USS Midway

USS Midway

Downtown, San Diego

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Give me some sugar, baby.

Mission control.

... I would love to have played a round of "Missile Command" on one of those screens.

That's some of the best looking, fake aircraft carrier food I've ever seen.

Hey pal, would you send me up the bomb? All their base are belong to us.

Luckily, I'm less of a squirmy little kid these days so getting lost in these hallways was less of a concern. But I was still getting anxious for a breath of fresh air.

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Modern and historic military aircraft were on display atop the flight deck.

There aren't too many of these vehicles parked amidst the rooftops back in Chicago.

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Whump, whump, whump, whump...

Theme's the guns.

Truth: As a fighter pilot you'd look pretty silly flying around with the tags.

This Veteran seemed to have flown at least half the aircraft on this deck.

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Looking down the deck back at the skyline.

Thanks, but walking around here I must say that scene from Indiana Jones is not lost on me.

The warm Pacific sun washes over the flight deck and I reralize I've been here all day.

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Pretty sweet spot to catch a sunset.

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A brilliant sunset from the end of the aircraft carrier.