Warbird Information Exchange

If they had put that Anglo French masterpiece on board ala Concorde it would have been a simple matter of checking the chocks and telling the pilot to push the throttles forward a little!

Would you believe that this little oops made the evening news down here in little 'ole NZ.
Must have been a slow news day.

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Wow, has it really been that long since I last visited?

An article in today's newpaper says the US Navy is going to spend 3 million buks to help free the ship from the silt. Lets hope they are successful.

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

Can someone say USS GRAPLE to the rescue??



Ya know,....If they get the Intrepid unstuck this'll be the first time that they unbeached a ship and a CO didn't get releaved.



Shay
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Semper Fortis

I heard on the radio this morning that the ship is no longer stuck in the mud and is on the way to drydock in New Jersey.

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

It's true. You can fix anything just by throwing $$ at it.

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Don't touch my junk!!

I was on it a year ago with my dad, and I thought it was a great museum.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

If you ask me, it was pretty depressing. I mean I loved being on it and the feeling you were standing where history actually took place. Especially the presentation they had in the hangar deck talking about kamikazees crashing right through that very spot. But the planes are in such sad shape and layed out so poorly. You feel bad watching them rot like so many derelicts.
They say they are going to open up a lot more spaces of the carrier for the public, which would be great, and spruce up the planes.

As one of the highly qualified engineers hired to move the ship passed the bong and the envelope containing the kickback money to a well known NY politician,the following was overheard," Hey man, like I wuz kinda wonderin, ya think maybe, like we should check and see how deep the water is before we move the boat ?, the well loved legislator blew out the toke and replied ,
" Naw man, what for? you must be high or sumthin"

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"WHAT ME WORRY?"

Agent 86 you had me confused for a minute,...then I remembered,... it was her HUSBAND that didn't inhale !

Some of the planes needed some work, but some I thought were in pretty good shape. Then the ones in the hangar deck were in great shape, .ike the TBM. I think it is important for people to get the chance to get on to these aircraft carriers and see what it is like to be on one at least for a few hours.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Mustang Driver, it is a real experience to overnight on one. I have had the pleasure of overnighting on Lexington 7 times! No I'm not a wannabe swabby. How do you spell masochist ?

A S S I S T A N T S C O U T M A S T E R !

Rick,

Did the same thing here in Charleston on the Yorktown about 12-13 years ago, in July. Talk about masochistic. This one was spelled Civil Air Patrol cadets. Only good thing about the experience was the flight over here from Atlanta (Dobbins AFB) in a C-130.

Walt