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- From: "david.r.wells" <drw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com>
- Subject: Re: Escalator on Carrier
- Message-ID: <BzMA55.1qp@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: AT&T
- References: <BzEyzH.EsA@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:07:53 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From "david.r.wells" <drw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com>
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- In article <BzEyzH.EsA@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Andre Molyneux <andrem@pyrman2.mis.pyramid.com> writes:
- >
- >
- >While touring the Yorktown, I ran across something that surprised me. On
- >the way back down from the flight deck and superstructure, the tour path
- >took you down an escalator (looked just like one in a mall or department
- >store). I assume that it belongs there and wasn't added after the carrier
- >was de-commisioned (since it was non-functional, after all).
- >
- >Due to the path that the self-guiding tour takes you on, I wasn't sure
- >what level I was at when I ran across the escalator. My wife asked me
- >why it was there, and the only thing I could figure was to take loaded-down
- >flight crews from the ready-room level to the flight deck. Makes more
- >sense than an elevator, since you can still climb up by yourself if power
- >fails.
- >
- >Can anyone tell me if my guess was on the money? Does anyone have an idea
- >when they started putting these things on carriers, and if the practice still
- >continues?
- >
- If it's the structure I think it is, it was probably added in the 1950's
- at the same time as the HUGE hull bulges and the angle deck were added.
- Again, if we're talking about the same structure, the bottom of the
- escalator is on the hull bulge, so there's no way it was added before the
- bulge. For the record, I always thought that structure was an ordinary
- set of stairs!
-
- David R. Wells
-
- DISCLAIMER: My own opinions, not AT&Ts.
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