Interesting!? I don't remember the hook? It has been a long time since
1964! However, I do remember the swarm of deck hands pushing out of the
landing zone.

Wayne
HP-14 N990 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/

"Andreas Maurer" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:48:00 -0600, "Wayne Paul"
wrote:

This is an interesting description of the U2 carrier trials:
http://www.afa.org/magazine/feb2001/...ane_print.html

It does land slower; however, it doesn't have a tail hook to stop it.

Although the very first carrier trial used an unmodified U-2A without
arresting gear, the U-2G and U-2R had:
http://www.afa.org/magazine/feb2001/0201spy3.jpg

Was the arresting gear removed later?




Bye
Andreas