Kana here. Sunday, 7/24, was our last day in NYC. We actually stayed right next to the Lincoln Center, which was great when the human wanted to go watch a show on Saturday, but less so for going anywhere else because it was a 30 minute walk (in 90 degree heat) to anywhere fun.
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| Takarazuka! Chicago! Feathers! |
But Sunday morning, the plaza was clear, so we got our picture taken in front of the fountain before we all headed to the Intrepid Sea Space and Air Museum. (The Intrepid was Shep's idea.)
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| On the flight deck on the Intrepid |
It being still somewhat reasonable temperature-wise, we tour the flight deck first before it got too hot. Ships and airplanes are definitely Shep's territory, and we've never been on an aircraft carrier before. The flight deck had all sorts of planes on display.
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| SR-71 Blackbird |
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| F-14A Tomcat (From Top Gun) |
It's always a little scary to realize that the pilots didn't so much land on an aircraft carrier than crash in a controlled manner in 200ft of runway. The humans were gossiping about how you always knew if the person piloting your (commercial) plane was Navy or Air Force because the Air Force pilots land softly on the back wheels first and then drop the nose and Navy pilots just plain drop down on all the wheels.
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| Flight deck elevator |
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| Grumman E-1B Tracer Radar plane |
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| Space shuttle Enterprise! |
And then there was the space shuttle. One of the surviving ones, at least. (Next to a Star Trek display, no less, which much have confused the foreign tourists to no end.)
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| On the Flag Bridge |
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| and the Nav Bridge |
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| Manning the anti-aircraft guns |
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| In the hangar |
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