A big, fat visitor from the USA....

[Fozzer]

..to the English Coast!

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/hu ... outh_coast

Fun for all the FSX carrier-ops Flight Sim enthusiasts!

Too big to fit in my Bath!.... ...!

Paul..... ...!

[omitchell]

I just saw the title of this post and immediately thought Rosie O'Donnell had landed....

Makes the Arc Royal look like a bath toy don't it???

[Ian Warren]

JUST A BIT.CH our Dorky Gov wont allow them into the NZ , me name is not Frank but Frankly this Anti Nuclear stance is about as bad the dips still in the head office, nothing wrong with these ships and I want one visiting in NZ waters, damn the whales .... cripes they can't even navigate em selves out a bloody great ocean , get them self's beach .. this thing , would really create US NZ relations !

[omitchell]

Trouble is Ian, even Wellington Harbour, our deepest can't fit one of these...

[Ian Warren]

Negatory on that .. USS America CVA66 in 1966 - very much the same class , little smaller .. , tho harbour was dredged to bring it in .. don't want it to go bloody Wellington ... city of "img src=http://nzff.org/images/smilies/censored2.gif polys" .. bring it into Lyttleton , we will show how us the Mainlanders greet the US of A like we did in the old days. .. all this Nuclear stuff is Jibber Jibber

[omitchell]

Definitely a positive on that, you can't fit a Nimitz class carrier into Wellington Harbour. It's just not deep enough... AND this has actually been stated before...

The ONLY place you could port this ship in NZ is Marsden Point. It's our only deep water port and unfortunately it can't happen because the port is generally occupied by bulk oil carriers. There is Nowhere to berth a Nimitz Class carrier in NZ that wouldn't involve a large amount of water taxi's because she would be anchoring well offshore......

[Ian Warren]

No need to bring it in to upset the freighters, moored outside , the ole Lyttleton Tug could add some entertainment , course the Carrier will have it own off shore boats .. the cheap fairs for people like me .. prefer to to go all USA

[omitchell]

No need to bring it in to upset the freighters, moored outside , the ole Lyttleton Tug could add some entertainment , course the Carrier will have it own off shore boats .. the cheap fairs for people like me .. prefer to to go all USA

We'll just use the Aratere to transfer it's passengers

[Ian Warren]

No need to bring it in to upset the freighters, moored outside , the ole Lyttleton Tug could add some entertainment , course the Carrier will have it own off shore boats .. the cheap fairs for people like me .. prefer to to go all USA

We'll just use the Aratere to transfer it's passengers

And a set off very large ores .... just in case ya loose a prop or two , Its funny how to describe the length off a US Nimitz class carrier , if we were able to grab one - lift it up - plonk it on it stern and hold it vertical , it would be the same height as this Christchurch city's port hills ... interesting breakfast thinking !

[omitchell]

And a set off very large ores .... just in case ya loose a prop or two , Its funny how to describe the length off a US Nimitz class carrier , if we were able to grab one - lift it up - plonk it on it stern and hold it vertical , it would be the same height as this Christchurch city's port hills ... interesting breakfast thinking !

I remember when the cruise ship the Star Princess docked in Dunedin, for 24 hour she was the tallest building in town lol

[Ian Warren]

And a set off very large ores .... just in case ya loose a prop or two , Its funny how to describe the length off a US Nimitz class carrier , if we were able to grab one - lift it up - plonk it on it stern and hold it vertical , it would be the same height as this Christchurch city's port hills ... interesting breakfast thinking !

I remember when the cruise ship the Star Princess docked in Dunedin, for 24 hour she was the tallest building in town lol

I do recall that and made big news ... difference between a cruise ship and aircraft carrier they were designed to have a shallow draught , course they have have an entire counties plus air force on board.

[HamiltonWest]

US Navy C-2 Greyhound Delivering Mail For USS Theodore Roosevelt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk5PhyKMu2A

USS Theodore Roosevelt & USS Winston S Churchill Arrive At Portsmouth England
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovpNe8Bvg-U

[Ian Warren]

Don't ya just love these things ... love to go for a couple months cruise on one off those , explore the ship , get into the catwalks during flight ops .. check out the refueling at sea and reloading , be a holiday off a life time.