Out of the Mist…

[Dangerousdave26]

This is a short tease more to come later this week. I have lots of work to do video editing, picture selection and narration. I just returned from….
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Well maybe I will let you try and Guess where I just was. No spoiling the surprise a couple of you know where I was let those who don’t know try and figure it out.
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A small hint I was slightly Sea Sick Friday Morning.
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BTW these water textures are brought to you by DirectX Life As Real as it Gets Without Being in the Game
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Sunset from an Undisclosed Location
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Slight hint on the location
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Can you guess now?
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Seriously everyone I have a lot to do before I can update this thread but it will be good. Trust me.

[JoeW]

You went to the Keys .............

[pied]

Pearl Harbor!

PIED

[gigabyte]

"Have you ever been to Sea Billy"...lol

[Henry]

Got a new bath tub!
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[cheezyflier]

you got ship simulator, and you let txnetcop build you a monster computer?

[Dangerousdave26]

Thanks to my Brother I got to take a short but well worth the time trip up the eastern coast of the US on... This

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The Tiger Cruise is a US Naval Tradition that goes back to before WWI.

Upon returning from deployment over seas the Naval Vessel will stop at a Naval Base and pick up Family members and friends of sailors (sponsors). They will then sail to the last port of call with their Sponsor. Thanks to my Brother I got the chance to cruise from Mayport, FL to Norfolk, VA on CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt "The Big Stick" http://www.tr.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx. It was a once in a life time experience that was capped off by the joy of seeing my brother who I had not seen in 7 years. Of course what made it extra special was I also got the chance to meet my Sister In-law, her parents and my two Wonderful Nieces .
Special Thanks to:
The two Mechanics who gave me the Tour of the F-18 Hornet Jet Engines Sorry I did not write down your names.
The Seaman who gave me a Tour of the Arrestor Cable Room that is an Amazing piece of machinery
The Captain of the Ship for Safely putting on an Excellent Air Show.
The Admiral for allowing the Tiger Cruise.
The music for this piece can be found at http://www.archive.org/index.php (http://www.archive.org/index.php) under the Audio Section 78 RPMs & Cylinder Recordings see the credits for more details.

I have many pictures to upload to my photobucket account which I will do later today.

For the repainters here I think I got enough pictures of F-18 Super Hornet 107 and 403 for you to do a nice repaint job. I wanted to spend more time photographing the details of the planes but my brother was looking at me like I got two heads. :icon_lol:

[N2056]

That was very well done! :applause:
The Tiger Cruise was always fun even if you had no family on board. Another common (at least when I was in) family event was the Dependents Cruise which was a one day affair. I did get to share my world with some of the family on those, and it was a lot of fun.

Thanks for sharing the cool video!

[HundertzehnGustav]

NO WAY.
:kilroy:

NO BLOODY WAY!

ARGH!
MEH WANT.

[TARPSBird]

I did a Tiger Cruise with my sons aboard USS Coral Sea in 1980. We boarded the ship at NAS North Island (San Diego) and did a two day transit to NAS Alameda (San Francisco) arriving on the third day. We had a great time. Watched flight ops from "Vultures' Row" on the island (including an air show with live ordnance), toured the various spaces aboard ship (including some I had never seen before), and hung out in the Ready Room and Intelligence Center. First time I was aboard ship and didn't have to work. :icon_lol:

[Willy]

I took my brother along for a Tiger Cruise in 1996 on the USS Tortuga (LSD-46) from Moorehead City NC to Little Creek VA. He had a blast.

[Dangerousdave26]

Here are some detailed pictures of the F-18 Super Hornet. Should help out one of our fine repainters that is if you guys have not done this one yet.

I have some more if these are not good enough. My Brother thought I was going crazy taking so many close up pictures.

The rear of 105

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More to follow

[Dangerousdave26]

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