Last Sunday was December 26th, the day of the sixth largest snowstorm ever in New York City...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2010_North_American_blizzardThere were severe snow gusts, although I visited only at the beginning of the snowstorm (later in the day it became simply impossible to walk on the flight deck):
But when I was happily walking in Manhattan that morning, I did not know yet. I was thrilled at the possibility of visiting a real aircraft carrier, packed with rare and mythical planes on her deck: the USS Intrepid, a few blocks away from Times Square, at pier 86 on the Hudson River.
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/USS Intrepid was launched in 1943, suffered many Japanese attacks (torpedoes, bombs, kamikaze), but was never sank. She and her crew fought and served very well and for a long time, through Korean and Vietnam wars, before she retired and became a home to an aviation & space museum. She also served as a recovery ship for Mercury and Gemini space missions.
Here are a few pictures taken there:
Grumman TBM-3 Avenger:
Grumman Tracker:
Grumman F-11F Tiger:
Grumman F-14 Super Tomcat development prototype:
Lockheed A-12 Blackbird:
Supermarine Scimitar:
Dasssault Etendard IV:
Mig-15:
Mig-17:
F3D-2 Skyknight:
Crusader:
Mc Donnell F-3H Demon:
A-4B Skyhawk:
North American FJ-3 Fury:
IAI Kfir:
Pilot briefing/ready room:
Nearby a Concorde:
And a retired nuclear submarine, the USS Growler, with one of her Regulus 1 nuclear cruise missiles:
The next day Manhattan was beautiful and offered unusual sights:
Rockefeller Center:
Fifth Avenue:
Good bye USS Intrepid, and Happy New Year!
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