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[Netko]

Sea Venom FAW 21 of 893 Squadron crash landing on Eagle following damage from
anti-aircraft fire during Operation Musketeer, November 1956

[Alan Erskine[_4_]]

On 12/03/2011 10:24 AM, Netko wrote:
>
> Sea Venom FAW 21 of 893 Squadron crash landing on Eagle following damage from
> anti-aircraft fire during Operation Musketeer, November 1956

It's not crash landing. It was _intentionally_ landed this way to test
a new landing system - rubber surfaced flight deck!

That's why aircraft carriers today put the rubber on the aircraft tyres,
not the carrier.

[D. St-Sanvain]

Alan Erskine a écrit dans
pond.com> :
> On 12/03/2011 10:24 AM, Netko wrote:
>>
>> Sea Venom FAW 21 of 893 Squadron crash landing on Eagle following damage
>> from
>> anti-aircraft fire during Operation Musketeer, November 1956
>
> It's not crash landing. It was _intentionally_ landed this way to test a new
> landing system - rubber surfaced flight deck!
It seems these trials were taken earlier :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Lu6LEQ0zo
A Vampire aboard the HMS Warrior (48/49)

> That's why aircraft carriers today put the rubber on the aircraft tyres, not
> the carrier.
:)

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[Peter Twydell[_2_]]

In message >, D. St-Sanvain
> writes
>Alan Erskine a écrit dans
pond.com> :
>> On 12/03/2011 10:24 AM, Netko wrote:
>>>
>>> Sea Venom FAW 21 of 893 Squadron crash landing on Eagle following
>>>damage from
>>> anti-aircraft fire during Operation Musketeer, November 1956
>>
>> It's not crash landing. It was _intentionally_ landed this way to
>>test a new landing system - rubber surfaced flight deck!
>It seems these trials were taken earlier :
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Lu6LEQ0zo
>A Vampire aboard the HMS Warrior (48/49)
>
>> That's why aircraft carriers today put the rubber on the aircraft
>>tyres, not the carrier.
>:)
>
Despite what the commentator says, the idea of the rubber deck wasn't to
shorten the landing run, it was to do away with the need for the weight
and complexity of an undercarriage. Early jet engines had comparatively
low thrust and high fuel consumption, so any way of making the aircraft
lighter was welcome.

The pilot in these trials was Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown, RN.
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

[Netko]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:22:30 +0000, Alan Erskine wrote
(in article . com>):

> On 12/03/2011 10:24 AM, Netko wrote:
>>
>> Sea Venom FAW 21 of 893 Squadron crash landing on Eagle following damage
>> from
>> anti-aircraft fire during Operation Musketeer, November 1956
>
> It's not crash landing. It was _intentionally_ landed this way to test
> a new landing system - rubber surfaced flight deck!
>
> That's why aircraft carriers today put the rubber on the aircraft tyres,
> not the carrier.

I'm going to have to disagree. The wide cockpit and big black nose say FAW to
me - which would make it a Sea Venom. The rubber deck trials were carried
out by a Vampire, as the Youtube video makes clear.