DeltaGuy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 26201 times:
That pilot earned himself a DFC with that daring feat. Great airmanship and some brass cajones!
The largest carrer-based aircraft? The A-3 Skywarrior and the RA-5C Vigilante top the list as the largest. The Viggie was certainly the fastest, and the Skywarrior was probably the heaviest.
RichardPrice From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 26195 times:
Quoting N328KF (Reply 3): As for one-offs, didn't they try a U-2?
Yes -
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The first test of the U-2s capability for carrier operations took place in August 1963 from the USS Kitty Hawk operating in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California. A U-2C, which had been loaded aboard the carrier at North Island Naval Base, took off from the flight deck with a full load of fuel and was airborne within 321 feet. No assistance from catapults was necessary. Although the takeoff was very successful, the attempted landing was not. The aircraft bounced, hit hard on one wing tip, and then just barely managed to become airborne again before reaching the end of the deck. Kelly Johnson realized that the airframe would have to be altered in order to make carrier landings possible. These alterations involved strengthening the landing gear, installing an arresting hook at the rear of the fuselage, and fitting "spoilers" on the wings to cancel the aerodynamic lift once the aircraft was over the flight deck. Aircraft thus modified were designated U-2G. While several aircraft underwent these modifications, [several words deleted by CIA] pilots began undergoing training in landing on aircraft carriers. The first successful carrier landing took place on 2 March 1964.
PJFlysFast From United States of America, joined May 2006, 463 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 26057 times:
Go to you tube and look up the video of that C-130 landing on the carrier deck.
Quoting DeltaGuy (Reply 2): Great airmanship and some brass cajones!
Sprout5199 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 1611 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 25796 times:
Quoting DeltaGuy (Reply 2): That pilot earned himself a DFC with that daring feat. Great airmanship and some brass cajones!
His name was James H. Flatley III. son of my ships namesake USS FLATLEY(FFG-21). I met him twice at our change of command(but didnt talk to him ---he was a 3 star and I was an e-5, I was just his driver).
Tlfd29 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 81 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 25415 times:
Just slap a hook on that thing and she's ready to go
Sidishus From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 519 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 25252 times:
Quoting FBU 4EVER! (Reply 7): Someone also landed a P2V Neptune on a carrier in the late 50'3 or early 60's
No P2s ever recovered aboard, but they were configured to take off from the Midways in the late '40s for one way nuke strikes from the Med.
Composite squadrons were stood up and deployed to Port Lyautey. http://skaneateles.org/navy/neptunes.html
Since the P2s "locked" the deck, this was only done on rare occasion. The AJ Savage, which was designed as a carrier aircraft, replaced the P2s in the role.
the truth: first it is ridiculed second it is violently opposed finally it is accepted as self-evident
Sidishus From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 519 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 25238 times:
A bit cleaner pic of a P2V-3C conducting a JATO takeoff from the Midway
the truth: first it is ridiculed second it is violently opposed finally it is accepted as self-evident
N328KF From United States of America, joined May 2004, 6197 posts, RR: 4 Reply 13, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 25077 times:
Quoting Bagpiper (Reply 12): Didn't a 737-400 once land and then take off from a carrier once? I'm thinking it was the USS Kitty Hawk, but I might be wrong.
Yeah. It was one of those V/STOL VERTREP 737-400s.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.' T.Roosevelt
PJFlysFast From United States of America, joined May 2006, 463 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 24981 times:
DEVILFISH From Philippines, joined Jan 2006, 3973 posts, RR: 2 Reply 16, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 24942 times:
Quoting CF188A (Reply 15): Actually your all wrong.... the largest aircraft ON CARRIER .. lol to this day is ...
drum roll .....
The concorde :P
If you mean that Concorde in Reply 8, then no - at least if you don't consider a barge a carrier. I believe it was never on the USS Intrepid - which incidentally has just successfully been moved today {thanks to the high tide) for its trip to New Jersey for refurbishments.
Opso1 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 526 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 24905 times:
I made an approach to the John F Kennedy off Florida in a Nimrod once- knocked it off at 1 mile and applied full power for a low flypast. The guys on deck saw us coming, but were not told that we were not actually landing- we saw their faces as we overshot...
KevinL1011 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 2931 posts, RR: 53 Reply 18, posted (5 years 2 months 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 24724 times:
HaveBlue From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 1932 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (5 years 2 months 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 24696 times:
Kevin for a fake shot they should have got the scale better. Its dwarfing the F-14 under it right wing even though in reality the 14 length is 1/3 of its wingspan in reality, and the ship is 250' wide whereas they show its 185' wingspan spanning it. Cool shot but would have been better if they scaled it better.
KevinL1011 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 2931 posts, RR: 53 Reply 21, posted (5 years 2 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 24663 times:
Quoting HaveBlue (Reply 19): would have been better if they scaled it better
It would never clear the tower for a catapault launch!
I will give credit for the shadowing.
AirSpare From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 589 posts, RR: 6 Reply 22, posted (5 years 2 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 24650 times:
I watced the USAF movie of U2 carrier ops, at the time it was classified, it still may be, who knows. It should be on the Discovery Channel sometime. It was airborne and flying at about 1 foot per second more then the deck speed.
The movie didn't show the recovery, from the above post now I know why.
Sidishus From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 519 posts, RR: 5 Reply 23, posted (5 years 2 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 24487 times:
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