We met Brett's friend Mike and his family at the USS Hornet to tour the aircraft carrier and learn about some of the aircraft aboard the ship and how operations occurred on the "island" of the ship. It turns out that we were a part of an elaborate surprise 40th birthday party for Mike while he and his family were out here from Maine.
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| Can't wait to get on board that aircraft carrier. Let's go. |
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| We decided that those were fuel tanks underneath this fighter,not bombs. |
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| Then we got to see the camera underneath an F-14. |
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| Wow, this is what it is like to be in the control tower... |
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| Sharing the captain's chair with my brother. |
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| Here is a collection of boys, ages 3,5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. Thanks for joining us Mike, Amy, Jake, David, and Steven. |
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| I am looking pretty small when the "island" is taken into account. |
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| The entry walkway onto the Essex class carrier which served in World War II and Vietnam. |
