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	List of aircraft carriers
		The current Sydney and Melbourne are guided missile frigates, and the current Albatross is a naval base on land near Nowra[?].
		Minas Gerais[?], purchased from UK in 1956, formerly HMS Vengeance, decommissioned 2001.
		See list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy for all US carriers past and present.
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	Minas Gerais. Who is Minas Gerais? What is Minas Gerais? Where is Minas Gerais? Definition of Minas Gerais. Meaning of ...
		Minas Gerais is one of the states of Brazil, second most populated in the federation.
		Minas Gerais was formed mainly by colonists who searched for veins of gold and gems, and later diamonds (the name literally means "general mines").
		Minas Gerais (or simply Minas, as commonly called) is a major producer of milk and other rural commodities.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Minas_Gerais (256 words)

	Aircraft carrier Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Aircraft carriers are generally the largest ships operated by navies ; a Nimitz -class carrier powered by two nuclear reactors and four steam turbines is over 1,000 feet long and costs about $4.5 billion.
		To land on the carrier, incoming airplanes moving at 150 mph are equipped with tailhooks to engage one of up to four arresting cables stretched across the deck, stopping the aircraft within 320 feet after engaging a cable.
		Aircraft carriers are generally accompanied by a number of other ships, to provide protection for the relatively unwieldy carrier, to carry supplies, and to provide additional offensive capabilities.
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	Chile Company Consulting Group
		The five Grumman S-2E ASW and four S-2A transport and training aircraft previously operated by the Air Force from the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais were retired from service and were not passed on to the Navy.
		The carrier, which between 1952 and 1955 had been in use by the Royal Australian Navy, was renamed A-11 Nae-L (L=light) "Minas Gerais" and underwent a lengthy refit in the Netherlands.
		Studies for new aircraft to be operated from the NAeL Minas Gerais began in the mid-1990s.
	www.chilecompany.com /chilecomp11.htm (2896 words)

	Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag. Who is Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag? What is Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag? Where is ...
		She was known as Riga when her keel was laid down at Nikolayev South (formerly Shipyard 444) on 6 December 1985, and she was launched on 4 December 1988, but she was renamed Varyag ( Varangian) in late 1990.
		Due to the poor condition of the hulk, it is thought highly unlikely that the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will commission the carrier; rather, many analysts suggest that the PLAN intends to examine the carrier as a model for an indigenous carrier to be built later.
		In November 2002, however, another Hong Kong-based company purchased the Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais for $2 million.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Varyag (1025 words)

	NAeL Minas Gerais - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NAeL Minas Gerais is a former Brazilian aircraft carrier currently slated to be scrapped.
		The hull of the Minas Gerais was widely considered not to be much more than scrap metal.
		On December 29, 2003, there was an attempt to sell an aircraft carrier on eBay with nearly the same specifications as the Minas Gerais but was not named as such; there are conflicting reports on the identity of the vessel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NAeL_Minas_Gerais (314 words)

	CV Mina-Gerais
		In 1997, she was used during combined opertions with Argentina, and served as a attack carrier with ANA pilots and aircraft (Super-Etendard and Sea King).
		The Minas Gerais is still in an active status and is used in a ASW role, carrying only helicopters, since no more fixed-wing carrier born aircraft are in service in Brazil.
		Aircraft and pilots operating from the Minas Gerais belong to the Brazilian Air Force.
	frenchnavy.free.fr /ships/aircraft-carrier/foch/mina-gerais.htm (419 words)

	minasger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Aircraft Carrier 'Minas Gerais' was purchased from the Royal Navy on the 13th December 1956, formerly H.M.S. Vengeance, she was sold at a cost of $9 million, to the Brazilian Navy.
		'Minas Gerais' was overhauled during the period of 1976 to 1980, completing a five year re-fit in 1981, which gave her an expected life into the 1990's.
		'Minas Gerais', Pennant No. 'A 11' was the Brazilian Navy's only Aircraft Carrier, prior to the purchase of "Foch" (now renamed 'Sao Paulo') and the last of the Royal Navy's Wartime Aircraft Carriers, still surviving, 58 years after she was built.
	www.hms-vengeance.co.uk /minasger.htm (554 words)

	List of aircraft carriers
		Australia's last aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1982.
		Canada's last aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1970.
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	Minas Gerais
		On 16 February 2001, the NaeL Minas Gerais went on one of her last active sea duties as part of the Brazilian Navy.
		Minas Gerais was downclassed to a Helicopter Support Ship in 2001 with the aim of eventual retirement due to being surplus to requirements.
		A ceremony was held in honour of Minas Gerais (A-11) on 09 September 2001, in the AMRJ (Arsenal de Marinha of Rio De Janeiro).
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/brazil/minas-gerais.htm (631 words)

