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Posted: Friday, May 04, 2012 - 11:38 PM UTC
Ahoy Shipmates!!!

David J. Salvin takes us into the future a few years with a what if build of the USS Thomas Jefferson CVN, one of the future Ford Class carriers.

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Thanks!
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Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 07:38 AM UTC
An interesting interpretation of the Ford class.

We have a contractor's conceptual model of the Ford (~1:144) on display on the Midway and it comes with cutaways showing the fancy new automated arresting gear and magnetic catapults. The flight deck has F-18s and UAV strike aircraft that look like Horten flying wings.

--Karl
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Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 05:53 PM UTC
A very nice presentation, David, and some very well executed decal work. The island looks like a submarine structure, and interestingly placed well aft - thanks for the pix, a difficult subject to capture.

Peter F
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