USS Intrepid

The trip to New York was a present for Mrs P but there was one thing I wanted to get in... a trip to the Sea, Air and Space Museum aboard the USS Intrepid, a decommissioned aircraft carrier that was built during WWII having been in service through Vietnam before being retired in 1974. She is now moored in Hudson River at the end of West 46th Street (the Intrepid, not Mrs P) and provides a comprehensive education on, predominantly American, military aviation history. On the deck, there is a great collection of aircraft including an F-14, an F-16, a couple of Cobra helicopters and most excitingly, an A-12 which is the prototype for the SR-71 spy plane. Here is a little taster:


We saw many other interesting and exciting things and the weather was occasionally good too! I'll post some more pics soon...