	Aircraft carrier - Wikinfo
		Aircraft carriers are generally the largest ships operated by navies; a Nimitz-class carrier powered by two nuclear reactors and four steam turbines is over 1,000 feet long and costs about $4.5 billion.
		To land on the carrier, incoming airplanes moving at 150 mph are equipped with tailhooks to engage one of up to four arresting cables stretched across the deck, stopping the aircraft within 320 feet after engaging a cable.
		Aircraft carriers are generally accompanied by a number of other ships, to provide protection for the relatively unwieldy carrier, to carry supplies, and to provide additional offensive capabilities.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Aircraft_carrier (2695 words)

	Minas
		Het lichte vliegkampschip Minas Gerais werd in 2001 buiten gebruik gesteld nadat het 41 jaar in dienst was geweest bij de Braziliaanse marine.
		De Minas Gerais was lange tijd de oudste carrier ter wereld en de laatste nog operationele die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog (in 1944) werd gebouwd.
		The Minas Gerais had been the oldest aircraft carrier in the world for many years, being the last active carrier built during the Second World War in 1944.
	home.casema.nl /falcons/Minas.html (292 words)

	History of the Colossus class carrier Minas Gerais (ex HMS Vengeance)
		Minas Gerais operated normally until 1976, when she was overhauled till 1980, during which on 13 December 1979, she participated in the commemoration to the Day of the Sailor, presided over by Exmo.
		Minas Gerais was downclassed to a Helicopter Support Ship in 2001 with the aim of eventual retirement due to being surplus to requirements, owing to the Brazilian Navy's purchase of the French Aircraft Carrier "Foch" from the French government for 80 million French francs (US$10.49 million)(ref: CNN.com, Nov 2000).
		Then on 16th October 2001, Minas Gerais was finally de-commissioned by the Brazilian Navy and is currently at the Naval Dockyard at Rio de Janeiro where she is largely mothballed as "Care and maintenance" but with 350 men onboard the ship to keep the remaining systems operating.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /vengeance/History_BN.html (2065 words)

	Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Minas Gerais aircraft carrier sold to China - Brazil History - November ...
		Ironically though, the Minas Gerais, at the time of her acquisition, was already considered scrap metal by military experts.
		The Minas Gerais bid was won by H K Jiexin Shipping, a Hong Kong company created specifically to manage the old aircraft career.
		Apparently, the ship’s only military mission happened in August 1961 when the Minas Gerais was sent to Rio Grande do Sul to intimidate Leonel Brizola and his Campanha da Legalidade—Legality Campaign, a movement to secure that vice-president Jango Goulart be installed in office after the presidency was left vacant by President Jânio Quadro’s resignation.
	www.brazzillog.com /pages/p07nov02.htm (659 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003f Surface vessels (1940-1944) > Aircraft carriers - Light aircraft ...
		NAeL Minas Gerais is a former aircraft carrier of the Brazilian Navy.
		Due to the high maintenance cost of two aircraft carriers, she was offered to the Argentine Navy but was rejected due to her poor condition and high restoration and maintenance costs.
		On December 29, 2003, there was an attempt to sell an aircraft carrier on eBay with nearly the same specifications as the Minas Gerais but was not named as such; there are conflicting reports on the identity of the vessel.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/photolibrary/index.php?cat=1280 (541 words)

	Brazilian Navy - Marinha do Brasil
		While the Minas Gerais was not considered likely to be replaced until the next century, it was nonetheless decommissioned in 2001 following the purchase of the French Aircraft Carrier Foch.
		As of July 2002, the fate of the Minais Gerais was still unknown, with China having reportedly made a suprise bid for its purchase.
		The complement of aircraft carried by the Minas Gerais included at one point six Grumman S-2E antisubmarine planes, in addition to several SH-3D Sea King helicopters and Aérospatiale Super Puma and HB-350 Esquilo helicopters.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/brazil/navy.htm (575 words)

	Brazil Skyhawks
		On 18 January 2001, an AF-1 trapped aboard the Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais (A- 11) and later was successfully catapulted, making Brazil's fixed-wing carrier force operational.
		To replace the aging Minas Gerais, Brazil purchased the surplus French aircraft carrier Fochon 15 November 2001.
		Minas Gerais was decommissioned and retired that year.
	www.skyhawk.org /2e/brazil/brazil.htm (199 words)

	Brazil - Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Purchased from Britain in 1956, the Minas Gerais was reconstructed in the Netherlands in 1960 and refitted extensively in Brazil in the late 1970s, and again in 1993.
		The complement of aircraft carried by the Minas Gerais includes six Grumman S-2E antisubmarine planes, in addition to several SH-3D Sea King helicopters and Aérospatiale Super Puma and HB-350 Esquilo helicopters.
		In accordance with the Castelo Branco compromise, the S-2E aircraft are flown by air force pilots and the helicopters by navy pilots.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-1802.html (543 words)

	Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Minas Gerais aircraft carrier sold to China - Brazil History - November ...
		Ironically though, the Minas Gerais, at the time of her acquisition, was already considered scrap metal by military experts.
		The Minas Gerais bid was won by H K Jiexin Shipping, a Hong Kong company created specifically to manage the old aircraft career.
		Apparently, the ship’s only military mission happened in August 1961 when the Minas Gerais was sent to Rio Grande do Sul to intimidate Leonel Brizola and his Campanha da Legalidade—Legality Campaign, a movement to secure that vice-president Jango Goulart be installed in office after the presidency was left vacant by President Jânio Quadro’s resignation.
	www.brazil-brasil.com /pages/p07nov02.htm (659 words)

