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KENNEDY RETURNS; FOR ‘APPEASEMENT’ (12/16/38)
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Posted on 12/16/2008 5:30:15 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: realtime
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To: CougarGA7
Sigh. Lets try this picture.
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12/17/2008 12:46:34 PM PST
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CougarGA7
(Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
To: CougarGA7
Her distinctive feature of having side plating running up to the flight deck would become the symbol of future British carriers. Is that as opposed to having the flight deck supported by exposed struts with an open area beneath? I think the Japanese carriers were built like that.
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12/17/2008 4:50:31 PM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: CougarGA7
For comparison, the Yorktown class (The Yorktown and the Enterprise of that class having bracketed the Ark Royal in construction:
CV-5: dp. 19,800; l. 809’ 6”; b. 83’ 1”; dr. 28’ 0”; s. 32.5 k.; cpl. 2.919; a. 8 5”, 22 .50-cal mg., ac. 81-85; cl. Yorktown
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12/17/2008 5:27:08 PM PST
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PAR35
To: Homer_J_Simpson
I see the Kennedy PR machine was in high gear back then.
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