No Easy Days

• Eighty feet & 7 inches wingtip to wingtip;
• 700 sqft of wing surface;
• Controls linked by a conglomerate of torque-tubes, hydraulics and cables (old school fly-by wire)

and a propensity for interesting excursions in the “burble” which can manifest at the ramp:

So Nose – how would you grade it?

Oh, and don’t forget the Ronco ® slice-‘n’-dice, or else:

(all imagery from the most excellent USS Coral Sea Tribute Site – pay ’em a visit)