The Yorkstown was an aircraft carrier, so there are several warplanes on the ship. In addition they have a flight simulator, which I can report is absolutely brilliant. Maybe it's because I have the sense of whereabouts/direction/balance of an intoxicated sloth, but playing with stuff like this makes me respect the people who do it for a living even more. After the actual "flight" was over, we even got a free ride on some purely entertaining program, where we went on a crazy ride at the south pole, in some fictional vehicle. Wheeeeeee!
All pics here.
The flight simulator in all its glory.
A replica of the Apollo 8 module they picked out of the ocean in 1968.
The pilots' briefing room.
An F-18 Hornet, the kind that
buzzed me in California.
F-14 Tomcat.
A-7 Corsair.
Is it a bird? A plane? Yes, it is a bird. Pelican, to be exact.
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