	Aircraft Carriers: The Main Striking Power of the Fleet
		Aircraft carriers are the main striking power of the fleet.
		Carriers dictate their nations resolve to countries that do not possess such weapons.
		USS Ranger (CV4) since she was deemed too slow for Pacific duty by the Navy and remained for the entire war in the Atlantic.
	www.polaris.net /~wright/navyard4.html (1082 words)

	UK Future Aircraft Carrier: Major Report on the UK Carrier Programme : Market Research Report
		The acquisition and life costs of the carrier programme are analysed and broken down into their constituent parts to provide transparency of the carrier programme's associated costs.
		The aircraft carrier exists to enable its air assets to be used.
		It highlights the number of aircraft carriers each country has, the propulsion systems, the aircraft they are able to operate along with the range and speed, for each of the countries.
	www.marketresearch.com /map/prod/922889.html (882 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Minas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This film's crowning achievement is white-stoned Minas Tirith, the kingdom of Gondor's seven-level city of kings that, in a smooth combination of miniatures...
		The MRS consortium is a railway freight transport company established in 1996 to operate approximately 1,700 kilometers of track in the states of Minas Gerais...
		Meanwhile Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf fight to defend Minas Tirith, the city of Kings, where the steward is on the boarder of insanity and is incapable...
	nametraq.org /Jan04/M/Minas.shtml (2292 words)

	Aircraft of HMS Vengeance/Minas Gerais
		She was then transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and served on the Carrier ‘Sydney’ before conversion for target towing duties in 1957 (see RNHF website).
		From January 1965, the P-16 were permitted to operate from the deck of Minas Gerais and on 22nd June 1965, Ten.-Av.
		Aircraft 7034 was the last to serve with the aircraft carrier when it alone came back to fly and be catapulted for one last time on 9 October 1996 from " Minas Gerais ".
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /vengeance/Aircraft.html (584 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Minas Gerais (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Minas Gerais is the name of a Brazilian aircraft carrier which was sold to a Hong Kong-based company in 2002.
		It was purchased by Brazil in 1956 for USD $9 million, and named after Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek 's home state.
		He apparently made this decision as part of an (ultimately unsuccesful) effort to appease the Brazilian military, although this was only one of many extravagant projects Kubitschek carried out (such as Brasilia)
	www.theezine.net /a/aircraft-carrier-minas-gerais.html (185 words)

	NAeL Minas Gerais - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		NAeL Minas Gerais is a former Brazilian aircraft carrier which was sold to a Hong Kong -based company in 2002.
		He apparently made this decision as part of an (ultimately unsuccessful) effort to appease the Brazilian military, although this was only one of many extravagant projects Kubitschek carried out (such as BrasÃlia).
		On December 29, 2003, there was an attempt to sell an aircraft carrier on ebay with nearly the same specifications as the Minas Gerais but was not named as such.
	www.free-definition.com /NAeL-Minas-Gerais.html (258 words)

	Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine: World Navies in Review, by A.D. Baker III
		France's new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is scheduled to be commissioned in the spring of 2000.
		Late in 1998, the existing carrier Illustrious was nearing the end of modifications to accommodate better Royal Air Force Harrier GR.7 strike aircraft through the removal of the Sea Dart surface-to-air missile system and an enlargement of the flight deck and magazine facilities.
		She is to be able to carry eight Harriers or a dozen EH.101 helicopters and also to carry some 620 troops and their equipment, including a dozen 60-ton tanks or up to 100 light trucks to be conveyed to a beachhead by up to four landing craft to be stowed in a stern docking well.
	www.usni.org /Proceedings/Articles99/PRObaker99.htm (3780 words)

	Aircraft Carriers: The Main Striking Power of the Fleet
		Aircraft carriers are the main striking power of the fleet.
		Russia wants to have the ability to be a player on the world's stage, and had a very good design for the Admiral Kuznetsov but lacks the wealth of the western powers to keep her active.
		USS Ranger (CV4) since she was deemed too slow for Pacific duty by the Navy and remained for the entire war in the Atlantic.
	www.nettally.com /~wright/navyard4.html (1080 words)

	S-2 Tracker - The Black Vault Encyclopedia Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The replacement aircraft was to carry radar, a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD), ECM, acoustic equipment, and a searchlight, and be able to be armed with bombs, mines, torpedoes, and rockets.
		VS-816 front line squadron although based at Nowra, frequently embarked the Majestic class aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, CVS-21, as part of the 21st Carrier Air Group whenever that ship was deployed.
		The replacement aircraft were all S2Gs, including the original aircraft modified by the USN to that status.
	www.blackvault.com /wiki/index.php?title=S-2_Tracker&redirect=no&printable=yes (718 words)

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