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February 21st 08, 06:07 AM
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F-18 on the Catapult
One of the tricks of the trade in this carrier aviation business is the
steam catapult. USS NIMITZ has four (as do all current US carriers), and each is capable of accelerating 60,000+ pound aircraft to 140+ knots in less than two seconds. They work wonderfully well and are extremely reliable. one of the only problems with steam catapults is. well, the STEAM. This shot shows one of our directors guiding an F/A-18E Super Hornet (or "Rhino") onto CAT 2 on the bow. it can be quite a challenge to see through the residual steam from the previous shot. Wayne http://www.soaridaho.com/ 
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February 26th 08, 09:08 PM
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F-18 on the Catapult
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:07:11 -0700, Wayne Paul wrote:
One of the tricks of the trade in this carrier aviation business is the steam catapult. It's the end of an era. The next generation of carriers will have EM catapults. Goodbye steam. RF
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