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muriel_volestrangler

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6. The scale is fine

Reply to longship (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 06:41 AM

Mar 2012

I reckon in the photo the plane is about one sixth of the length of the carrier; looking them up, the B 52 is 159 feet long, the USS Ranger 1056 ft - 6.6 times as long.

As far as how low it is - well, it's Dambusters level. They're not under anti-aircraft fire, or judging their height with converging spotlights, though.

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Nerves of steel...no so much.... ChunderingTruth Mar 2012 #1

Yeah, it's a wonder they put people in them at all. dems_rightnow Mar 2012 #4

"Jet exhaust frying chickens in the barnyard" longship Mar 2012 #2

A B-52 would be 15% of the length of a Forrestal-class carrier Nostradammit Mar 2012 #3

It isn't the size so much Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 #5

Oh I get that - I was just trying to help "longship" understand the scale Nostradammit Mar 2012 #8

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The scale is fine muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #6

I was in the Navy, and worked at NASA with it's B-52 parked outside, the scale looks right to me. denbot Mar 2012 #7

Yep, nothing can stop the US Air Force MrScorpio Mar 2012 #9

Except their own planes Paulie Mar 2012 #10

Shades of Dr. Strangelove man4allcats Mar 2012 #11

old picture Demonaut Mar 2012 #12

I was there on the flight deck carew97 Nov 2012 #14