C-130 on Navy Carrier

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:12:05 +1030, Dave Kearton wrote:

"Rob van Riel" wrote in message
news | On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:50:14 +0000, John Szalay wrote:
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|| Make sure include the U-2 in that list..
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| Will do, assuming I ever get around to digging out the markings for
| the plane that pulled that stunt.
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| Rob



I have a picture of a Neptune on the Coral Sea but it doesn't show markings
;-/

Isn't there an SR-71 sitting on a carrier somewhere... g

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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:48:40 GMT, Yeff wrote:

Isn't there an SR-71 sitting on a carrier somewhere... g

NYC, IIRC.

Not sure you'd get enough wind over the deck for that one, though!!!!!
;-)

Bill Kambic

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:48:40 +0000, Yeff wrote:
Isn't there an SR-71 sitting on a carrier somewhere... g

That would be the Intrepid, I think, but that's so far removed from any
kind of operational use that I'll disqualify it.

Rob

"Rob van Riel" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:48:40 +0000, Yeff wrote:
Isn't there an SR-71 sitting on a carrier somewhere... g

That would be the Intrepid, I think, but that's so far removed from any
kind of operational use that I'll disqualify it.

Oh yea, P-47s flown off in the PTO, complete with CAT launches.

Projects like that are never ending.

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 02:18:23 -0500, John Keeney wrote:

Oh yea, P-47s flown off in the PTO, complete with CAT launches.

Projects like that are never ending.

Didn't know about that one, but yes, there seems to be an overwhelming
urge to get just about anyting that will fly to work from a carrier.

Rob

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:04:39 +0100, in rec.aviation.military.naval Rob van Riel
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 02:18:23 -0500, John Keeney wrote:

Oh yea, P-47s flown off in the PTO, complete with CAT launches.

Projects like that are never ending.

Didn't know about that one, but yes, there seems to be an overwhelming
urge to get just about anyting that will fly to work from a carrier.

Rob

ISTR that an active-duty carrier once hosted, while in port, a radio-controlled
model aircraft event; I saw photos a long time ago.

How would you build a scale model of a scale model?

Oh, and don't forget the V-2 that was launched from the Midway...

Rob van Riel wrote:

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 02:18:23 -0500, John Keeney wrote:

Oh yea, P-47s flown off in the PTO, complete with CAT launches.

Projects like that are never ending.

Didn't know about that one, but yes, there seems to be an overwhelming
urge to get just about anyting that will fly to work from a carrier.

Rob

....aaand some that won't too!...did you see the pic of the car
that they launched from some carrier?...how in 'ell did they ever
float that one by the hedshed?...imagine some crusty Admiral's
question..."You want to catapult WHAT OFF MY DECK Lt?!?"
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:39:55 +0000, Gord Beaman wrote:

Rob van Riel wrote:
Didn't know about that one, but yes, there seems to be an overwhelming
urge to get just about anyting that will fly to work from a carrier.

...aaand some that won't too!...did you see the pic of the car
that they launched from some carrier?...how in 'ell did they ever
float that one by the hedshed?...imagine some crusty Admiral's
question..."You want to catapult WHAT OFF MY DECK Lt?!?"

As I recal that was a publicity stunt to demonstrate the raw power of the
catapults. A model T Ford that spent all of a mile in the air, wasn't it?

Rob

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:03:10 +0100, Rob van Riel
postulated :

As I recal that was a publicity stunt to demonstrate the raw power of the
catapults. A model T Ford that spent all of a mile in the air, wasn't it?

When I was in a Navy airgroup (CVG-6 in the Fifties), it was standard
procedure to launch a concrete filled "wagon" off the cats after a
carrier left Portsmouth , VA yards to test the cats. The weight was
supposed to simulate an aircraft of the time. Difficult to plot the
trajectory from the flight deck but they went "way" out before arcing
down to the water. I would think that a Model T would disintegrate
with the forces applied from a steam catapult.

Rob van Riel wrote:

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:39:55 +0000, Gord Beaman wrote:

Rob van Riel wrote:
Didn't know about that one, but yes, there seems to be an overwhelming
urge to get just about anyting that will fly to work from a carrier.

...aaand some that won't too!...did you see the pic of the car
that they launched from some carrier?...how in 'ell did they ever
float that one by the hedshed?...imagine some crusty Admiral's
question..."You want to catapult WHAT OFF MY DECK Lt?!?"

As I recal that was a publicity stunt to demonstrate the raw power of the
catapults. A model T Ford that spent all of a mile in the air, wasn't it?

Rob

I dunno...but you can bet that it was the fastest mile(?) that it
ever clocked (and at the highest cost too!)...ole Henry must have
rotated a few turns in his grave!...
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