"Dudhorse" wrote:

"Charles Talleyrand" wrote
in message
...
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?

... cannot think of a reason why not for both
landing & launch; compared
to the WWII carriers a Nimitz class flightdeck
would be huge!!



It's been done befo in August 1995 USS Carl Vinson sailed to Pearl Harbor
to take part in ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the
war, and a dozen warbirds embarked on the cruise Two B-25s, two TBMs, 3 or
4 Corsairs, an F8F, two P-40s, and a pair of Mustangs were aboard. One of
the B-25s didn't launch when an engine blew, but all other warbirds launched
off Oahu, and landed at Hickam AFB. They then launched from Hickam after
the ceremonies were over and recovered aboard the carrier. All of the warbird
pilots had done FCLP to get used to carrier landing procedures and techniques.

And they didn't need arrester gear.

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