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

   

   Comment by YaHa · February 17, 2009 11:11AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

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

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

   

   

   Comment by reversethong · February 17, 2009 10:43AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

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

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

   

   

   Discussion by jessewvu · February 17, 2009 10:18AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   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…

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   Comment by droopyd · February 17, 2009 5:18PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>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?

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

   

   Comment by 291fifth · February 17, 2009 12:30PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

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

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   Comment by intence · February 17, 2009 10:49AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   cool my sister works for northrop

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   Comment by reversethong · February 17, 2009 1:16PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>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…

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   Comment by jessewvu · February 17, 2009 11:54AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   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.

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   Comment by 291fifth · February 17, 2009 4:37PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i> << <i>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…