"Al Dykes" wrote in message
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MikeR wrote:

"Peter Stickney" wrote in message
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Rob van Riel writes:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:16:11 +0000, Gord Beaman wrote:
Don't forget the B-25 Mitchell of course...

Sorry, got to draw the line somewhere. Unless Mitchells flew of one
of
the
carriers after WWII as well...

For the 60th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, the USN did indeed
crane aboard somebody's B-25 Warbird and it was flown off at sea.
Does that count?


August 26 1995: http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027021.jpg




Did they start him at a runway length equal to what Dolittle had at a
weight equal to a full fuel and bomb load ?

No. The 'reenactment' was not quite that authentic.

They started at NAS Alameda with an area marked off equal to the length of
the Vinson's Flight Deck. All 'warbirds' made several 'deck runs' and were
required to be 'off the deck' well within that marked off area. Then they
were craned aboard for the trip over to Hawaii. The 'deck runs' were right
off Waikiki in front of (what seemed like) millions of spectators. On
'runnup' one 'taildragger' tipped forward and smacked his prop real good so
he missed the flyoff. Narration from the flight deck was simulcast on the
local radio station. The whole thing was pretty cool.