Excellent series of pictures !
http://maquetas.mforos.com/353336/6654206-sorpresita-en-el-estrecho/
http://maquetas.mforos.com/353336/6654206-sorpresita-en-el-estrecho/
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 Astrolopitec |
Recent pictures of the Kutnesov in Gibraltar straight |
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Posts: 26 (29-Jan-2008 00:09:38) |
Last Edited By: Astrolopitec 29-Jan-2008 00:12:25.
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Posts: 2363 (29-Jan-2008 14:47:42) |
Ahoj!
Yes, a "sorpresita" indeed. Thanks for linking. Borys |
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Posts: 675 (29-Jan-2008 23:12:40) |
Show lots of interesting details:
- upper hull of Kutznetsov looks as if it was painted before the trip - lower hull certainly was not - those Flankers are HUGE beasts - russian Radar must be really good to see through that smoke - russian life rafts must be very small - or somebody was a bit paranoid etc.. |
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Posts: 96 (29-Jan-2008 23:51:44) |
not going to win any beauty contests, is it? good grief...
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Posts: 2779 (30-Jan-2008 19:08:48) |
Actually, PK, I expect the entire hull was painted before she set sail... ships normally look like that after a
thousand miles or so of sailing through open ocean, as the water wears away the paint, and rust sets in.
On my trips across the Pacific on the Ranger, the lower hull and bow area always had lots of lost paint and rust by the time we got to Korea/Japan or Singapore... and lots more by the time we got back to San Diego. |
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Posts: 1953 (31-Jan-2008 14:36:58) |
And i actually consider her to be rather pretty
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Posts: 471 ( 1-Feb-2008 17:13:12) |
Does anyone know what the other aircraft type (i.e. not the Flanker) that's visible? Initially I thought it might be an Su-25 Frogfoot, but it looks more
like some sort of trainer.
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Posts: 3374 ( 1-Feb-2008 18:07:47) |
she looks pretty good for coming from the Arctic to the Med and now on the way back.
I think the other aircraft is an Su-25. |
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Posts: 2239 ( 2-Feb-2008 12:00:23) |
The Amundsen next to the Kuznetsov a couple of days ago:
http://cache.aftenposten.no/multimedia/archive/00690/_russere_tittel_jpg_690526s.jpg http://cache.aftenposten.no/multimedia/archive/00690/_russere_br_dtekst__690523a.jpg
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caioduilio |
"artic" outift? | ||
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Posts: 40 ( 3-Feb-2008 12:52:55) |
interesting to see the flight deck completely void of aircraft and rotorcraft...
that means that all current complement can be put in the hangar. AFAIK it was the GB policy with carriers until 1941... I wonder what happens when a USN carrier has to operate in such high latitudes...Are they going to routinely loose some airplane overboard??? :-) |
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Posts: 410 ( 3-Feb-2008 16:36:38) |
LordArpad wrote: Seconded - I prefer the integration of the sky jump into the bow structure compared to the blocky ended ramp of CVF. Stupid question, is that much black smoke normal for ships' engines ?
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