I just got off the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) that was out for Builders Trials - Post a coin wit

jessewvu · February 17, 2009 10:18AM

I just got off the ship yesterday afternoon after being underway for 4 days. There were some SWEET photos of our F/A-18E that should be hitting the web soon. The only fighter aircraft out there was the one I was responsible for. It was a pretty crappy trip but we got our testing done.

Here is the Northrop Grumman pic of the ship as we left the channel in Norfolk, VA on Friday afternoon.

reversethong · February 17, 2009 10:43AM

Can you tell me about the ship? Does it differ from the USS Ronald Reagan?

intence · February 17, 2009 10:49AM

cool my sister works for northrop

YaHa · February 17, 2009 11:11AM

Damn the ship looks like a rust bucket. Glad you made it back..

jessewvu · February 17, 2009 11:54AM

It's pretty close to the Reagan. It has 3 arresting gear wires unlike most carriers that have 4. The island structure is similar.

I think we were all glad we made it back.

291fifth · February 17, 2009 12:30PM

Beautiful ship. Too bad it isn't named Yorktown or Saratoga but instead enshrines the new aristocracy.

reversethong · February 17, 2009 1:16PM

<< It's pretty close to the Reagan. It has 3 arresting gear wires unlike most carriers that have 4. The island structure is similar.

I think we were all glad we made it back. >>

Forgive my ignorance, but it's a new ship right? Why the concern? Is there something wrong with it, or is the testing just a dangerous endeavor in general?

reversethong · February 17, 2009 1:20PM

<< Beautiful ship. Too bad it isn't named Yorktown or Saratoga but instead enshrines the new aristocracy. >>

GHW Bush was a war hero and as such I see nothing wrong with this honor, politics a side. The guy put it on the line in WW2.

LotsoLuck · February 17, 2009 1:24PM

291fifth · February 17, 2009 4:37PM

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<< Beautiful ship. Too bad it isn't named Yorktown or Saratoga but instead enshrines the new aristocracy. >>

GHW Bush was a war hero and as such I see nothing wrong with this honor, politics a side. The guy put it on the line in WW2. >>

As an example, any one of the approximately 147 American flyers who died during the Battle of Midway would rank above Bush for the honor. Unfortunately for them, they were not members of the new aristocracy. They didn't live long enough to see it established.

The Yorktown was lost during the latter stages of the Battle of Midway when it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine after having earlier sustained serious damage in that battle as well as in the Battle of the Coral Sea a few weeks earlier.

droopyd · February 17, 2009 5:18PM

<< cool my sister works for northrop >>

I know a whole bunch of people who work for Northrop (aerospace division) - where else could a PhD astronomer get a job these days?

I just got off the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) that was out for Builders Trials - Post a coin wit

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