Suppose someone tried to land an F4F Wildcat on a modern American aircraft carrier. We'll give the carrier a few hours to prepare, and lets assume the carrier is at sea and moving. Can a WWII fighter land on a modern carrier? Can it get back in the air? -Much Thanks -CMTalleyrand

In rec.aviation.military.naval, Prowlus ordered an army of hamsters to type: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/2982112.stm the picture is wrong, but, eh, its the BBC. How many Harriers have the navy got left? 4 or 5?

On BBC4 tonight at 22:00 BST: Britain's Greatest Pilot: The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown. Overall a very interesting programme, despite the occasional incorrect picture. An amazing man, who has flown more types of aircraft and made more carrier landings than anyone else. I met him...

V-22 Defender Strikes Back on Autorotation, Sort of http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2007/10/v-22-defender-s.html V-22 Defender Strikes Back on Autorotation, Sort of Roger Williams, the executive director and site leader at Bell Helicopter Military Aircraft Assembly Center in Amarillo,...

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What are the carrier landing speeds for: The F-14 Tomcat? The F-18A Hornet? The F-18E/F Super Hornet?

I haven't looked much into the future design of the quad tiltrotor, if anybody else has, please post any info you can. But a quadtiltrotor seems to be a promising project. I presume the engines in front and rear would be standard forward-facing props and I guess they would be offset so that the...

From http://www.staugustine.com (St. Augustine FL 21 Dec 2003) By SUSAN PARKER Historian With this past week's centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers' first flight, the focus on aviation pioneers has been both historical and personal for me. My uncle, Charles Eugene Richbourg, a son of...

Hi all, I found interesting pictures at http://warfare.ru/?catid=255&linkid=2280 Are they really show Sukhoi Pak-FA fighter? Thank you. Eugene

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To pay for the envisioned force structure below? Well the seemingly inviolate 12 carrier hull money is most likely one place. With what is being proposed why would you need 12 carriers anyway? Maybe its time to begin to transform Naval Aviation away from being so completely centered around a...

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To The Nearest Tenth of a Mile, What is the Maximum Range of a AIM-54A Phoenix Air to Air Missile? Do you understand why the exact answer might be classified?

Any advice given on this subject is much appreciated!! Just an hour and a half ago we received the news that my fiance was not on the unofficial list of names of those students who had received the Pilot and NFO slots. He attends the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New...

Triggered by a recent question I am trying to find details about records flights made by P-3 Orions. So far I found the following: 22 January 1971: World distance record for an aircraft in its class, flown by a USN P-3C: 7010 miles (11282 km). 4 November 1972: Class C / Group II world distance...

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What are the current regulations in regard to this? A friend of mine in Chicago said while he was at lunch the other day he saw a Navy officer in uniform and his G-1 at a fast food joint. He was suprised to the see the flight jacket, because he was under the impression they weren't allowed to be...

Iran is preparing for an underground nuclear test with North Korean help before year's end - London Daily Telegraph January 24, 2007, 1:52 PM (GMT+02:00) North Korea's Yongbyon reactor The British paper, quoting a senior European source, reports that North Korea is helping Iran prepare an...

A few months ago Playboy magazine had a picture of an all-black F-14 with the bunny logo. I thought this logo had been banned from Navy aircraft after the Tailhook scandal. Does anybody know any details? D