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Old July 11th 03, 10:31 AM
87015
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Default Unusual landings on aircraft carriers

Many years back I recall a Sea Harrier landing on a container ship or such
rather than ditch in the sea. There was a two page spread about it in the
magazine "Air Pictorial" a few weeks after the incident. This was in the late
1980's.

Of course I do know (and have seen the photos) of the 1960's trials with a
C-130 on a USN carrier.

But has it happened at all apart from these two incidents? Anyone know?

T.
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Old July 11th 03, 11:07 AM
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87015 wrote in message
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Many years back I recall a Sea Harrier landing on a container ship or

such
rather than ditch in the sea. There was a two page spread about it in

the
magazine "Air Pictorial" a few weeks after the incident. This was in

the late
1980's.

Of course I do know (and have seen the photos) of the 1960's trials

with a
C-130 on a USN carrier.

But has it happened at all apart from these two incidents? Anyone

know?

T.


I think there has been a test U-2 takeoff or two.

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Scott
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Saudi Arabia is the enemy, let's stop pretending otherwise.


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Old July 11th 03, 03:43 PM
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Pierre-Henri Baras wrote:


I think there has been a test U-2 takeoff or two.


Yeah, from the Ranger in the late 60s, when the US wanted to keep an eye on
French nuclear tests in the Pacific. The only way was to launch them from
the carrier, have them fly their circuit, and have them land on a friendly
base somewhere.
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Pierre-Henri BARAS


I think if you check, it was more that a test, they flew operational from
several
carriers, and they took off AND landed back on said carriers.
they were fitted with a add-on tailhook, took off without need of the cat
and landed without anything special being done...
U-2 wingtips can fold on the outer tips, and can even fit on the elevators
to be taken to the hanger deck...
carriers used were Kitty hawk, Ranger, & America

one place to check is Jay Miller's book on the U-2 Pages 33-35
ISBN-0-942548-04-3 Softcover edition
ISBN-0-942548-05-1 Hardcover


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Old July 11th 03, 12:34 PM
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ISTR reading in "Flying" magazine or something similar a long time ago
about a small Cessna or Piper making an emergency landing on a carrier
once. I also think I read where a Beech Twin Bonanza did likewise many
years ago. Didn't the "Tora, Tora, Tora" movie Jap. replicas not only
launch from the Yorktown, but land on it as well?

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Old July 11th 03, 01:13 PM
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"Frank May" wrote in message
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ISTR reading in "Flying" magazine or something similar a long time ago
about a small Cessna or Piper making an emergency landing on a carrier
once. I also think I read where a Beech Twin Bonanza did likewise many
years ago. Didn't the "Tora, Tora, Tora" movie Jap. replicas not only
launch from the Yorktown, but land on it as well?


Probably the most remarkable case involved the RAF Hurricanes
of 46 squadron and Gladiators of 263 Squadron landed aboard
HMS Glorious off Norway in April 1940

The aircraft had no arrestor gear and none of the pilots had ever
landed on a carrier before and they were landing at night !

Nonetheless with sandbags strapped to the fuselage to slow them
down and a party of matelots tasked to grab the tailplane to stop
em going over the edge of the flight deck they all got down.

Tragically though the ship was sunk next day by Scharnhorst
& Gneisenau and most of the pilots were killed.

Keith


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Old July 11th 03, 11:01 PM
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Frank May wrote in message
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ISTR reading in "Flying" magazine or something similar a long time ago
about a small Cessna or Piper making an emergency landing on a carrier
once. I also think I read where a Beech Twin Bonanza did likewise many
years ago. Didn't the "Tora, Tora, Tora" movie Jap. replicas not only
launch from the Yorktown, but land on it as well?


I read something like a "Cessna makes emergency landing on carrier"
story in either Flying or the AOPA Pilot, recently. The story was very
interesting until the last paragraph which was something like "and then
I awoke and thought about what might have been."

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Old July 12th 03, 11:27 AM
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Then there were the three? Piper Cubs that took off from an aircraft
carrier in the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch. As I
recall, they took heavy fire from the other ships in the fleet, who
evidently took them for the French air force.

Cubs eventually got their own carriers in the form of a wooden flight
deck on an LST.

They could also take off from a wire strung from davits alongside a
landing craft. The L-4 with pilot in place was propped on the deck,
then hoisted to the wire with the engine running. If it quit on him,
the pilot had to climb out, stand on the angle between the landing
gear strut and the wheel, and prop it himself.

The Cub was dragged back to the uttermost end of the wire, the pildot
went to full throttle, the restraint was released, and it rolled along
the wire to the bow of the LST, which of course was making the best of
its speed into the wind. When it was released from the Brodie Device
(as it was called for its inventor) the Cub often enough dipped about
to wave-top level before getting lift enough to continue on its trip,
which of course was one-way.


all the best -- Dan Ford
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Old July 11th 03, 07:29 PM
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In article , 87015
writes
Many years back I recall a Sea Harrier landing on a container ship or such
rather than ditch in the sea. There was a two page spread about it in the
magazine "Air Pictorial" a few weeks after the incident. This was in the late
1980's.

Of course I do know (and have seen the photos) of the 1960's trials with a
C-130 on a USN carrier.

But has it happened at all apart from these two incidents? Anyone know?

T.


ISTR pictures of an Auster landing on or taking off from an RN carrier.

Weren't there trials with a B-N Islander at some stage?
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!
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Old July 11th 03, 10:22 PM
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"Peter Twydell" wrote in message
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In article , 87015
writes
Many years back I recall a Sea Harrier landing on a container ship or

such
rather than ditch in the sea. There was a two page spread about it in the
magazine "Air Pictorial" a few weeks after the incident. This was in the

late
1980's.

Of course I do know (and have seen the photos) of the 1960's trials with

a
C-130 on a USN carrier.

But has it happened at all apart from these two incidents? Anyone know?

T.


ISTR pictures of an Auster landing on or taking off from an RN carrier.

Weren't there trials with a B-N Islander at some stage?
--


Then there are the trials that involved vampires with no undercarriage
and a rubber flight deck, kinky but true

Keith


 




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