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Old September 17th 03, 09:19 AM
Keith Willshaw
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"Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message
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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?


Yes, in fact thats what was done for the 1970's film
of the Battle of Midway IRC

No surprise given that a modern carrier has a much longer
flight deck than anything available in WW2

Keith