throttle up, yoke back...
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posted on
02/12/2016 8:06:53 PM PST
by
Clint N. Suhks
(Two Corinthians walk into a bar...)
To: sparklite2
Probably not. I have no idea though.
Both are stressful.
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posted on
02/12/2016 8:13:50 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
To: PAR35
As per wiki the was 1924 HMS Hermes which was one of the first aircraft carrier.
The advent of fixed-wing aircraft in 1903 was followed in 1910 by the first flight from the deck of a US Navy cruiser. Seaplanes and seaplane tender support ships, such as HMS Engadine, followed. The development of flat top vessels produced the first large fleet ships. This evolution was well underway by the early to mid-1920s, resulting in the commissioning of ships such as HÅshÅ (1922), HMS Hermes (1924),[1] Béarn (1927), and the Lexington-class aircraft carriers (1927).
To: sukhoi-30mki
That's nothing. The Japanese are turning the sunken Yamato into a space-faring battleship!
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