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[mojoey]

You can't count the Enterprise, since she's been retired and they're in the process of gutting her like a fish...


not gonna cry...not gonna cry...

 

[Urwumpe]

You can't count the Enterprise, since she's been retired and they're in the process of gutting her like a fish...


not gonna cry...not gonna cry...

Come on, it would even be a fine ship with just half as many reactors... :lol:

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Outside of the USA, it would just be no super-carriers. Aside of the USA, only the British currently build an aircraft carrier with more than 65000 tons displacement.

And on Hampton Roads: NAS Norfolk is right next to Newport News Shipbuilding, on the other side of the river

OK I admit defeat..... wned:

The place that I was thinking (accidentally found that yesterday) is the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. It's kind of cheating since all 4 of them are decommissioned carriers, waiting for donation as museums or (as currently planned) scrapped later on:

From left to right: USS Independence (CV-62), USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), USS Constellation (CV-64), USS Ranger (CV-61)

Interestingly of all the retired supercarriers all but one of them (USS America, CV-66) still survives. The others are at Philadelphia (USS Forrestal CV-59 and USS John F. Kennedy CV-67), Newport RI (USS Saratoga CV-60) and Norfolk VA (the just retired USS Enterprise CVN-65).

 

[Urwumpe]

There's a McDonald's at the end of the pier there (on the lower left).

Actually, it is in the middle left of the picture - the tiny building at the right end of the parking lot.

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From left to right: USS Independence (CV-62), USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), USS Constellation (CV-64), USS Ranger (CV-61)

Those are aircraft carriers...

Independence and Ranger are Forrestal class with "just" 60,000 tons displacement.

Kitty Hawk and Constellation are Kitty Hawk class carriers with 62,000 tons.

:lol:

 

[PeterRoss]

So, it's the Russian equivalent of "Monty Python and The Holy Grail"? :hmm:

Yeah, but in very own Russian way. The only thing which makes these two movies somewhat similair to each other is that both of them are classic of comedy.

 

[n122vu]

4 of us went down to Hampton, VA back in '93 to say with a buddy and his wife. He was 'nuke' & was stationed in Newport News.

One of the coolest things I ever saw in my youth was during that trip. We all went out to Virginia Beach one afternoon, and while we were there, 4 F-14 Tomcats flew in diamond formation doing a left bank about a mile off the beach. It was frakkin' awesome.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Actually, it is in the middle left of the picture - the tiny building at the right end of the parking lot.

OK center left instead of lower left. Last time I ate there Reagan was President.

 

[n122vu]

I think someone's employment status should be in question when this one's all said and done:

Boeing cargo jet to take off from Wichita airport's short runway

 

[SolarLiner]

In the process of learning Unreal Engine 3:

Yes, the Earth is behind the camera, but I don't want you to look at it for the moment. Kinda ... not realistic at all ^^

(Yes, this is David413's Shuttle mash, yes, there is normal maps applied to it, yes I'll be releasing them as an add-on for Orbiter as they actually work on orbiter).

What, you want a proof of the nomalmaps on Orbiter? Alright:

I bumped every "bumpable" texture of the Fleet, so the VC and instrument ones stays clean and flat !

 

[Pipcard]

What method do you use to make normal maps?

 

[mojoey]

What method do you use to make normal maps?

Paper, pencil...maybe some crayons if I'm feeling adventurous.

 

[Pablo49]

What, you want a proof of the nomalmaps on Orbiter? Alright:

I bumped every "bumpable" texture of the Fleet, so the VC and instrument ones stays clean and flat !

Just me or does that look too bumpy?

 

[Urwumpe]

Just me or does that look too bumpy?

Yes. Also the bumps are often at the wrong places.

But we have DaveS for the details.

 

[Scav]

Paper, pencil...maybe some crayons if I'm feeling adventurous.

Bah, I was considering going there . . . :lol:

 

[Pablo49]

Yes. Also the bumps are often at the wrong places.

But we have DaveS for the details.

Which brings me to some burning questions. When was DaveS manufactured, who programmed him, and where do I get one?

 

[Notebook]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25031520

When I was a lad, they had proper jokes.

Forgot....

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

Which brings me to some burning questions. When was DaveS manufactured, who programmed him, and where do I get one?

DaveS was never manufactured nor programmed. He is just a human avatar of the Space Shuttle program. :lol:

 

[mojoey]

DaveS was never manufactured nor programmed. He is just a human avatar of the Space Shuttle program. :lol:

Then why does he have an Ikea price tag on the back of his head?

This also would explain the extra arms that were laying around for no reason...

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Bah, I was considering going there . . . :lol:

No need to...seeing as how I live there...

 

[Artlav]

Hm.
What came first - the word "spam" or junk mail?

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Hm.
What came first - the word "spam" or junk mail?

Probably junk mail, although its hard to say for sure. Spam in a can was only really a big thing during WW2 due to meat shortages, which prompted its reference in a Monty python sketch, which prompted its appearance on the interwebs.

And just while we're on the topic of 1940s generated memes, why not revive another classic.