Video: US Aircraft Carrier High Speed Turns. Wow

[IndyDave1776]

A reporter once asked JP Morgan how much it cost to build and operate Morgan's yacht, the Corsair. Morgan replied, "If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it."

 

[historian]

If that is the Ford, then my cousin is on it.

 

[Hdcharlie]

They only do this during sea trials.

Not really. When I was just a kid, my father was stationed on the Independence. He used to take us on the "Dependent's Cruise", which was one time a year they would take the families of crew members for a day trip out to sea. I remember having to hold onto something to keep from falling over during one of those high speed turns. You wouldn't think something that large could lean over that far in the water, but, believe me, it can. The CO loved to show off what his baby could do.

 

[Woobie]

"Hey dad, can I borrow the keys?" Next thing you know the news is on and you are watching your carrier doing the seaborne version of the Tokyo Drift.

 

[rimfireOH]

The amount of energy needed to do that!

Amazing; thanks for sharing.

 

[45acp]

Can't trap in a turn. Then again who would want to.