McBee's San Diego Naval Adventure.

nikimcbee · 02-28-15, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

P.S.: This HMS Surprise .. is it 'real', i mean .. thinking of Aubrey and Maturin (?)

It's the ship from the movie, replica, not the real thing.

Catfish · 02-28-15, 02:57 PM

hehe thanks, for a moment i thought that parts of those stories might have been real

San Diego, i think the very first 688(i) sim from Sonalysts also started from there. Lots of interesting things to see there .. thanks again

CCIP · 02-28-15, 03:05 PM

Oooh, very happy to see the Dolphin on exhibit there

Hopefully I can make it sometime - maybe even this year! She's a unique one for sure

Aktungbby · 02-28-15, 03:52 PM

NICE!Thanks for keeping us abreast of your travels

'I am accursed in Napa that I was not there!'

@ Catfish; this is the real one!(below) Still in commission: USS Constitution at Boston; As in the movie Master and Commander, this American-built frigate would have seriously out-classed the HMS Surprise. The USS Constitution defeated HMS Guerriere and HMS Java in single ship encounters and British frigates were ordered not to engage American frigates one on one as a result, in the war of 1812. https://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/usnavy/09/09b.htm

nikimcbee · 02-28-15, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

Oooh, very happy to see the Dolphin on exhibit there

Hopefully I can make it sometime - maybe even this year! She's a unique one for sure

That would be cool! You'll love it.

I've got video to upload when I get off work.

Onkel Neal · 02-28-15, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

It's the ship from the movie, replica, not the real thing.

That's good enough for me, I sure would like to see that.

Dowly · 02-28-15, 06:04 PM

Nice ones!

fireftr18 · 02-28-15, 07:02 PM

Thanks for sharing. Seems like it was a good trip.

ReallyDedPoet · 02-28-15, 07:09 PM

Very nice

Stealhead · 02-28-15, 07:24 PM

Interesting those Hornets look like they are set up for long term storage. Must be a long term maintainence depot of dome sort. Looks like they are also chained to the tarmac.

GoldenRivet · 02-28-15, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

Interesting those Hornets look like they are set up for long term storage. Must be a long term maintainence depot of dome sort. Looks like they are also chained to the tarmac.

agreed

couple of parts missing on one or two of em

CCIP · 02-28-15, 11:26 PM

well, the F/A's are on their way out of service - most of the airframes will have reached their certified lifetimes by now. It's an issue here in Canada as well, where our CF-188s are about to "expire" as well, and there's still a big question mark over their replacement.

Stealhead · 02-28-15, 11:40 PM

They're not E\F Super Hornets that much is certain. Could also be used as part of a Navy/Marine Coprs tech school as well. Everyone just about that was a crew dog went to Sheppard AFB there where several old F-16,15 and A-10 airframes along with all the heavies except the B-2 though there was a trainer B-1B used for different static training for example for the ammo troops to learn how to load up different airframes. So they may be getting used for that purpose.

02-28-15, 03:05 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Oooh, very happy to see the Dolphin on exhibit there Hopefully I can make it sometime - maybe even this year! She's a unique one for sure __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

02-28-15, 03:52 PM	#4
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,049 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	NICE!Thanks for keeping us abreast of your travels 'I am accursed in Napa that I was not there!' @ Catfish; this is the real one!(below) Still in commission: USS Constitution at Boston; As in the movie Master and Commander, this American-built frigate would have seriously out-classed the HMS Surprise. The USS Constitution defeated HMS Guerriere and HMS Java in single ship encounters and British frigates were ordered not to engage American frigates one on one as a result, in the war of 1812. https://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/usnavy/09/09b.htm __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

02-28-15, 07:02 PM	#8
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Thanks for sharing. Seems like it was a good trip. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

02-28-15, 07:09 PM	#9
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,890 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Very nice __________________ Back in the Day

02-28-15, 11:26 PM	#12
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	well, the F/A's are on their way out of service - most of the airframes will have reached their certified lifetimes by now. It's an issue here in Canada as well, where our CF-188s are about to "expire" as well, and there's still a big question mark over their replacement. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

02-28-15, 02:57 PM	#2
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,797 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	hehe thanks, for a moment i thought that parts of those stories might have been real San Diego, i think the very first 688(i) sim from Sonalysts also started from there. Lots of interesting things to see there .. thanks again

02-28-15, 06:04 PM	#7
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Nice ones!

02-28-15, 07:24 PM	#10
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Interesting those Hornets look like they are set up for long term storage. Must be a long term maintainence depot of dome sort. Looks like they are also chained to the tarmac.

02-28-15, 11:40 PM	#13
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	They're not E\F Super Hornets that much is certain. Could also be used as part of a Navy/Marine Coprs tech school as well. Everyone just about that was a crew dog went to Sheppard AFB there where several old F-16,15 and A-10 airframes along with all the heavies except the B-2 though there was a trainer B-1B used for different static training for example for the ammo troops to learn how to load up different airframes. So they may be getting used for that purpose.

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