Looking for a pic

Burnsy2023 · 9 May 2008 at 11:33

I'm trying to find a pic of a US Navy Aircraft Carrier doing a fast, sharp turn and banking heavly in one direction.

I think it was the USS Nimitz but I can't seem to find it.

Anyone got better google skills then me?

Burnsy

InvaderGIR · 9 May 2008 at 11:35

This one?

Hosted below so can be seen easily, but the above link is larger.

InvG

wordy · 9 May 2008 at 11:36

This?

or this?

or this?

Burnsy2023 · 9 May 2008 at 11:36

Could be, but I seem to remember it being a steeper angle.

Burnsy

InvaderGIR · 9 May 2008 at 11:39

Here's another

Damnit, wordy got that one in first.

Those are the sharpest turns with steepest angles I could find, at least quickly anyway.

InvG

Mat · 9 May 2008 at 12:03

Not too sure about the carrier picture but I used to have USS Iowa firing a broadside on my wall... apparently she moves 100' sideways when she does this!

Riiya · 9 May 2008 at 12:12

Wow. How comes the people don't fall off lol.

InvaderGIR · 9 May 2008 at 12:15

Riiya said:
Wow. How comes the people don't fall off lol.

They hold on tight.

InvG

Muffin` · 9 May 2008 at 12:23

Hencore · 9 May 2008 at 12:26

I dont know if any one will be interested but there was a 10 part series just released a few weeks back in America and it follows a 6 month tour of duty onboard the USS Nimitz.

You can watch the full episodes on their site.

http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/

Burnsy2023 · 9 May 2008 at 12:31

Thanks guys, and that documentry looks pretty cool, I'll watch that later

Burnsy

Pug · 9 May 2008 at 13:07

Mat said:
Not too sure about the carrier picture but I used to have USS Iowa firing a broadside on my wall... apparently she moves 100' sideways when she does this!

******* epic!

Totality · 9 May 2008 at 13:09

InvaderGIR said:
InvG

Looks like the captain just realised he left his McDonalds back at base...

Blue Cypher · 9 May 2008 at 13:11

Pug said:
******* epic!

Who needs all that techjnical targetting rubbish when you can just vaporise the grid square on the map!

Conscript · 9 May 2008 at 13:12

Pug said:
******* epic!

And almost totally obsolete. I wish we could still have big battleships rather than all this missile and technology nonsense

25-mile slogging matches between city-sized dreadnoughts f.t.w

DampCat · 9 May 2008 at 13:15

Wowzers.

Forget nuking from orbit... Broadside it from the USS Iowa just to be sure!

Hencore · 9 May 2008 at 13:36

Conscript said:
And almost totally obsolete. I wish we could still have big battleships rather than all this missile and technology nonsense

25-mile slogging matches between city-sized dreadnoughts f.t.w

Yup old school for the win.

I wished Britain had kept a battleship after the war. They should have saved HMS Vanguard instead of just scrapping her in the 60's.

Belfast is a good visit though if your interested in this sort of thing.

The $6m Dan · 9 May 2008 at 13:56

Pug said:
******* epic!

I like it from this angle.

shockwave from guns